Tag: Planois smaug

New giant Stink Bug Named after J. R. R. Tolkien’s Ancalagon the Black

By Eduardo Faúndez A few months ago here at North Dakota State University’s Systematic Entomology Laboratory, we named an insect Planois smaug after J. R. R. Tolkien’s famous creature Smaug […]

Entomology Today December 23, 2015 Leave a Comment

Patagonian Shield Bug Named After Middle’s Earth’s Smaug the Dragon

By Eduardo Faúndez Last year I wrote about some interesting scientific names that have been given to insects, and about why entomologists choose such names. Now we can add a […]