The Place of Dead Roads

In a recent scholarly article published in the Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, Miller and Wheeler report on many new beetles discovered. Being new discoveries, they have the honor of naming them. To quote from their article Slime-mold beetles of the genus Agathidium Panzer in North and Central America : Coleoptera, Leiodidae. Part 2:

Agathidium bushi Miller and Wheeler;
TYPE LOCALITY: United States, Virginia, Lee Co., Cumberland Gap National Park near Skylight Cave.
DESCRIPTION: Body moderately large, rounded, robust, strongly contractile. Head, pronotum, and elytra yellow-red; Head broad, dorsal surface flattened.
Female not examined.
ETYMOLOGY: This species is named in honor of G.W. Bush (Crawford, TX), President of the United States.

Agathidium cheneyi Miller and Wheeler;
TYPE LOCALITY: Mexico, Chiapas, Yerbabuena Preserve.
DESCRIPTION: Body moderately small, broad, robust, rounded, strongly contractile.
Female not examined.
ETYMOLOGY: This species is named in honor of R.B. Cheney (Casper, WY), Vice-President of the United States.

Agathidium rumsfeldi Miller and Wheeler;
TYPE LOCALITY: Mexico, Hidalgo.
DESCRIPTION: Body moderately small, broad, robust, rounded, strongly contractile.
Female not examined.
ETYMOLOGY: Named after D. Rumsfeld (Taos, NM), Secretary of Defense of the United States.

In all fairness, I will include a quote from Wheeler in this CNN article:

"We admire these leaders as fellow citizens who have the courage of their convictions and are willing to do the very difficult and unpopular work of living up to principles of freedom and democracy rather than accepting the expedient or popular."

I guess once you have the respect and admiration of university entomologists, you can rest assured your place in history is secure. Who wouldn't want to be forever associated with american slime-mold beetles. For these guys, it just may be one the best honors history grants them. I am sure this is wondering about the obvious, but I wonder how the slime-mold beetles feel about this honor?