Gynacantha chaplini

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Gynacantha chaplini
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Aeshnidae
Genus: Gynacantha
Species:
G. chaplini
Binomial name
Gynacantha chaplini
Khan 2021 [1]

Gynacantha chaplini is a species [2] of dragonfly described from North-eastern Bangladesh. [1]

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Range

Bangladesh

Etymology

The 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Md Kawsar Khan (June 2021). "Gynacantha chaplini sp. nov., a new dragonfly from Bangladesh (Odonata: Aeshnidae)". Odonatologica. doi:10.5281/zenodo.4746248. ISSN   0375-0183. Wikidata   Q110189075.
  2. "Gynacantha chaplini". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2021-12-10.