Edited By: Oindrila Mukherjee
Last Updated: February 10, 2023, 00:05 IST
Apeflypupa2 has been named Mogambo (L), after the long-lasting position performed by Amrish Puri within the 1987 film Mr India, and Halyomorpha halys has been named Ramu Kaka, a job performed by veteran actor AK Hangal. (Image: News18)
Researchers mentioned the transfer had a twin objective. One, to pay tribute to celebrities and, second, to create an curiosity amongst analysis college students by making the research of bugs simpler for identification
Bollywood’s legendary characters are making their method into the world of bugs and bugs. Researchers in Gadag have named two bugs after the well-known characters of Mogambo and Ramu Kaka, performed by actors Amrish Puri and AK Hangal on display. This new nomenclature technique is trending and college students in addition to researchers have welcomed the initiative.
While Apeflypupa2 has been named ‘Mogambo’, after the long-lasting position performed by Puri within the 1987 film ‘Mr India’, Halyomorpha halys has been named ‘Ramu Kaka’, a job performed by Hangal in quite a few films.
Researchers mentioned the transfer had a twin objective. One, to pay tribute to celebrities and, second, to create an curiosity amongst analysis college students by making the research of bugs simpler for identification.
Researchers Sangamesh Kadagad and Manjunath Nayak mentioned, “We have been naming the bugs to help junior researchers easily identify them. We first tell them scientific names and then select names of legends. Now, students are easily able to remember the names of the specimens. We have also named some bugs after famous politicians and cricketers based on their looks and morphology, but are yet to finalise them.”
The pattern of naming bugs after standard personalities began not too long ago when Catacanthus incarnatus was named ‘Hitler’, because it resembled the German dictator’s face. Similarly, the ‘Mogambo’ bug resembles Puri’s character in ‘Mr India’.
Last week, a brand new genus of wasps was named ‘Soligas’, which is the indigenous group of Biligiri Rangan Hills (BR Hills) in Chamarajanagar district of Karnataka, in recognition of their contribution to conservation of forests and biodiversity.
On Monday, a brand new spider, which was noticed after a very long time in Gadag city, was named after ‘Bhallala’ of ‘Bahubali’ fame as its physique resembles a chariot utilized by Bhallaladeva within the movie.
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