Help name a beetle species (with spectacular genitalia) after Stephen Colbert

By Michael Ferro
Backed by Denny Luan, Mary Severinghaus, Carol M, Liz Pulo, Cindy Wu, Daniel C Huston, Jessica McGeary, Christina Tran, Kevin Gielen, Dennis Redeker, and 3 other backers
Clemson, South Carolina
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  • Daniel C Huston
    Daniel C HustonBacker
    Ah that sounds like good number of regions for the molecular characterization! Keep up the good work!
    Nov 23, 2015
  • Michael Ferro
    Michael FerroResearcher
    Daniel! I'm the morphology guy on this project. As things progress I'll bring in a couple other people to play with genes. I have a friend who has used cytochrome c oxidase I, 18S ribosomal DNA, 28S ribosomal DNA, and wingless on this tribe (Faronitae). Elmids are great!
    Nov 20, 2015
  • Daniel C Huston
    Daniel C HustonBacker
    Right on Mike! What sort of regions are the Coleopterists sequencing these days for species delineation and phylogenetic comparisons? I'm on trematodes these days but am definitely keen to return to elmids!
    Nov 20, 2015
  • Mary Severinghaus
    Mary SeveringhausBacker
    What better way to honor our favorite human being!
    Nov 15, 2015