上海昆虫界新物种被正式命名为双斑粗角步甲   2017-12-20

 

A new species of beetle which was spotted at Binjiang Forest Park in the Pudong New Area has a name — Eustra shanghaiensis — as voted by the public, researchers who found the insect announced on Tuesday.

"The name in Latin combines Shanghai and the genus of the extremely rare insect species, and it received more than 4,000 votes from the public," said Song Xiaobin, an insect expert and one of the researchers who detected the species which has not been previously recorded anywhere.

The final name was selected from five entries — namely Eustra shanghaiensis, Eustra huangxiei, Eustra swinhoei, Eustra bingang and Eustra zhendan. Eustra bingang ranked second with 3,000-plus votes, and is the pronunciation of Binjiang in the Shanghai dialect, alluding to the spot where the insect was found, Song said.

 

 

---