Serbian scientists name new species of beetle after Novak Djokovic
The scientists have named this beetle, which grows to about 1 centimeter in length, after Novak Djokovic, a Serbian tennis player and world No.1.
A video by Reuters of the insect, which was sent to the scientists from the city of Belgrade, shows a beetle with a large, prominent horn called a pedicel on its back. Djokovic also has a scar above the right eye.
The researchers have named some 60 beetle species in Serbia, including the European wood longhorned beetle and a species from Japan.
Scientists have named some 60 beetle species in Serbia, including the European wood longhorned beetle and a species from Japan.
A team from the Belgrade Institute of Natural History has named more than half of the more than 100 new species of insects discovered in Serbia since 2006.
The authors have named almost 60 beetle species from Serbia, including the European wood longhorned beetle and a species from Japan.
Birds, snakes and mammals have been added to the Serbian collection, including a turtle (Ranatra rupestris) and a snake (Agkistrodon piscivorus) that share an unusual pattern of markings on their underbellies, similar to those found on the body of a small leopard shark.
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The scientists have named some 60 beetle species in Serbia, including the European wood longhorned beetle and a species from Japan.
Birds, snakes and mammals have been added to the Serbian collection, including a turtle (Ranatra rupestris) and a snake (Agkistrodon piscivorus) that share an unusual pattern of markings on their underbellies, similar to those found on the body of a small leopard shark.
There are also six new species of beetles from central Serbia, whose names have been released by the Serbian Natural History Museum with the support of a grant by the Russian Academy of Sciences.
This new contribution brings the total number of species known in Serbia to 1,845, with a growing list