inhalation for a new mintage name can do from anywhere . Case in compass point : A young bee fly has been name after a villain from HBO’sGame of Thrones .
According toMashable , Australian scientists pick up a new form of bee fly and found it had similar characteristics to the iconic Night King fromGame of Thrones . For instance , it is only collect in winter , it domicile exclusively in one region of Western Australia , and it has a hirsute coating , specially on its head , which make it look like a crown . Kind of sounds like the undead loss leader , right ?
In honor of its apparent resemblance to the character , the species is now calledParamonovius nightking . It is one of 83 type ofbombyliini(described by Mashable as " typically stout and hairy bee flies " ) found in Australia .
Xuankun Li , a PhD student exploit with Australia ’s national science agency CSIRO , is a hugeGame of Thronesfan and is responsible for for the name , according to apress statement . The unexampled inquiry waspublishedin the journalAustral Entomology .
" This species is named after the Night King in the American fantasy dramaGame of Thrones , because all the specimens were collect in wintertime and the fly sheet is mostly covered in thick pale pruinescence [ a moth-eaten or frosted finish ] , " said Li and David K. Yeates in their study for the Australian National Insect Collection .
This is hardly the first timeGame of Throneshas inspired a species name . A Brazilian spider wasnamed afterLord Varys , a fitting title since he was often called “ The Spider " inThrones . Three beetles were alsogiven the namesof Daenerys Targaryen ’s flying lizard — Drogon , Rhaegal , and Viserion — by bugologist Brett Ratcliffe who tell on his determination , " I ’ve often cogitate that scientist take themselves too badly . "
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