Agra catbellae

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Agra catbellae is a species of carabid beetle named after the actress Catherine Bell. The holotype was collected in Costa Rica and first described to science in 2002.{{cite journal|author1=Erwin, T. L.|date=2002|url=http://si-pddr.si.edu/dspace/bitstream/10088/2839/1/CR_Agra.pdf|title=The Beetle Family Carabidae of Costa Rica: Twenty-nine new species of Agra Fabricius 1801 (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Lebiini, Agrina)|journal=Zootaxa|volume=119|pages=1–68|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.119.1.1|access-date=2018-02-22|archive-date=2012-11-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105105918/http://si-pddr.si.edu/dspace/bitstream/10088/2839/1/CR_Agra.pdf|url-status=dead}}

Etymology

Terry L. Erwin, who described the species, explained that the binomial nomenclature is catbellae because it is the "combined name of the actress starring on the then-current TV program JAG, Catherine Bell. These beetles share the forest with an elegant cat, the Jaguar".

Other species in the genus Agra named by Erwin include Agra liv, named after Liv Tyler, and Agra schwarzeneggeri, named after Arnold Schwarzenegger.{{cite journal |title=Terry L. Erwin: She Had a Black Eye and in Her Arm She Held a Skunk|author1=Rice, M. E.|date=March 2015|journal=American Entomologist|volume=61|issue=1|pages=9–15|doi=10.1093/ae/tmv002|doi-access=free}}

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Category:Lebiinae

Category:Beetles described in 2002