Endangered fly with 'legs for days' named after drag queen RuPaul

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A luminous, long-legged soldier fly called Opaluma RuPaul is one of 150 new species named by the CSIRO in the past year.

RuPaul Andre Charles – the 'Glamazon' of television series RuPaul's Drag Race – once said, "I believe in using all the colours in the crayon box."One species of soldier fly pays tribute to 'glamazon' drag queen RuPaulRuPaul's iconic quotes and glitzy gowns have since inspired CSIRO researchers to name a soldier fly after the performer, due to the unique iridescent colours.

Dr Lessard said naming species was key to protecting them, while attracting the attention of citizen scientists and policy makers tasked with the bushfire recovery efforts.Loading"I've worked with conservation scientists to formally list them as endangered species – they're some of the first flies in Australia to actually get this listing.

The CSIRO has also named new orchid species while three rare beetle species have been named after their Pokémon and Digimon lookalikes. Dr Lessard said a recent project in the Northern Territory traced the origin of a mosquito species that was known to transmit the Japanese encephalitis virus to East Timor through DNA testing.

 

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