FIGURE 2 in The genus Mecodema Blanchard 1853 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Broscini) from the North Island, New Zealand

FIGURE 2. Ventral view of a Mecodema specimen showing specific morphological structures, excluding taxonomic structures indicated in detail figures, used in the species descriptions. ƑLF = ventrite lateral foveae; ƑSP = ventrite setose punctures; MTC = metacoxa; MTƑP = metaventrite process; MSC = mesocoxa; PC = procoxa; PS = prosternum; G = gena; PES = proepisternum; MSE = mesepisternum; MTE = metepisternum; Ƒ1–Ƒ6 = ventrites 1-6 (ventrites 1-3 may be fused); M = midline (dashed line, not a taxonomic structure).