Mecodema longicolle
{{Short description|Species of beetle}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Mecodema longicolle.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Dorsal view of specimen
| genus = Mecodema
| species = longicolle
| authority = Broun, 1923
}}
Mecodema longicolle is an endemic New Zealand ground beetle,{{Cite journal|last=Broun|first=T.|date=1923|title=Descriptions of new genera and species of Coleoptera. [Part VIII]|journal=Bulletin of the New Zealand Institute|volume=1|pages=667–708}} and one of the few Mecodema species found in both the North Island and South Island.{{Cite journal|last=Britton|first=E.B.|date=1949|title=The Carabidae (Coleoptera) of New Zealand part 3: A revision of the tribe Broscini|journal=Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand|volume=77|pages=533–581}}{{Cite journal|last=Seldon|first=D.S.|last2=Buckley|first2=T.R.|date=2019|title=The genus Mecodema Blanchard 1853 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Broscini) from the North Island, New Zealand|journal=Zootaxa|language=en|volume=4598|issue=1|pages=1–148|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4598.1.1|issn=1175-5334}}
Diagnosis
Distinguished from other North Island Mecodema species by having:
Description
Natural history
Mecodema longicolle is found in the North Island native forests from Taranaki to Hawke's Bay south to Wellington. It shares this range with another similar sized species, M. florae, but they are often separated by altitude.