Agra katewinsletae

Species of beetle named after Kate Winslet

Agra katewinsletae

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Coleoptera
Family:  | Carabidae
Genus:  | Agra
Species:  |

A. katewinsletae

Binomial name
Agra katewinsletae

Erwin, 2002[1]

Agra katewinsletae is a species of carabid beetle named after English actress Kate Winslet.[1][2][3]

The holotype was collected in Costa Rica and first described to science in 2002. The species' discoverer, Terry Erwin, wrote: "The specific epithet, katewinsletae, is the Latinized genitive form of the combined name of the actress Kate Winslet, starlet of the movie Titanic. Her character did not go down with the ship, but we will not be able to say the same for this elegant canopy species, if all the rain forest is converted to pastures."[1]

Agra katewinsletae is a small beetle measuring 8.5–13.0 mm (0.33–0.51 in) in length and 2.64–3.72 mm (0.104–0.146 in) in width.[1]

## See also[edit]

* Costa Rica portal
* Animals portal
* Ecology portal

* List of organisms named after famous people (born 1950–present)

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d 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. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
2. ^ CBS News (9 December 2008)
3. ^ Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature

Taxon identifiers

Agra katewinsletae|

* Wikidata: Q4693688
* Wikispecies: Agra katewinsletae
* BioLib: 988215
* CoL: B2PS
* EoL: 3468572
* GBIF: 8001695
* iNaturalist: 1141817
* Open Tree of Life: 6211383

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