[Taxacom] Somewhat OT, was Re: New species of the future

[Ohl, Michael]

And there is an apoid wasp from Morocco named Oxybelus cocacolae Verhoeff, 1968. In the paper, Verhoeff said that he was drinking a coke when the wasp came along. 

Michael



> Am 30.10.2013 um 10:43 schrieb "Henrik Enghoff" <HEnghoff at snm.ku.dk>:
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> .... and there is a millipede genus Cocacolaria Hoffman, 1987, named after the colour of the type species.
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> From: taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu [mailto:taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of John Noyes
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> Well, there's a beetle in Australia that tried to mate with them. Will that do?
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> From: taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu [mailto:taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of Curtis Clark
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> I've always wanted to name a species with the epithet pepsicola, dwelling in soft drink bottles.
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