Mecodema allani

Mecodema allani is a ground beetle of the family Carabidae, endemic to the South Island, New Zealand.^[1] It is one of two species within the laterale group,^[2] 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".^[3]

Mecodema allani
Conservation status
Not Threatened (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Carabidae
Genus:	Mecodema
Species:	M. allani
Binomial name
Mecodema allani Fairburn, 1945