Agra katewinsletae

Agra katewinsletae is a species of carabid beetle named after English actress Kate Winslet.[1][2]

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

The holotype was collected in Costa Rica and first described to science in 2002.[3]

See also
  • List of animals named after celebrities

References
  1. CBS News (9 December 2008)
  2. Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature
  3. 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.


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