One of 8 new endemic polyester bees from Chile bears the name of a draconic Pokemon

Among the eight new bee species that Ph.D. student Spencer Monckton has discovered as part of his Master’s degree, there is one named after a draconic creature from the Japanese franchise Pokémon. Called the stem-nesting Charizard, it belongs to a subgenus, whose 17 species are endemic to Chile, yet occupy a huge variety of habitats, covering elevations that span across 3,200 meters. The young scientist has his work published in the open access journal ZooKeys.
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