Agra catbellae
Agra catbellae is a species of carabid beetle named after the actress Catherine Bell. The holotype was collected in Costa Rica and first described to science in 2002.[1]
| Agra catbellae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Agra |
| Species: | A. catbellae |
| Binomial name | |
| Agra catbellae Erwin, 2002 | |
Etymology
Terry L. Erwin, who described the species, explained that the binomial nomenclature is catbellae because it is the "combined name of the actress starring on the then-current TV program JAG, Catherine Bell. These beetles share the forest with an elegant cat, the Jaguar".[1]
Other species in the genus Agra named by Erwin include Agra liv, named after Liv Tyler, and Agra schwarzeneggeri, named after Arnold Schwarzenegger.[2]
References
- Erwin, T. L. (2002). "The Beetle Family Carabidae of Costa Rica: Twenty-nine new species of Agra Fabricius 1801 (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Lebiini, Agrina)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 119: 1–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.119.1.1.
- Rice, M. E. (March 2015). "Terry L. Erwin: She Had a Black Eye and in Her Arm She Held a Skunk". American Entomologist. 61 (1): 9–15. doi:10.1093/ae/tmv002.
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