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Burchell's Giant Ground Beetle (Aplothorax burchelli) |
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| distribution: British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha: Saint Helena |
| local name: - |
| size: ca. 3,8 cm (length) extinction date: last found in 1967 |
| This flightless species, the only one within its genus, was already considered extinct since almost one hundred years, when in the year 1967 adult beetles as well as larvas of this species were found. Unfortunately this rediscovery was also the last confirmed sight, because since that date nobody ever found again even one single specimen of this species. |
 left:Burchell's Giant Ground Beetle (Aplothorax burchelli) Depiction from 'A. Heyne; O. Taschenberg: Die exotischen Käfer in Wort und Bild / begonnen von Alexander Heyne; fortgeführt und vollendet von Otto Taschenberg. Leipzig: G. Reusche, 1908.' http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org |
| References: - Philip & Myrtle Ashmole: The invertebrates of Prosperous Bay Plain, St Helena. Commissioned by the St Helena Government and financed by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. 2004 |