Star Wars and Asterix characters amongst 103 beetles new to science from Sulawesi, Indonesia
Thursday, March 7, 2019 - 11:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A total of 103 new species of weevils are added to the genus Trigonopterus from Sulawesi whereas. Prior to the study, there had only been a single species from this group documented on the Indonesian island. Having remained undercover due to their tiny size (2-3 mm) and close superficial resemblance, a team of scientists managed to identify the novel species thanks to modern DNA analyses.