Gelae [SEP] parent taxon
beetles, and labelled them under "Undescribed Genus 7". With reexamination of the tribe Agathidiini to which they belong, they were reclassified under a new genus "Gelae" in 2004. Kelly B. Miller and Quentin D. Wheeler described their significant characters and regrouped them, along with five new species, "G. baen", "G. belae", "G. donut", "G. fish", and "G. rol". They derived the name from a Latin word "gelatus", which means "congealed"
new species are "Gelae baen" (sounding like "jelly bean"), "G. belae" ("jelly belly"), "G. donut" ("jelly doughnut"), "G. fish" ("jelly fish"), and "G. rol" ("jelly roll").
Discovery and taxonomy.
The first species of "Gelae" discovered was "Agathidium cognatum" (now "Gelae cognatum"). John Lawrence LeConte discovered the only specimen at Marquette, Michigan,