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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Rare beetle species named after ex-California governor Brown

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Scientists are naming a rare species of beetle in honor of former California Gov. Jerry Brown after finding one at his ranch.

Bembidion brownorum was last seen in 1966, but it hadn't been named or described until one was collected near a creek on Brown's ranch in Colusa County, about an hour's drive northwest of Sacramento, the University of California, Berkeley announced Monday.

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