Agra schwarzeneggeri

Short description: Species of beetle

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[1]

Agra schwarzeneggeri is a species of carabid beetle. It is named after the actor Arnold Schwarzenegger. The holotype was collected in Costa Rica and first described to science in 2002.[1]

## Contents

* 1 Etymology
* 2 Description
* 3 See also
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Etymology

The binomial nomenclature references Schwarzenegger, because of the markedly developed '(biceps-like)' middle femora of the males.[1] Erwin later remarked in an interview that his students had prepared an image of A. schwarzeneggeri and sent it out to Schwarzenegger himself: he signed it "Thanks for thinking of me - Arnold" and returned it.

Other species in the genus named by Terry L. Erwin include Agra liv, named after Liv Tyler, and Agra katewinsletae, named after Kate Winslet.[2]

## Description

Agra schwarzeneggeri measure 14–17 mm (0.55–0.67 in) in length and 4.4–5.16 mm (0.173–0.203 in) in width.[1]

## See also

* List of organisms named after famous people (born 1900–1949)

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Erwin, T. L. (2002). "The beetle family Carabidae of Costa Rica: twenty-nine new species of Agra Fabricius 1801 (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Lebiini, Agrina)". Zootaxa 119: 1–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.119.1.1. http://si-pddr.si.edu/dspace/bitstream/10088/2839/1/CR_Agra.pdf. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
2. ↑ Rice, M. E. (March 2015). "Terry L. Erwin: She Had a Black Eye and in Her Arm She Held a Skunk". American Entomologist 61 (1): 9-15. doi:10.1093/ae/tmv002.

## External links

* CBS News (9 December 2008)
* Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature

Wikidata ☰ Q1937183 entry

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