# Tiny beetle trapped in 53-million-year-old amber is named after Twenty One Pilots

Source: [Biology News - Evolution, Cell theory, Gene theory, Microbiology, Biotechnology](https://phys.org/news/2026-11-tiny-beetle-million-year-amber.html) · 2026-11-09 · Life
Page: https://themorning.science/story/tiny-beetle-trapped-in-53-million-year-old-amber-is-named-after-twenty-one-pilot-106c436d558de977
Kind: research · Impact: low

## In brief

- A beetle preserved in about 53-million-year-old amber has been described as a new species by researchers in Spain and France.
- The species is named Cnopus twentyonepilotorum, after the band Twenty One Pilots.
- It is the first puppet beetle (family Aderidae) formally described from the Oise amber of northern France.

## Why it matters

It adds a formally described species to the fossil record of Oise amber, a source of information about insect diversity around 53 million years ago.

## Coverage

- [Tiny beetle trapped in 53-million-year-old amber is named after Twenty One Pilots](https://phys.org/news/2026-11-tiny-beetle-million-year-amber.html) — Biology News - Evolution, Cell theory, Gene theory, Microbiology, Biotechnology, 2026-11-09

Tags: paleontology, entomology, amber, taxonomy, beetles

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