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).

Mecodema allani
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Carabidae
Genus:	Mecodema
Species:	M. allani
Binomial name
Mecodema allani Fairburn, 1945