Discover new hair trimmers in Vietnam

A new scientific hair trimmer, called Aegosoma george, of the Aegosoma genus, they trim their hair Cerambycidae, was discovered in Lam Dong, Vietnam.

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New Aegosoma george

Aegosoma hair clipping (Cerambycidae, Coleoptera) has been recorded worldwide with 15 species, they have a wide distribution, from Europe, North Asia (Russia and China) and down to the Southeast Asia region.

When studying the classification and distribution of Aegosoma species, the article published in the Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, author Do Manh Cuong analyzed and arranged these hair-cutting species. into 5 different groups . When analyzing the distribution of members in the breed, the author adjusted the classification of some species, and also hypothesized the relationship between two fauna zones in Indochina and Indonesia - Malaysia; in the past when the sea level of the East fell so low that animal groups were probably able to migrate between the two land sections. Thereby building the basis of the order of evolution of groups over time.

Aegosoma george male standard Do, 2015 (Photo: Do ​​Manh Cuong)

In the work published in March 2015, the author discovered and described the new science of a new hair trimmer, Aegosoma George species, distributed in Lam Dong Province.This is the 16th species of the Aegosoma genus and the third species published by the author of the genus Aegosoma . Except for A. mussaamani discovered in Malaysia, both A. xentoc and A. george were recently discovered by the author based on samples collected in Lam Dong, Vietnam. The name of the species suggested by the author's 5-year-old son, George is the character in the boy's favorite cartoon series: 'Peppa pig'. George was chosen to name the new species because it was the smallest pig of the Peppa Pig family of pink pigs so the name of the pig was placed last compared to the rest of the family.

Naming the creatures is both a work and a privilege of the classifiers, each name has a certain meaning and has its own story. Names of creatures can describe the place where the creature was found, named after those who influence the author's research, species names can also be chosen according to the names of the gods. (in religion) or maybe anything else that makes sense to the author. For taxonomists, the selection of names and the explanation of etymology of species names is probably the most relaxing and interesting work of a publication describing new species.