14.4.05

Agathidium bushi, Agathidium cheneyi, Agathidium rumsfeldi

Not a demon-summoning chant, but a trio of newly-named mold-eating beetle species which are grouped under the heading of "Rove Beetles."

Life on Earth:
Eukaryotes:
Opisthokonts:
Animals:
Bilateria:
Ecdysozoa:
Arthropoda:
Hexapoda:
Insecta:
Pterygota:
Neoptera:
Endopterygota:
Coleoptera:
Polyphaga:
Staphyliniformia:
Staphylinoidea (A.K.A. "Rove Beetles") (Latreille 1802):
Leiodidae (Fleming 1821):
Leiodinae (Fleming 1821):
Agathidinii (Westwood 1838):
Agathidium:
(bushi, cheneyi, rumsfeldi)

- news item from BBC News.
- biological classification from Tree of Life

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