Opaluma rupaul
| Opaluma rupaul | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Stratiomyidae |
| Genus: | Opaluma |
| Species: | O. rupaul
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| Binomial name | |
| Opaluma rupaul Lessard & Woodley, 2020
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Opaluma rupaul is a species of Australian soldier fly, first described in 2020. Specimens of O. rupaul had been previously collected but left unstudied and were misidentified as belonging to the genus .[1][2]
The species was named after RuPaul, an American drag queen, which was an "obvious decision" according to Lessard due to its "costume of shiny metallic rainbow colours" which resembles drag costumes.[2][3]
Description[]
O. rupaul is between 6 mm and 9 mm in length, with the males between 8 mm and 9 mm and females between 6 mm and 8 mm.[1]
It can be distinguished from by the green-copper colouration of the scutum and abdomen, white setae on the scutum, longer denticles (bristle structures) on the scutellum, more hyaline (transparent) wings, and differences with the male terminalia.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c Bryan D. Lessard; David K. Yeates; Norman E. Woodley (August 2020). "Opaluma Lessard & Woodley, gen. nov: a new genus of iridescent soldier flies (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) from Australia, including seven new species". Austral Entomology. 59 (3): 467–486. doi:10.1111/aen.12485. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
- ^ a b Hannah Ryan (15 September 2021). "RuPaul has a new namesake -- and it's a fabulous, rainbow-colored fly". CNN. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
- ^ Caitlin Cassidy (15 September 2021). "'Rainbow colours and legs for days': Australian fly species named after drag star RuPaul". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
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