Named after Hu Ge Gu Tianle, the newly discovered insect Hu Gu fork out of the circle in Sichuan

Recently, a paper on new insect species with many ancient citations has been "out of the circle" in another way, which is known to more netizens outside the industry - the paper named an insect collected in Ganzi, Sichuan Province, "Hugu Fork (j)", in order to "pay tribute to the famous actors Mr. Hu Ge and Mr. Gu Tianle" and "thank them for their contributions to environmental protection and basic education in the mountainous areas of western China." "However, people in the insect research community pay more attention to the wording and details of the paper, and their attitude is certainly not recognized."

In this regard, the first author of the article bluntly said that the huge flow surprised them, and the reason why he wrote in this way had his own considerations was also "learning from the grandfather".

Named after "Hugu" An academic paper out of the loop

The paper, entitled "A New Species of the Genus Psychicchia in Sichuan Province, China", is a paper on a new species of insect published in the journal World Ecology. According to the article, this new insect species was collected in Hailuogou Glacier Forest Park in Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan Province. This new insect species was named "HuGu Fork" by the author, in which "Hu" refers to the film and television star Hu Ge, and "Gu" is Gu Tianle.

Because of the reason for this naming, many concerned netizens joked that even bugs have become handsome.

Why is it named? The author explained in the paper that although Gu Tianle and Hu Ge participated in charity in a low-key manner, they could also play a positive role in guiding the promotion of good deeds and righteous deeds with national idols. The species was named "Hu Gu Fork" in tribute to Mr. Hu Ge and Gu Tianle for their contributions to environmental protection and basic education in the mountainous areas of western China.

Show off your literary style?

Some affirmed, and some did not approve

Insect researchers at a university in the north told reporters that insiders pay more attention to the writing and many details of this article. For example, this article cites many ancient texts, and there are more than 10 sources alone, such as: "Zhuangzi Shanmu" "Floating by Morality", "Xunzi" said that he "did not drink or eat", "Cloth robe grass traveled to the end of the world, chaoshi and yunxia" (Yuan Pengzhi Zhongji "Minghe Yuyin" volume 4 "Liu Ziqing", etc.).

Zhao Li, director of the Huaxi Insect Museum, believes that "the article cannot be faulted, and it is even quite interesting", which can make more people outside the industry pay attention to understanding insect taxonomy.

However, the reporter noted that in addition to some people who think that the author is pretentious, the criticism of the wording of the paper is also very severe. Some researchers have pointed out some details in the article, such as that the "襀" should be on the side of the insect word, and believe that this article may be a negative textbook in the taxonomic article.

A professor who studies insects described his feelings as "strange", "one is strange in writing style, and the other is strange in publishing classification papers in the journal 'World Ecology'." "Show off the literary style, nonsense." Strictly speaking, he argues, this is not even a canonical taxonomy paper.

Zhao Li also believes that it is indeed inappropriate to publish an article on the new species of insects in "World Ecology", "The reviewer may not be an expert in the field of insects, to put it seriously, this species may not be a new species." This is also where he is confused: people who do classification should know where to submit articles.