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Mecodema Rex
''Mecodema'' is a genus of large flightless ground beetle (Carabidae) Endemism, endemic to New Zealand. The genus is very diverse in comparison to the other three New Zealand genera (''Diglymma'', ''Oregus'', ''Orthoglymma'') within the subtribe Nothobroscina (tribe Broscini). ''Mecodema'' is geographically widespread across both the North Island, North and South Islands, as well as numerous offshore islands, including the Manawatāwhi / Three Kings Islands, Three Kings Is., Poor Knights Islands, Poor Knights Is., Aotea (Great Barrier Island, Great Barrier Is.) and Hauturu Little Barrier Island, Hauturu (Little Barrier Is.), Kapiti Island, Kapiti Is., Stephens Island (New Zealand), Stephens Is., Stewart Island / Rakiura, Stewart Is., Chatham Islands, Chatham Is., Snares Islands / Tini Heke, Snares Is. Genus description Head, frons and vertex often rugose and / or punctate, microsculpture or macrosculpture absent in some species groups (e.g., ''curvidens'' species); eyes prominen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Des Helmore
Desmond W. Helmore (born 1940) is a New Zealand artist and illustrator, known both for his fine art and for his scientific work depicting insects, not least illustrating the New Zealand Arthropod Collection. One of the country's most noted and prolific biological illustrators, over 1000 of his illustrations of insects were published in research papers from 1976 to 2006. Life and education Helmore was born in Takapau, Hawke's Bay Region, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, and lived there on a farm until age 12. Interested in drawing since childhood, he attended Christ's College, Christchurch, Christ's College in Christchurch, and then the Ilam School of Fine Arts at the University of Canterbury from 1959 to 1962, where he was taught by Rudolf Gopas, Rudi Gopas, Russell Clark (artist), Russell Clark, and Bill Sutton (artist), Bill Sutton. His fellow students at Ilam included Dick Frizzell, Tony Fomison, and John Panting. In his survey of New Zealand art, Frizzell described Helmore as s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stewart Island / Rakiura
Stewart Island (, 'Aurora, glowing skies', officially Stewart Island / Rakiura, formerly New Leinster) is New Zealand's third-largest island, located south of the South Island, across Foveaux Strait. It is a roughly triangular island with a land area of . Its coastline is indented by Paterson Inlet (east), Port Pegasus (south), and Mason Bay (west). The island is generally hilly (rising to at Mount Anglem) and densely forested. Flightless Birds of New Zealand, birds, including penguins, thrive because there are few introduced predators. Almost all the island is owned by the New Zealand government, and over 80 percent of the island forms Rakiura National Park. Stewart Island's economy depends on fishing and summer tourism in New Zealand, tourism. Its permanent population was recorded at 408 people in the 2018 New Zealand census, 2018 census. Most residents live in the settlement of Oban, New Zealand, Oban on the eastern side of the island. Ferries connect Oban to Bluff, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mecodema Atrox
''Mecodema atrox'' is a medium-sized (17–24 mm length, 6–8 mm width) ground beetle species that is closely related to '' Mecodema curvidens'' (a very widespread species throughout the Bay of Plenty and Central Plateau). ''Mecodema atrox'' is relatively rare in comparison due to its preferred habitat, the coastal broadleaf forests of the Coromandel Peninsula, a forest type that is in decline. The body of ''Mecodema atrox'' is black and the legs are dark reddish-brown. They can be distinguished from other '' Mecodema'' species by a number of characters, including the pattern of asetose punctures along the elytral striae. This species is part of the ''curvidens'' group that has a geographical distribution from Northland (including the Three Kings Island) to Banks Peninsula, South Island. Species of the ''curvidens'' group predominantly follow an eastern distribution including species on the offshore islands (e.g., Poor Knights Island, Hauturu (Little Barrier Island) an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mecodema Argentum
''Mecodema argentum'' is a large-bodied (29–32 mm length, 8.5–10 mm width) ground beetle found in the northern region of the Coromandel Range, New Zealand and relatively abundant in the hills above Coromandel town. ''Mecodema argentum'' is more closely related to ''Mecodema'' species found in Northland, than other species found in the Coromandel Ranges. The entire body is black, but the legs and coxae may be reddish brown, plus ''M. argentum'' can be distinguished from other North Island '' Mecodema'' by the form of the apical portion of the penis lobe. For a full description see Seldon & Buckley 2019. Natural History Further research is required. References argentum Silver is a chemical element; it has symbol Ag () and atomic number 47. A soft, whitish-gray, lustrous transition metal, it exhibits the highest electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, and reflectivity of any metal. Silver is found ... Endemic beetles of New Zealand Beetle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mecodema Aoteanoho
''Mecodema aoteanoho'' is a medium-sized (19–24 mm length, 5.5–7 mm width) ground beetle, the only such beetle endemic to Great Barrier Island (Aotea), Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, New Zealand. ''Mecodema aoteanoho'' is a sister species to '' Mecodema haunoho, M. haunoho'' (Little Barrier Island) and is closely related to the Coromandel (mainland) species, '' M. atrox'', all of which are species within the monophyletic ''curvidens'' group (4–6 setae along each side of the prothoracic carina). There are a number of other characters that distinguish ''M. aoteanoho'' from all other North Island '' Mecodema'', especially the pattern of the striations on the elytra. For a detailed description of ''M. aoteanoho'' see Seldon & Buckley 2019. Description ''Mecodema aoteanoho'' is dull to shiny black in colour. They are flightless: in fact they have no wings under the sutured elytra (wing cases). Natural history Little is known about the life cycle of ''Mecodema'' in general. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mecodema Antarcticum
''Mecodema antarcticum'' is a carnivorous carabid beetle that burrows in sand above the high tide mark on New Zealand sandy beaches. First described by Francis de Laporte de Castelnau in 1867 as ''Brullea antarctica'', it has since been reassigned to '' Mecodema.'' Description ''Mecodema antarcticum'' is large (up to 25 mm), glabrous reddish brown to black with a distinct "waist" or narrowing between thorax and abdomen (peduncle), like all '' Mecodema''. Indeed, recent DNA analysis places it within that genus, a sister group to '' Mecodema curvidens''; its distinctive differences in body shape may be adaptations to burrowing in sand. This species legs are well-adapted for digging in sand with greatly expanded coxa, femur and tibia: all tibia are greatly expanded at their distal ends, and the middle and hind pairs are also strongly curved. Other features consistent with dwelling in and on sand are the short antennae, large curved mandibles, and a rather boxy shape in con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mecodema Angustulum
''Mecodema'' is a genus of large flightless ground beetle (Carabidae) endemic to New Zealand. The genus is very diverse in comparison to the other three New Zealand genera ('' Diglymma'', '' Oregus'', '' Orthoglymma'') within the subtribe Nothobroscina (tribe Broscini). ''Mecodema'' is geographically widespread across both the North and South Islands, as well as numerous offshore islands, including the Three Kings Is., Poor Knights Is., Aotea ( Great Barrier Is.) and Hauturu (Little Barrier Is.), Kapiti Is., Stephens Is., Stewart Is., Chatham Is., Snares Is. Genus description Head, frons and vertex often rugose and / or punctate, microsculpture or macrosculpture absent in some species groups (e.g., ''curvidens'' species); eyes prominent, almost hemispherical; a single supraorbital puncture on each side, bearing more than one setae; setose punctures of vertex absent; mandibles large, uniformly narrow to the pointed apex, sharply curved in the apical third, mandibles with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Broun
Thomas Broun (; 15 July 1838 – 24 August 1919) was a Scottish-born soldier, farmer, teacher and entomologist, who spent much of his career in New Zealand. He is known for his study of the beetles (Coleoptera) of New Zealand. Broun was born in an upper-class Edinburgh family, and appears to have received his education entirely from a private tutor. He served from around the age of sixteen as an officer in the British militia and army, first in the Forfar Militia Artillery and, from 1856, in the 35th (Sussex) Regiment of Foot. He fought in the Crimean War and was subsequently posted to Burma, where he began his interest in entomology. He saw further combat in the Indian Rebellion of 1857, but was invalided out of the army in 1862, at the age of twenty-four, after a near-fatal bout of cholera. He emigrated to New Zealand in 1863, where he gained a commission in the Waikato Militia and commanded troops during the Second Taranaki War. Upon leaving military service in 1866, Bro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mecodema Alternans
''Mecodema'' is a genus of large flightless ground beetle (Carabidae) endemic to New Zealand. The genus is very diverse in comparison to the other three New Zealand genera ('' Diglymma'', '' Oregus'', '' Orthoglymma'') within the subtribe Nothobroscina (tribe Broscini). ''Mecodema'' is geographically widespread across both the North and South Islands, as well as numerous offshore islands, including the Three Kings Is., Poor Knights Is., Aotea ( Great Barrier Is.) and Hauturu (Little Barrier Is.), Kapiti Is., Stephens Is., Stewart Is., Chatham Is., Snares Is. Genus description Head, frons and vertex often rugose and / or punctate, microsculpture or macrosculpture absent in some species groups (e.g., ''curvidens'' species); eyes prominent, almost hemispherical; a single supraorbital puncture on each side, bearing more than one setae; setose punctures of vertex absent; mandibles large, uniformly narrow to the pointed apex, sharply curved in the apical third, mandibles with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mecodema Allani
''Mecodema allani'' is a ground beetle of the family Carabidae, endemic to the South Island, New Zealand. It is one of two species within the ''laterale'' group, which are large-bodied species with a distinctively broad lateral carina along the elytra that is reflexed (curved upward). Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened". References External links * * iNaturalist World Checklist allani Allani, also known under the Akkadian name Allatu (or Allatum), was the Hurrian goddess of the underworld. She was also associated with the determination of fate. She was closely linked with Išḫara, and they could be invoked or receive offer ... Beetles described in 1945 Endemic beetles of New Zealand {{Broscinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mecodema Aberrans
''Mecodema aberrans'' is a medium-sized (14.6–19.5 mm length, 5.3–6.5 mm width) ground beetle endemic to the South Island The South Island ( , 'the waters of Pounamu, Greenstone') is the largest of the three major islands of New Zealand by surface area, the others being the smaller but more populous North Island and Stewart Island. It is bordered to the north by ..., New Zealand. This species is within the ''curvidens'' group and is one of three species that is a braided-river ecotype. It occurs in Otago and Canterbury. Description The body colour of the species varies from black (dorsal) to brown (ventral), legs may be a red-brown. To reduce the abrasion of the ventral abdomen, ventrites 3–5 are covered in a large number of setae, which is one of the distinguishing features of this species. To further identify ''M. aberrans'' from other '' Mecodema'' species there is a difference in the size of the asetose punctures along elytral striae 9 in comparison to striae 1. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blanchard
Blanchard is a French family name. It is also used as a given name. It derives from the Old French word ''blanchart'' which meant "whitish, bordering upon white". It is also an obsolete term for a white horse. Geographical distribution As of 2014, 42.3% of all known bearers of the surname ''Blanchard'' were residents of France (frequency 1:1,117), 36.3% of the United States (1:7,073), 8.7% of Canada (1:3,021), 3.5% of England (1:11,189), 1.7% of Haiti (1:4,397), 1.2% of Vietnam (1:56,908) and 1.1% of Australia (1:15,892). In France, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:1,117) in the following regions: * 1. Saint-Barthélemy (1:18) * 2. Pays de la Loire (1:424) * 3. Centre-Val de Loire (1:574) * 4. French Guiana (1:677) * 5. Brittany (1:690) * 6. Nouvelle-Aquitaine (1:700) * 7. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (1:1,098) In Canada, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:3,021) in the following provinces: * 1. New Brunswick (1:511) * 2. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
