#头条创作挑战赛 #
In March 2021, the doctor shared with you the article "They are the three holy birds in Pokémon, and they are also three new species in the insect world", which tells the story of a graduate student "Yun Hsiao" who discovered three new insects from Australia, because he is a veteran Pokémon player, so he named his discovery "Three holy birds (frozen birds, lightning birds and flame birds)", which is very interesting! Coincidentally, something similar happened recently!
This time the location changed from Australia to Singapore, and the newly discovered new species of cockroach was named "Pheromosa". Obviously, the scholar named is also a die-hard fan of "Pokémon" like the one above, but the naming this time is more scientific and reasonable than "insects take the names of the three holy birds", after all, the creative source of the Pherome mantis, which first appeared in the game "Pokémon: Sun/Moon", is indeed a cockroach.
According to a number of foreign media reports, the entomologist "Foo Maosheng" (co-discoverer) who discovered the new breed of cockroaches said in an interview: The new insect has two long antennae, wings that imitate hoods and slender legs, and my partners and I thought of the Pokémon in "Pokémon" for the first time, why not name this cockroach-inspired Pokémon? According to the rules of the circle, as discoverers, they do have the power to name.
So the full name of the cockroach "Nocticola Pheromosa" was born, which was also the first cockroach of the genus Nocticola to be found in Singapore. The doctor went to check the meaning of Nocticola, which means "like the night" in Latin, which translates to "luminous worm", it seems that this new cockroach likes to move at night, which is also in line with our understanding of this insect.
Next, the Dr. added some background knowledge of the above events. The Pherome in "Pokémon" is very beautiful, and its opponents will be fascinated and lose hostility regardless of gender, but cockroaches in reality do not have this ability; "Foo Maosheng," director of the Cryogenic Curator at the Lee Kong Chian Museum of Natural History in Singapore, loves to study insects, calling it a "bug catcher" by his students and colleagues. And such a knowledgeable researcher is also a Pokémon player.
For many years, the uniqueness of the Singapore cockroach has not been officially recognized in the circle, but this time "Foo Maosheng" and "Cristian C. Lucanas" from the Philippines published the pherome cockroach, who is the lead author of the study; As for the characteristics of the Ferromei cockroach in reality, unlike other common cockroaches, it is more fragile and lives in a more isolated ecosystem (its kind is spread all over the world, very arrogant), so the insect world has limited knowledge of it.
It is worth mentioning: the above naming events are not uncommon, the doctor still remembers that in 2016, the new breed of bee scientists found in Chile named Chilicola charizard, that is, the fire-breathing dragon in "Pokémon", it seems that there are many Pokémon die-hard players in the insect research circle!