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]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Antarctotrechus |
| Species: | A. balli |
| Binomial name | |
| Antarctotrechus balli Ashworth & Erwin, 2016 | |
References
- Rebecca Hersher (30 November 2016). "Antarctic Beetle Species Discovery Doubles As Birthday Gift To Scientists' Mentor". NPR.
- Ashworth, Allan C.; Erwin, Terry L. (2016). "Antarctotrechus balli sp. n. (Carabidae, Trechini): the first ground beetle from Antarctica". ZooKeys. 635: 109–122. doi:10.3897/zookeys.635.10535. PMC 5126512.
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