Agathidium cheneyi
Species of beetle
| Agathidium cheneyi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Leiodidae |
| Genus: | Agathidium |
| Species: | A. cheneyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Agathidium cheneyi Miller, K.B. & Q.D.Wheeler, 2005 | |
Agathidium cheneyi is a slime-mold beetle of the Leiodidae family. The species is known from a collection obtained in Chiapas, Mexico
It was named after the former US vice President Dick Cheney by two researchers at Cornell University, one of sixty five newly described species that emerged from a review of several large museum collections of slime-mold beetles of the genus Agathidium. Along with taxa named for Donald Rumsfeld and George W. Bush, the entomologists stated that these epithets were a homage to these members of the US government rather than any specific resemblance.
References
- Press Release from Cornell News
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Dick Cheney
- 46th Vice President of the United States (2001–2009)
- 17th United States Secretary of Defense (1989–1993)
- U.S. Representative for WY–AL (1979–1989)
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| Vice presidential |
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public image
- Agathidium cheneyi
- Dick Cheney hunting accident
- Efforts to impeach Dick Cheney
- Exceptional: Why the World Needs a Powerful America
- In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir
personal life
- Lynne Cheney (wife)
- Liz Cheney (daughter)
- Mary Cheney (daughter)
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