One new fly species, zero dead bodies: First insect description solely from photographs
Monday, October 5, 2015 - 12:00
in Biology & Nature
The importance of collecting dead specimens or not when verifying a new species has been a hot ongoing discussion for quite a while now. Amid voiced opinions ranging from specimen collection being "no longer required" to relying on anything but physical evidence being defined as mere "malpractice," science is now witnessing the first description of an insect species based solely on high-resolution photographs.