Lava attraction: 74 new beetle species found hiding in plain sight on a Hawaiian volcano
Sunday, December 13, 2015 - 22:30
in Biology & Nature
Within the limits of Haleakala volcano, Maui Island, Hawaii, the beetle fauna turns out to be not only extremely diverse, but quite abundant as well. When a professor looked thoroughly into the ground beetle populations in the area, he identified 116 species of round-waisted predatory beetles, including 74 new to science.