Misnomers

Mon Feb 23 08:00:02 CST 1998

At 1:07 PM 2/23/98, Matthias Buck wrote:

>sorry I can't add any plant species but I have a very nice example
>from entomology: Apteromyia (a genus of Sphaeroceridae, Diptera)
>(= wingless fly)... The flies, however, are fully winged!

And of course, lots of examples in parasitology; my favorite is the African
tick, Cosmiomma hippopotamensis.  It's never been found on a Hippopotamus.

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