A team of biologists from China has discovered a new species of blind cave cricket in the Guangxi province. These crickets inhabit lightless caves, rendering their vision useless and evolving into eyeless species.
The uniqueness lies in the researchers naming this new cricket species Otacilia khezu. Otacilia is the genus name for these peculiar crickets, while Khezu is derived from a blind monster bird in the video game series Monster Hunter, clearly articulated in the research paper.
Information on Twitter and Reddit also indicates that Yejie Lin and Shuqiang Li, the researchers behind this paper, have a history of naming newly discovered species. They have previously named creatures such as Rathalos from Monster Hunter, as well as Funny Valentine and Gyro Zeppeli characters from Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure.
Source: Research paper, Reddit, VG247
TLDR: Researchers from China discover a new blind cave cricket species named Otacilia khezu, known for naming creatures after popular culture references like Monster Hunter and Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure characters.
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