Mecodema ponaiti

{{Short description|Species of beetle}}

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| genus = Mecodema

| species = ponaiti

| authority = Seldon & Leschen, 2011

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Mecodema ponaiti is a species of ground beetle endemic to the Poor Knights Islands, Northland, New Zealand.{{cite journal|last1=Seldon|first1=David S.|last2=Leschen|first2=Richard A.B.|title=A revision of the Mecodema curvidens species group (Coleoptera: Carabide: Broscini)|journal=Zootaxa|date=2011|volume=2829|pages=1–45|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.2829.1.1|hdl=2292/8777|hdl-access=free}}