New Beetle Named After Charles Darwin and David Sedaris

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday February 12, 2014 @04:08PM from the what's-in-a-name? dept.

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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David Sedaris? by CrankyFool · 2014-02-12 16:15 · Score: 3, Funny

I'm ... really sure that Darwin did not listen to David Sedaris' audiobooks while categorizing species. Working out why this is so is left up to the student as an exercise.
So now ... by PPH · 2014-02-12 16:42 · Score: 3, Insightful

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

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