Agathidium bushi

Agathidium bushi, Agathidium cheneyi, and Agathidium rumsfeldi are species of slime-mold beetles named after George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, and Donald Rumsfeld, respectively, by two former Cornell entomologists, Dr Kelly B Miller (now at Brigham Young University) and Dr Quentin D Wheeler (now at the Natural History Museum).

References

• Miller, Kelly B; Wheeler, Quentin D (2005). "Slime-mold beetles of the genus Agathidium panzer in North and Central America, part II. Coleoptera: Leiodidae." Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 291 (1), 1-167. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090(2005)291<0001:SBOTGA>2.0.CO;2

External links

• Press Release from Cornell News
• Dr Kelly B Miller's homepage
• Dr Quentin D Wheeler's homepage