New click beetle species named after Dominican Republic's Indigenous Arawak people
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“A newly described species of click beetle with a glossy, domed black body has been discovered in the cloud forests of the Dominican Republic. It was named in honor of the Arawak people who inhabited the island prior to European colonization.”
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