Antarctotrechus balli is extinct species of ground beetle known from the Miocene of Antarctica, the only species of the genus Antarctotrechus. It belongs to the tribe Trechini, and appears to be closely related to South American and Australian trechines. It was less than a centimeter long, with dark brown elytra, which are the only known parts of the animal. It is thought to have lived in a tundra environment, which included Nothofagus prostrate shrubs, Ranunculus (buttercups) and moss that grew around the banks of a stream on the outwash plain at the head of a fjord.[1]
Antarctotrechus balli is extinct species of ground beetle known from the Miocene of Antarctica, the only species of the genus Antarctotrechus. It belongs to the tribe Trechini, and appears to be closely related to South American and Australian trechines. It was less than a centimeter long, with dark brown elytra, which are the only known parts of the animal. It is thought to have lived in a tundra environment, which included Nothofagus prostrate shrubs, Ranunculus (buttercups) and moss that grew around the banks of a stream on the outwash plain at the head of a fjord.
Antarctotrechus balli, com um nome vernáculo proposto de besouro tundra antártico de Ball (em homenagem ao besouro cientista George Ball), é um besouro extinto há muito tempo que habitava o clima temperado do que hoje é a Antártica . Tinha menos de um centímetro de comprimento, que se acreditava ser de cor marrom-escura, e existiu durante o período médio do Mioceno, entre 14 e 20 milhões de anos atrás.[1][2]
Antarctotrechus balli, com um nome vernáculo proposto de besouro tundra antártico de Ball (em homenagem ao besouro cientista George Ball), é um besouro extinto há muito tempo que habitava o clima temperado do que hoje é a Antártica . Tinha menos de um centímetro de comprimento, que se acreditava ser de cor marrom-escura, e existiu durante o período médio do Mioceno, entre 14 e 20 milhões de anos atrás.