Venezuelan beetle named after Stephen Colbert

Some stories speak for themselves:

“What has six legs and is way cooler than a spider?” asks a riddle on the cover of a birthday card recently sent to Stephen Colbert of Comedy Central.

The answer - Agaporomorphus colberti - a diving beetle from Venezuela that was recently identified by entomologists Quentin Wheeler of Arizona State University and Kelly Miller of the University of New Mexico.

“Last year, Stephen shamelessly asked the science community to name something cooler than a spider to honor him,” Wheeler said. “His top choices were a giant ant or a laser lion. While those would be cool species to discover, our research involves beetles, and they are way cooler than a spider any day.

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