Australian scientists gave scientific names to 165 new species this year -- and picked five flies to name after the world's favourite superheroes and villains within the Marvel Universe.
The superhero Deadpool and the Humorolethalis sergius fly. Scientists at the federal government agency CSIRO gave scientific names to 165 new species this year -- and picked five flies to name after the world's favourite superheroes and villains within the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
There's the Loki fly, in honor of the tortured God of Mischief, whose scientific name is "Daptolestes illusiolautus," meaning elegant deception. Loki, played by Tom Hiddleston, fakes his own death at one point, betrays other characters, and uses visual illusions. "We chose the name Humorolethalis sergius . It sounds like lethal humor and is derived from the Latin words humorosus, meaning wet or moist, and lethalis meaning dead," said CSIRO entomologist Dr. Bryan LessardThe Deadpool fly is a species of Robber fly, which are "assassins of the insect world" -- fitting for the mercenary antihero.
The scientists also named 151 new insects, eight new plants, two new fish, one new mite, three new subspecies of bird, and 25 marine invertebrates, some of which were discovered several decades ago and remained unnamed, while others were a more recent find.
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