Megadromus capito

Megadromus capito
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Megadromus
Species: M. capito
Binomial name
Megadromus capito
White, 1846
Synonyms[1]
  • Megadromus aucklandicus (Bates, 1878)
  • Megadromus humeralis (Broun, 1882)
  • Megadromus cephalotes (Broun, 1886)
  • Megadromus hudsoni (Broun, 1904)
  • Megadromus ordinarius (Broun, 1908)

Megadromus capito is a large endemic ground beetle from New Zealand.[2] This beetle hunts on the ground, is active mainly at night and tends to take shelter under debris during the day.[3]

Description

M. capito is a shiny, black beetle with a thorax cover that can have a greenish appearance. The beetle has horizontal linear groves running the length of its wing covers.[2] They are sexually dimorphic in that the males are significantly larger than the females.[3]

Life cycle

M. capito have relatively low numbers of eggs, up to 26, which they gestate for at least six months.[3]

M. capito are regarded as being a long lived species of beetle.[3]


References

  1. "Megadromus (Megadromus) capito (White, 1846)". www.gbif.org. Global Biodiversity Information Network. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Beetle (Ground) Megadromus capito". www.terrain.net.nz. Taranaki Education Resource Research Analysis and Information Network. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Hutchison, Melissa A. S. (19 February 2010). "Seasonality and life histories of two endemic New Zealand carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae): Mecodema oconnori Broun and Megadromus capito (White)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 34 (1): 79–89. doi:10.1080/03014220709510066. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
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