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New beetle genus named after One Piece's Monkey D. Luffy, encompassing two new species

A research team from the Natural History Museum of Denmark has published a compelling new study in insect taxonomy in the open-access journal ZooKeys, officially establishing a new genus of rove beetle: Luffy gen. nov. The inspiration for the name comes directly from Monkey D. Luffy, the iconic prot...

New beetle genus named after One Piece's Monkey D. Luffy, encompassing two new species
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A research team from the Natural History Museum of Denmark has published a compelling new study in insect taxonomy in the open-access journal ZooKeys, officially establishing a new genus of rove beetle: Luffy gen. nov. The inspiration for the name comes directly from Monkey D. Luffy, the iconic protagonist of the globally popular manga and anime One Piece.

Originally published at Phys.org

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