Who is the namesake of the beetle similar to Dim from the Pixar film directed by John Lasseter about insects?
A Bug's Life A Bug's Life is a 1998 American computer-animated adventure comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by John Lasseter, the film involves a misfit ant named Flik that is looking for "tough warriors" to save his colony from greedy grasshoppers, only to recruit a group of bugs that turn out to be an inept circus troupe. The film stars the voices of Dave Foley, Kevin Spacey and Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
Lathropus Lathropus is a genus of beetles in the family Laemophloeidae. It has been the subject of recent taxonomic study. "Lathropus" species are minute (<2mm) flattened beetles with short, clubbed antennae, closed mesocoxal cavities, extremely dense surface sculpture, and dorsal pubescence composed of bifurcate setae. Currently recognized valid species are: