Discovered 40 new beetle species in the Tahiti Islands

A group of entomologists has discovered more than 40 species of new beetles on the slopes of the Tahiti Islands, where researchers have never arrived before.

Source: futurity.org

Professor James Liebherr of Cornell University in the United States led the research team to Tahiti - the "headquarters" of insects considered the most diverse in the world.

According to Professor Liebherr, it is rare for many concentrated beetles in the same place. These are all endemic and mating species.

During the helicopter expedition, scientists discovered many species with typical appearance of wet rock surface, living among layers of rocky mountains.

Many species adapt to plant form, hard to find anywhere else. Experts judged that these new beetle species are very ecologically special.