What beetle is named after the youngest person to receive six Academy Award nominations
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Agra katewinsletae Agra katewinsletae is a species of carabid beetle named after English actress and singer Kate Winslet.
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Kate Winslet Kate Elizabeth Winslet, CBE (born 5 October 1975), is an English actress. She is the recipient of an Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, a BIFA Award, four Golden Globe Awards, a Grammy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, an AACTA Award, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. Winslet is the youngest person to receive six Academy Award nominations, with seven nominations in total, and is one of the few actresses to win three of the four major American entertainment awards (EGOT). In addition, she has won awards from the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts and European Film Academy, among others, and the Honorary César Award in 2012.
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Eunidia minor Eunidia minor is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1954.
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Annette Frances Braun Annette Frances Braun (1884–1978) was an American entomologist and leading authority on microlepidoptera, the order that includes the smaller butterflies and moths.
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Paederus Paederus is a genus of small beetles of the family Staphylinidae ("rove beetles"). With 622 valid species assigned by 1987 to the subtribe Paederina ("Paederus" and its close allies), and with all but 148 within "Paederus" itself, the genus is large. Due to toxins in the hemolymph of some species within this genus, it has given its name to paederus dermatitis, a characteristic skin irritation that occurs if one of the insects is crushed against skin. That name, Paederus dermatitis, is a poor choice because, decades earlier, the affliction had been called dermatitis linearis, a name that works in all languages, not just English, because of its Latin origin; the name Paederus dermatitis is also inappropriate because it has shown to be caused by (a) only a few species of the genus Paederus, but (b) also a few species that belong to closely related genera (that are not "Paederus") within the subtribe Paederina. A scholarly paper in 2002 suggested that a "Paederus" species could have been responsible for some of the ten Plagues of Egypt described in the Bible's Book of Exodus.
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Darwinilus Darwinilus sedarisi is a species of rove beetle, the only species in the genus Darwinilus. It is named after Charles Darwin and David Sedaris. It is found in Argentina. A specimen of the beetle was collected by Charles Darwin in 1832 during the voyage of the HMS "Beagle", but not formally named as a new species until 2014.
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Sanfilippodytes bertae Sanfilippodytes bertae, or Bert's predaceous diving beetle, is listed as an endangered species of beetle currently residing in southern Alberta, Canada, and is protected under the federal Species at Risk Act. It has no current subspecies. The species belongs to the taxonomy of arthropods, kingdom Animalia, class Insecta, order Coleoptera, superfamily Dytiscoidea and family Dytiscidae.
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Rhyzodiastes xii Rhyzodiastes xii, known alternatively as the Daddy Xi beetle, is a species of ground beetle that attracted media attention in 2016, when an entomologist named it after the paramount leader of China, Xi Jinping.
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Pediobius foveolatus Pediobius foveolatus (Crawford) (Fig. 1 and 3), is a tiny exotic parasitoid wasp that is used for biological control of Mexican bean beetle, "Epilachna varivestis" (Fig. 2), an important insect pest of snap beans, lima beans, and sometimes soybeans mainly found at economic levels in the eastern United States. "Pediobius foveolatus" is in the family Eulophidae, and is the most successful biological control agent for Mexican bean beetle. This wasp only attacks beetle larvae, not eggs or adults. It is commonly used by smaller, organic growers; but is also mass released throughout the state of New Jersey, by their state department of agriculture.
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Papilio ajax Papilio ajax , is a scientific name given in 1758 by Linnaeus to what later appeared to be a combination of three species of butterflies. The name was placed on the "Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Specific Names in Zoology" in 1954 after an application to that matter was submitted by Steven Corbet in 1945. The name no longer has a status as a scientific name, except in cases of homonymy; according to the rules of the "International Code of Zoological Nomenclature" the name "Papilio ajax" can no longer be given to any species.
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Anna Pinnock Anna Pinnock is a set decorator. She has been nominated six times for an Academy Award:
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Carlo Rambaldi Carlo Rambaldi (September 15, 1925 – August 10, 2012) was an Italian special effects artist, winner of three Oscars: one Special Achievement Academy Award for Best Visual Effects in 1977 for the 1976 version of "King Kong" and two Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects in 1980 and 1983 for, respectively, "Alien" (1979) and "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" (1982). He is most famous for his work in those two last mentioned films, that is for the mechanical head-effects for the creature in "Alien" and the design of the title character of "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial".
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Glenea camilla Glenea camilla is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe in 1867.
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Cicindela aurulenta Cicindela aurulenta, common name Blue-spotted or Golden-spotted tiger beetle, is a beetle of the Carabidae family.
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Altica Altica (New Latin from Greek ἁλτικός , "haltikós", "jumper" or "jumping") is a large genus of flea beetles in the subfamily Galerucinae, with about 300 species, distributed nearly worldwide. The genus is best represented in the Neotropic region, well represented in the Nearctic and Palearctic, but occurs also in the Afrotropic, Indomalaya and Australasia. The species are similar to each other, small metallic blue-green-bronze beetles, often distinguished from each other only by the aedeagus. The species of "Altica", both as larvae and as adults, are phytophagous, feeding on plant foliage of various food plant taxa, specific for each "Altica" species. Onagraceae and Rosaceae (mainly "Rubus") are the dominant host plant families for Holarctic species. The adult "Altica" beetles are able to jump away when approached.
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Carabus Carabus is a genus of beetle in family Carabidae. The genus is highly diverse with 91 subgenera and more than 900 recognised species and thus is the largest genus in the subfamily Carabinae. The vast majority are native to the Palearctic, but there are also 11 Nearctic species. "Carabus" are 12 - long, most species are wingless and often very colourful. These are nocturnal, predatory beetles that feed on snails, earthworms and caterpillars.
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Cicindela lepida Cicindela lepida is a species of threatened tiger beetle. The species size is 9-11 millimeters, the dorsal surface is white or cream, the head and thorax are green or reddish and covered with white setae, and the maculations are greatly expanded and leaves only small areas of white brown. The species natural habitat is in pure white to pale yellow dry sandy areas with sparse or no vegetation. It is commonly found on coastal shorelines or large lake shores. The species is active in the summer and it has a two year life cycle. Its common name is Ghost tiger beetle.
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June beetle June beetle is the common name for several scarab beetles that appear around June in temperate parts of North America:
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Ohlone tiger beetle The Ohlone tiger beetle, Cicindela ohlone, is endemic to California. It was first discovered in 1987 and was named and described in 1993. "C. ohlone" is part of the "Cicindela" genus and is most closely related to "C. purpurea".
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Metaxyphloeus Metaxyphloeus is a genus of beetles in the family Laemophloeidae. It belongs to a small group of rostrate laemophloeid genera endemic to the New World. Members of "Metaxyphloeus" range from southern Texas south to Bolivia. Related rostrate genera are "Rhinomalus" and "Rhinophloeus". Adults are moderate-sized laemophloeids (~2 mm) characterized by their prolonged heads, open procoxal cavities, an acuminate intercoxal process on the first visible abdominal ventrite, antennal club of six antennomeres, and male genitalia lacking a dorsal piece of the tegmen. "Metaxyphloeus" adults are dark brown or black, shining, with or without dorsal pubescence, and with one or two pairs of pale elytral maculae. Their biology and immature stages are unknown. Adults may be attracted to light in forest habitats. The function of the rostrum is unknown.
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Figeater beetle Cotinis mutabilis, also known as the figeater beetle (also green fruit beetle or fig beetle), is a member of the scarab beetle family. It belongs to the subfamily Cetoniinae, comprising a group of beetles commonly called flower chafers since many of them feed on pollen, nectar, or petals. Its habitat is primarily the southwestern United States and Mexico. Figeater beetles are often mistaken for green June beetles ("Cotinis nitida") and occasionally Japanese beetles ("Popillia japonica"), which occur in the eastern US; however, they are not considered to be an important pest because they do not damage lawns as larvae and trees as much as their eastern cousins.
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Baby LeRoy Baby LeRoy (12 May 1932 – 28 July 2001) was a child actor who appeared in films in the 1930s. When he was sixteen months old, he became the youngest person ever put under term contract by a major studio.