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Article: NEW BEETLE DISCOVERED WITH HELP OF STATE WILDLIFE GRANT

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Aug. 31 -- The Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission issued the following news release:

A State Wildlife Grant for a study to enhance the state's database on rare invertebrates yielded more than expected. The grant, awarded to the Florida Natural Areas Inventory, brought a rare discovery: a new beetle species called the Auburndale scrub scarab, or Polyphylla starkae.

Donna Stark, a volunteer with the project, found the medium-sized beetle in a patch of scrub near Auburndale on the Winter Haven Ridge in Central Florida in 2007. She made a note that it was a large Phyllophaga, which is a group of scarab beetles. It wasn't until 2009, when she began identifying ...

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