A fact from Coelopleurus exquisitus appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 23 September 2011 ( check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that a listing on eBay led to the discovery of a new species? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2011/September. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Coelopleurus exquisitus.

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There should be a picture of this critter, or there should be 1000 words describing it.

Also, the text "A similar event occurred in 2008 when a fossilised aphid encased in amber was purchased from eBay. Again, the species was found to never have been described; it was given the name Mindarus harringtoni.[7]" is not appropriate for this article. 24.27.31.170 ( talk) 16:37, 24 September 2011 (UTC) Eric reply

OK, there's a photo. I'm actually the dude who bought that first eBay example; this is it. Proscriptus ( talk) 01:58, 29 January 2012 (UTC) reply