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Scientists from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) discovered a new species of firefly, which was named “Photinus guillermodeltoroi”, in honor of Guillermo del Toro.
It must be remembered that del Toro is a Mexican director, screenwriter, producer and novelist, awarded with the Goya Award and several times with the Ariel Award. He is the recipient of the Golden Globe and two Oscars for Best Director and Best Picture for The Shape of Water.
He began filming in Mexico as a teenager, when he was at the Institute of Sciences, in the city of Guadalajara, Jalisco.
As a token of appreciation in honor of what has been the life of Guillermo del Toro, the newly discovered species of firefly was named in homage to the aforementioned director.
This species is part of the research article “Fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) of north-western Mexico”, which was published in the Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad.
But, Santiago Zaragoza Caballero, and Geovanni Rodríguez, UNAM scientists, detailed to that country’s media that the new species of firefly was named that way, since he is a “prominent filmmaker and film director, and why the discovery of This species was in Jalisco, the director’s homeland.
This will be the scientific name of the new species “Photinus guillermodeltoroi” and is characterized by having an elongated body, it is approximately 15.73 millimeters and most of its figure is dark brown.
These fireflies are insects that are distinguished by emitting light, they belong to the beetle family and usually hide among the bark of trees or in underground burrows.
It should be noted that Guillermo del Toro, on several occasions, has mentioned that in addition to being in love with monsters, he has an admiration for insects and beetles, so the noted scientists were right to name this species in his honor.
The aforementioned article refers to the fireflies in homage to Guillermo del Toro, can be located in the municipality of Tapalpa, southwest of the state of Jalisco.
Finally, UNAM scientists discovered a total of 48 new firefly species, some of which were named after Juan Rulfo, Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera.
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