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Introducing Animals

New species of hairy weevil named after Chewbacca

Four previously undiscovered beetles found on island off Papua New Guinea

Trigonopterus chewbacca

FUR BALL  Trigonopterus chewbacca may not be as tall as its namesake, but the new weevil species is plenty hairy.

M.H. Van Dam et al/ZooKeys 2016

By Cassie Martin

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