Tiny weevil beetle with 'furry' scales is named after Chewbacca from Star Wars

In the Star Wars universe, he is an 8ft tall, fur covered alien that co-pilots the Millennium Falcon, but on Earth Chewbacca is a rather more diminutive creature.

Biologists have named a new species of flightless beetle after the fictional Wookiee due to the dense fur-like scales around its head and legs. 

The creature, officially named Trigonopterus chewbacca, is a black weevil beetle discovered during an expedition to New Britain in Papua New Guinea.

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