Agathidium vaderi
{{Short description|Species of beetle}}
{{Speciesbox
| genus = Agathidium
| species = vaderi
| authority = Miller, K.B. & Q.D.Wheeler, 2005
}}
Agathidium vaderi is a species of round fungus beetle in the family Leiodidae. It is found in North America. The beetle was named after the fictional character Darth Vader by Cornell University entomologists due to its shiny helmetlike head that resembles that of the Star Wars villain.{{Cite web|title=Slime-mold beetles named for Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld -- but strictly in homage|url=https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2005/04/slime-mold-beetles-named-bush-cheney-rumsfeld|access-date=2021-10-11|website=Cornell Chronicle|language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Duntley |first1=Sonja Meyer |title=ESF president's favorite insect, the Darth Vader beetle: CNY Science |url=https://www.syracuse.com/news/2014/03/a_force_of_nature_esf_presidents_favorite_insect.html |access-date=February 7, 2021 |publisher=The Post-Standard |date=March 5, 2014}}
Range
Agathidium vaderi has been observed in the mountains of western North Carolina, eastern Tennessee, and northern Georgia, including the Great Smoky Mountains.{{Cite journal
| title = Slime-mold beetles of the genus Agathidium Panzer in North and Central America, Part II. Coleoptera: Leiodidae
| date = 2005
| last1 = Miller | first1 = Kelly B.
| last2 = Wheeler | first2 = Quentin D.
| journal = Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History
| volume = 2005| issue = 291| pages = 87–88
| url = https://www.researchgate.net/publication/296616304
| doi = 10.1206/0003-0090(2005)291<0001:SBOTGA>2.0.CO;2
| hdl=2246/459
| s2cid = 85624633
| hdl-access=free
}}
References
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{{Cite web| title=Agathidium vaderi Report
| url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=933845
| website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System
| access-date=2020-01-22
}}
{{Cite web| title=Agathidium vaderi
| url=https://www.gbif.org/species/9304479
| website=GBIF
| access-date=2020-01-22
}}
}}
Further reading
{{refbegin}}
- {{Cite journal
| title = Slime-mold beetles of the genus Agathidium Panzer in North and Central America, Part II. Coleoptera: Leiodidae
| date = 2005
| last1 = Miller | first1 = Kelly B.
| last2 = Wheeler | first2 = Quentin D.
| journal = Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History
| volume = 2005| issue = 291| pages = 1–95
| url = https://www.researchgate.net/publication/296616304
| doi = 10.1206/0003-0090(2005)291<0001:SBOTGA>2.0.CO;2
| hdl=2246/459
| s2cid = 85624633
| hdl-access=free
}}
- {{Cite journal
| title = Slime-mold beetles of the genus Agathidium Panzer in North and Central America, Part I. Coleoptera: Leiodidae
| date = 2005
| last1 = Wheeler | first1 = Quentin D.
| last2 = Miller | first2 = Kelly B.
| journal = Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History
| volume = 2005| issue = 290| pages = 1–95
| url = https://www.researchgate.net/publication/296616304
| doi = 10.1206/0003-0090(2005)290<0001:SBOTGA>2.0.CO;2
| hdl=2246/458
| s2cid = 198159576
| hdl-access=free
}}
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Category:Beetles described in 2005
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