Antarctotrechus

Antarctotrechus balli, with a proposed vernacular name of Ball's Antarctic tundra beetle (in honor of the beetle scientist George Ball), is a long-extinct beetle that used to inhabit the temperate climate of what is now Antarctica. It was less than a centimeter long, believed to be dark brown in color, and existed during the mid-Miocene period, between 14 and 20 million years ago.[1][2]

Antarctotrechus
Temporal range: Miocene15.97–11.608 Ma
Fossil specimens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Antarctotrechus
Species:
A. balli
Binomial name
Antarctotrechus balli
Ashworth & Erwin, 2016

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