Monday 24 March 2014

In The News: Vengeful Taxonomy: Your Chance to Name a New Species of Cockroach

From Entomology Today: Vengeful Taxonomy: Your Chance to Name a New Species of Cockroach


We’ve recently discovered a new species of cockroach in the genus Xestoblatta. It’s dirty, it’s ugly, it’s smelly, and it needs a name.
As part of our campaign to fund a project about how tropical landscapes drive evolution, we are offering the opportunity for anyone with enough cash to name this new species. Why would you want to name a down-and-dirty insect like that? Because it’s the most low-down and dirty of them all!
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