The 2011 Иг Нобел Церемонија је одржана јуче у харвардском Сандерс театру. The award is sponsored by Improbable Research, an organization that gathers fascinating, непаран, и отворено урнебесне истраживачки радови који тријумф идеја да није све је наука досадна. Among this year’s distinguished recipients was fellow entomologist and blogger Дејвид Рентз, who received the IgNobel in Biology for a откриће маде ин 1983 са колегом Даррил Гвинне у Аустралије. Much to their surprise a certain style of brown bottle with indentations at the base (“стуббиес”) proved to be irresistible to males of the Buprestid beetle Јулодиморпха бакевелли Јулодиморпха саундерсии (видети извор папира и коментар испод).
Congratulations Dave and Darryl!
Јулодиморпха бакевелли покушава да општили са флашом пива. Фото Д. Гвинне
It should be noted that the species discussed in the Gwynne & Rentz paper is actually Јулодиморпха саундерсии, which at the time of their publication was considered a synonym of Ј. bakewellii. The former occurs throughout SW and Western Australia, while the latter is limited to eastern Australia. Refer to Bellamy & Wier (2008).
Thanks for the clarification Ted, I’ve added the name and link above!
David finally posted about this on his blog: http://bunyipco.blogspot.com/2011/12/beetles-on-bottle.html
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