Agra schwarzeneggeri explained

Agra schwarzeneggeri is a species of carabid beetle. It is named after the actor Arnold Schwarzenegger. The holotype was collected in Costa Rica and first described to science in 2002.[1]

Etymology

The binomial nomenclature references Schwarzenegger, because of the markedly developed '(biceps-like)' middle femora of the males. Erwin later remarked in an interview that his students had prepared an image of A. schwarzeneggeri and sent it out to Schwarzenegger himself: he signed it "Thanks for thinking of me - Arnold" and returned it.

Other species in the genus named by Terry L. Erwin include Agra liv, named after Liv Tyler, and Agra katewinsletae, named after Kate Winslet.[2]

Description

Agra schwarzeneggeri measure 14- in length and 4.4- in width.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Erwin, T. L. . 2002 . The beetle family Carabidae of Costa Rica: twenty-nine new species of Agra Fabricius 1801 (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Lebiini, Agrina) . . 119 . 1–68 . 10.11646/zootaxa.119.1.1 . 2009-04-16 . 2012-11-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121105105918/http://si-pddr.si.edu/dspace/bitstream/10088/2839/1/CR_Agra.pdf . dead .
  2. Terry L. Erwin: She Had a Black Eye and in Her Arm She Held a Skunk . Rice, M. E. . March 2015 . American Entomologist . 61 . 1 . 9 - 15. 10.1093/ae/tmv002. free .