One of eight new endemic polyester bees from Chile bears the name of a draconic Pokemon
Wednesday, June 1, 2016 - 10:21
in Biology & Nature
Among the eight new bee species that Spencer K. Monckton has discovered as part of his Biology Master's degree at York University, there is one named after a popular draconic creature from the Japanese franchise Pokémon. Called the stem-nesting Charizard, the new insect belongs to a subgenus, whose 17 species are apparently endemic to Chile, yet occupy a huge variety of habitats.