[Taxacom] Neil Evenhuis's new species, Phthiria relativitae

[Shen-Horn Yen]

hi

This has encouraged me to name a new species after teletubbies because their 
head look very much similar to moth genitalia.

Yen


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thomas Lammers" <lammers at uwosh.edu>
To: "Robin Leech" <releech at telusplanet.net>
Cc: <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>
Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 5:34 AM
Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Neil Evenhuis's new species, Phthiria relativitae


In a similar vein, the "common name" for Conobea multifida in Swink & 
Willem's Plants of the Chicago Region, 4th ed. is "Obiwan Conobea" ...

Tom Lammers

----- Original Message -----
From: Robin Leech <releech at telusplanet.net>
Date: Friday, July 27, 2007 3:41 pm
Subject: [Taxacom] Neil Evenhuis's new species, Phthiria relativitae
To: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu

> Hi Taxacomers,
>
> Neil Evenhuis described a new spcies of bee fly
> (Bombyliidae) from the US Southwest. It is named
> Phthiria relativitae, n.sp. Pronounced Theory O'
> Relativity.
> Years ago, my friend Stan Bleszynski described the
> moth genus La. Into it he put a number of new
> species, but the ones I recall in particular are these:
> La golandrina; and La cucaracha.
>
> Good on ya, Neil.
>
> Robin
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