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New Beetle Named After Charles Darwin and David Sedaris

sciencehabit writes "On Charles Darwin's 205th birthday, one beetle he found in Argentina is being recognized as a new species. An entomologist discovered the insect, with unusually saw-toothed antennae and a label reading 'C. Darwin', in a collection on loan from the Natural History Museum in London, where it had been misplaced for at least decades. The beetle represented a new species, Darwinilus sedarisi, named after Darwin and the writer David Sedaris, whose audiobooks the scientist listened to while preparing specimens."

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  1. So now ... by PPH · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ... there are John, Paul, George, Ringo and Darwinilus Sedarisi.

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    Have gnu, will travel.