Gynacantha chaplini is a species[2] of dragonfly described from North-eastern Bangladesh.[1]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
Family: | Aeshnidae |
Genus: | Gynacantha |
Species: | G. chaplini
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Binomial name | |
Gynacantha chaplini Khan 2021[1]
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editEtymology
editThe species is named in honor of the famous British actor and director, Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin (masculine noun, singular in the genitive case). The trapezium-shaped marking of the postfrons of the new species resembles Chaplin’s iconic toothbrush moustache.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Md Kawsar Khan (June 2021). "Gynacantha chaplini sp. nov., a new dragonfly from Bangladesh (Odonata: Aeshnidae)". Odonatologica. ISSN 0375-0183. Wikidata Q110189075.
- ^ "Gynacantha chaplini". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2021-12-10.