''Augyles letovi'' is a species of beetle in the family
Heteroceridae
Heteroceridae, the variegated mud-loving beetles, are a widespread and relatively common family of beetles found on every continent except for Antarctica.
Around two hundred and fifty species of heterocerids are known to occur worldwide. They a ...
. The insect is named after
Russian singer-songwriter
Yegor Letov
Igor Fedorovich "Yegor" Letov (russian: link=no, И́горь Фёдорович "Его́р" Ле́тов, ; 10 September 1964 – 19 February 2008) was a Russian poet, musician, singer-songwriter, audio engineer and conceptual artist, best know ...
, the leader of the rock band
Grazhdanskaya Oborona.
The beetle was discovered in
Vietnam
Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...
in 1976. In 2018, the species was described by Russian entomologist Alexey Sazhnev from Papanin Institute of Biology of Inland Waters.
The beetle is light brown with yellowish spots on the back.
Новый вид жука-пилоуса назвали в честь Егора Летова. РИА Новости.
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References
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Byrrhoidea
Beetles described in 2018
Insects of Vietnam