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#NewSpecies just dropped! 📢

New #OpenAccess research in #RESSystematicEnt reports on how deep-soil sampling in Chile revealed a new elateroid #beetle family, #Badmaateridae fam. nov. (Coleoptera)
doi.org/10.1111/syen.70020

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January 30, 2026 at 2:03 PM
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めも　甲虫の新科　Deep‐soil sampling in Chile reveals a new elateroid beetle family, Badmaateridae fam. nov. (Coleoptera) - Grebennikov - 2026 - Systematic Entomology - Wiley Online Library resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Deep‐soil sampling in Chile reveals a new elateroid beetle family, Badmaateridae fam. nov. (Coleoptera)
Genomic data support the definition of a new elateroid family, Badmaateridae fam. nov., with Badmaater chilensis gen. nov. sp. nov. as the only representative. Badmaateridae is sister to an extensiv.....
resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:52 PM
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We describe Badmaateridae, a new beetle FAMILY from Chile!
Badmaater chilensis is blind, wingless, and extremely small (~1mm).

📄 Open access in Systematic Entomology
doi.org/10.1111/syen.70020
#Entomology #NewSpecies #Beetles
January 19, 2026 at 1:17 PM