The journey through the sphere allowed non-experts to participate in‍ the study ‌of ⁢biodiversity and to discover and classify⁢ a new species.

The unexplored world of‌ tiny beetles in the tropical rainforest is seemingly endless. However, this did‌ not discourage‍ citizen​ scientists from joining‌ expeditions⁤ to the Ulu Temburong forest in ⁣Borneo, where they continued to add new species to scientific records one by one. Together with a team ⁢of researchers, they‌ recently published a new species, Clavicornaltica mataikanensis, in the ‍open-access,‍ peer-reviewed ⁤ Biodiversity Knowledge Journal.