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(DIR) Post #AiKlBYs71fMSHfHoDg by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-05-28T00:58:04Z
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Creatures with scientific names that betray how frustrated the scientists got trying to sort out their taxonomy. Probolomyrmex (multiple species)Camponotus confususThere have to be more of these. I'd love to know the full story behind the names. Really there is a place in the world for a book that just goes into interesting taxonomic controversies and frustrations. Have you encountered any scientific names that hint at someone pulling out their hair?
(DIR) Post #AiKlsWwU4jlCkfoutE by ClimateJenny@mastodon.social
2024-05-28T01:05:49Z
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@futurebird Desmodium perplexum?
(DIR) Post #AiKlyHI5BGZ9wkfByq by helplessduck@mastodon.online
2024-05-28T01:06:49Z
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@futurebird I have a few books about English language oddities that are pretty dear. They're funny. Bet this would sell pretty well even to folks without much knowledge in the biology field. I know I'd buy it. (hint)
(DIR) Post #AiKmJMoBrPqV8ojmz2 by joncounts@mastodon.nz
2024-05-28T01:10:37Z
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@futurebird NZ has Urtica perconfusa.To quote the abstract, Taxon differentiation in Urtica from Australia and New Zealand initially appears to be uncomplicated, with taxa being easy to distinguish. However, a revision of the type material, more recent collections and a comparison of Australian and New Zealand material shows that three of the names are misapplied.The paper is paywalled but I'm guessing there was some confusion in figuring this out.https://www.biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.245.4.2#botany
(DIR) Post #AiKmgxPzucmbLRfctE by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-05-28T01:14:52Z
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Probolomyrmex longinodus are a species of ant that nests in snail shells filled with soil. The entire genus is cryptic. Alex Wild has one of the few photos of a living ant:https://www.alexanderwild.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Probolomyrmex/i-LLNndCn/AThey are eyeless, and live in leaf litter, or in the previously mentioned shells.Hard to study, hard to find, tricky to ID when you do find them. Absolute legends. Ants with secrets.
(DIR) Post #AiKnBdb5eln6qdULFA by rmflight@mastodon.social
2024-05-28T01:20:27Z
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@futurebird I mean, @StephenBHeard has already done a book on eponymous naming that was an interesting read (https://www.amazon.com/Charles-Darwins-Barnacle-Bowies-Spider/dp/0300238282/), I'm thinking this sounds like a very cool sequel? 😉
(DIR) Post #AiKouWqpgX1yuWozL6 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-05-28T01:39:28Z
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@michaelgemar Yes, there are queens ant in that they are fairly normal ants.
(DIR) Post #AiKp6YMTtY0r4QMHbM by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-05-28T01:41:58Z
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@michaelgemar They are tiny so I think a lot, thought I've never seen a photo of such a colony just read about them in a Japanese ant journal.
(DIR) Post #AiKppMxl7cTEkVAHOC by rehana@mastodon.social
2024-05-28T01:50:04Z
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@futurebird Hallucigenia of course, and Anomalocaris.
(DIR) Post #AiKxs5rVxRC0DL3P4C by weaselx86@mastodon.social
2024-05-28T03:20:07Z
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@futurebird Dermophis donaldtrumpi was given its name after the Rainforest Trust held an auction for the naming rights. The company EnviroBuild won the auction and proposed naming the species in protest against Trump's environmental policies and views.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dermophis_donaldtrumpi
(DIR) Post #AiKzguSCEWFNYS0SFk by avoca@mastodon.social
2024-05-28T03:40:32Z
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@futurebird Canis latrans clepticus - Coyote, SW USACanis latrans frustror - Coyote, SE USACanis latrans dickeyi - Coyote, El Salvador
(DIR) Post #AiL2ODTFbVXstZHGWu by CoolerPseudonym@wandering.shop
2024-05-28T04:10:38Z
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@futurebird Lots of Burgess Shale binomials are some version or other of “huh?”
(DIR) Post #AiL2Z6ahWVZuk8xFM8 by alcootatooter@sauropods.win
2024-05-28T04:12:46Z
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@futurebird There is Irritator, a dinosaur. So named not because of a difficult taxonomy but because it was discovered the fossil had been artificially altered and it wasn't what it was initially thought to be.
(DIR) Post #AiL3EC8nnFErpTUwca by indigoparadox@mastodon.social
2024-05-28T04:20:12Z
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@futurebird I don't have what you're looking for, but I like to take every remotely relevant opportunity to mention Corvus Ossifragus, which is such a metal name for what we boringly call the "Fish Crow." (Tho I gotta admit, the bones are some of my favorite parts of a good ol' salmon!)Kinda hungry now...
(DIR) Post #AiL3LsdmBAqVfNeOzA by Tooden@aus.social
2024-05-28T04:21:35Z
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@futurebird@sauropods.winThe fossilised remains of an echidna with ornithorhyncus features has been tentatively named Echidnapus
(DIR) Post #AiLDBTpGaGAHLohkem by avoca@mastodon.social
2024-05-28T06:11:46Z
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@futurebird According to ChatGPT.Ba Humbugi - Species of snail.Draculoides bramstokeri - Species of spider.Yoda purpurate - Species of worm.Pieza pi - Species of fly.Agra vation - Speciers of beetle.Scapatia beyonceae - Species of horse fly.Spongiforma squarepantsii - Species of fungus.and...Pison eu - Species of wasp.Sound very dodgy to me, but I want so much for them to real.
(DIR) Post #AiLif5Oj4J18r4t6Ia by justafrog@mstdn.social
2024-05-28T12:04:20Z
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@futurebird Interesting to see how many plates are fused to avoid attack surface for fungus.
(DIR) Post #AxtauS4a29Q7suRrMm by alexafontanilla2024@gaygeek.social
2025-09-05T12:19:19Z
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@futurebird #PostOfTheMonth Probolomyrmex is a genus of rare, cryptic ants known for their subterranean or leaf-litter nesting habits and their specialized diet. They are found in tropical and subtropical regions across the globe. Probolomyrmex has a widespread but patchy distribution, with species found in South America, Southeast Asia, Australia, and Africa.They build small colonies of about 20 workers in soil, leaf litter, or rotten wood.