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Agra liv
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Agra
Species:
A. liv
Binomial name
Agra liv
Erwin, 2002

Agra liv is a species of carabid beetle named after the "first name of the actress Liv Tyler, starlet of the movie, Armageddon...because the "existence of this species of elegant beetle is dependent upon the rainforest not undergoing an armageddon."[1]

The holotype was collected in Costa Rica and first described to science in 2002.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature
  2. ^ 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.


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