FIGURE 10. A in Revision of the Mecodema curvidens species group (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Broscini)

FIGURE 10. A series of pronotum illustrations showing a variety of different characters and their states: (a) crenulation of prothoracic carina absent and carina extends beyond anterior angle; (b) crenulation of prothoracic carina present and carina extends to anterior angle; (c) sinuation of posterior constriction highly angled inward (M. regulus); (d) sinuation of posterior constriction is slightly angled inward (M. tenaki); (e) sinuation of posterior constriction parallel or angled outward (M. curvidens) (scale bars = 5 mm).