[Devastator001]

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Originally Posted by Da_Last_2_Walk

You da man!

Congrats on your discovery.

I always find it intriguing that people still find new species out there.

Thank you. Yeah.. the discovery was an accident. It acutally took six years to realize the beetle was new to science. I had it mis-identified as another species, based on the opinion of my colleague in Helsinki. We are at the tip of the iceberg. There are a little more than 1 millon species described so far. It is estimated there are at least 30 million species of insects yet to be discovered. We as entomologists have our work cut out for us. Anyone actually can find a new species, the trick is finding a specialist to determine if the critter is new to science. One of the perks if someone finds one, usually will have a new species named after the person who discovered it. In the case of new species I am working on, There are too many people who found it at the same time. So instead of using one of them, I though it would be nice to dedicate it in honor my grandmother. Everyone who are working on this project are in agreement with the proposed name.