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New Insect Species Discovered
Costa Rican and Spanish
scientists have discovered a new
insect species in the Alberto
Manuel Brenes Biological Reserve
in central Costa Rica, academics
said Wednesday.
Esteban Duran of Madrid's
National Farming Research
Institute and Marco Antonio
Zumbado, a Costa Rican
researcher, said the insect
species had been given the name
"lagocherus delestali."
The experts said "lagocherus
delestali" is a nocturnal insect
measuring between 2-2.5 cm long
with red and yellow spots on its
body and a granulated texture on
its forewings.
The new species' neck is a
granulated brick color and its
antennae have 11 segments. The
male's femurs are larger than
the female's.
The new species belongs to the
coleopteran family, integrated
by some 350,000 different insect
species, and it develops its
larval state inside rotten tree
trunks.
The scientific investigation
began in 2003, but it was not
until April 2006 when the first
specimens of this insect were
collected.
"So far four new insects have
been collected," said Zumbado
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