Agra schwarzeneggeri

Agra schwarzeneggeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Agra
Species: A. schwarzeneggeri
Binomial name
Agra schwarzeneggeri
Erwin, 2002

Agra schwarzeneggeri (Erwin, 2002) is a species of carabid beetle named after "the actor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, in reference to the markedly developed (biceps-like) middle femora of the males of this species reminiscent of the actor's physique."[1] The holotype was collected in Costa Rica and first described to science in 2002.

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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). Zootaxa (PDF) 119-168.

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