Demetrida dieffenbachii

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Adephaga

Familia: Carabidae
Subfamilia: Harpalinae
Supertribus: Lebiitae
Tribus: Lebiini
Subtribus: Calleidina
Genus: Demetrida
Species: Demetrida dieffenbachii
Synonyms (2): D. australis – D. picea
Name

Demetrida dieffenbachii (White in White & Doubleday, 1843)
Original combination: Cymindis dieffenbachii

References
Primary references

White, A.; Doubleday, E. 1843: List of the annulose animals hitherto recorded as found in New Zealand, with the descriptions of some new species. Pp. 265-291 in Dieffenbach, E.: Travels in New Zealand; with contributions to the geography, geology, botany, and natural history of that country. Volume 2. John Murray, London, England. Internet Archive BHL

Additional references

Blanchard, E. 1853: Description des insectes. Pp. 1–422 In: Dumont D’Urville, J.S.C. Voyage au Pôle Sud et dans l’Océanie sur les Corvettes l’Astrolabe et la Zélée; exécuté par ordre du roi pendant les années, 1837-1838-1839-1840, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont D’Urville, capitaine de vaisseau; publié par ordre du gouvernement, sous la direction supérieure de M. Jacquinot, capitaine de vaisseau, commandant de la Zélée. Zoologie, par M.M. Hombron et Jacquinot. Volume IV. Paris. Internet Archive [see p. 10]
Britton, E.B. 1941: The Carabidae (Coleoptera) of New Zealand. Part II. Tribes Lebiini and Pentagonicini. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B), 10: 185–196. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1941.tb00676.x
Larochelle, A.; Larivière, M.-C. 2001: Carabidae (Insecta: Coleoptera): catalogue. Fauna of New Zealand, (43) ISSN: 0111-5383 ISBN 0-478-09342-X
Larochelle, A.; Larivière, M.-C. 2007: Carabidae (Insecta: Coleoptera): synopsis of supraspecific taxa. Fauna of New Zealand, (60) ISSN: 0111-5383 ISBN 978-0-478-09394-0
White, A. 1846: Insects of New Zealand. Pp. 1-27, plates 1-7 in: Richardson, J.; Gray, J.E. (eds) The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R.N., F.R.S., during the years 1839 to 1843. Vol. II. Reptiles, fishes, Crustacea, insects, Mollusca. London: E.W. Janson. Internet Archive BHL

Demetrida dieffenbachii is a species of ground beetle in Lebiinae subfamily. It was described by White in 1843 and is endemic to New Zealand.[1]
References

"Catalogue of Life: Demetrida (Demetrida) dieffenbachii (White, 1843)". CarabCat. October 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2020.