New click beetle species named after Dominican Republic's Indigenous Arawak people

InsectNews newsroom brief · 1h ago · 1 min read · via phys.org

A new species of click beetle with a glossy and highly domed black body has been described from cloud forest sites in the mountains of the Dominican Republic and named in honor of the Arawak peoples who lived on the island before European colonization.

A new species of click beetle with a glossy and highly domed black body has been described from cloud forest sites in the mountains of the Dominican Republic and named in honor of the Arawak peoples who lived on the island before European colonization. This story matters for Science & Discovery readers tracking insect. Reported by phys.org. Read the full original at the source link below.

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