Mecodema oconnori

Broun, 1912 · species

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Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Carabidae/Mecodema

At a glance

Occurrence records63

Data sources5

Biological traits0

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections4

Sources5 archives

Databases and archives Mecodema oconnori's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation1 languages↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility63 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI4 eDNA detections↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page3 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Occurrence & distributionGBIF63 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries4 detections

01Narrative

Mecodema oconnori is a large-bodied species of ground beetle endemic to the lower half of the North Island, New Zealand. It is mainly found in native forest habitats on the western side of the Tararua and Ruahine Ranges, but is also found in the Manawatu Gorge and some other eastern localities.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding4 eDNA hits

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Mecodema oconnori has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

eDNA detections4

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type63 records

Wild obs. + sensor5

Museum / vouchered58

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO100 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 4

4 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor5

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy33% within 1 km

≤1 km 3≤10 km 6

9 georeferenced · 49 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence58

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions2 of 5 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Wellington, NZ	19
Auckland, NZ	15
MWLRlocation not on record	12
New Zealand Arthropod Collectionlocation not on record	11
WMNZlocation not on record	1

5 institutions · 58 of 58 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA4 detections

Where the DNA of Mecodema oconnori was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found4

Studies independent surveys1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 4 detections have coordinates

Open the map0 countries0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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