Mecodema crenaticolle

{{Short description|Species of insect}}

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| image_caption = Dorsal view of Mecodema crenaticolle

| genus = Mecodema

| species = crenaticolle

| authority = Redtenbacher 1868

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Mecodema crenaticolle is a medium-bodied ground beetle that is endemic to New Zealand. It is one of the three species within the ducale species group{{Cite journal|last=Britton|first=E.B.|title=The Carabidae (Coleoptera) of New Zealand Part III - A revision of the tribe Broscini|journal=Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand|volume=77|issue=4|pages=533–581}}{{Cite journal|last1=Seldon|first1=D.S.|last2=Buckley|first2=T.R.|title=The genus Mecodema Blanchard 1853 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Broscini) from the North Island, New Zealand|journal=Zootaxa|volume=in press}} and is the only species of this group found in the North Island, New Zealand. Its range extends from the Wellington Region to Hunua Range, southeast Auckland, and is relatively common in most native forest habitats.