Y 2011 Ig Nobel Cynhaliwyd y seremoni ddoe yn Theatr Sanders Harvard. Noddir y wobr gan Improbable Research, sefydliad sy'n casglu'n hynod ddiddorol, rhyfedd, a phapurau ymchwil cwbl ddoniol sy'n buddugoliaethu'r syniad nad yw pob gwyddoniaeth yn ddiflas. Ymhlith y derbynwyr nodedig eleni roedd cyd-entomolegydd a blogiwr David Rentz, a dderbyniodd yr IgNobel mewn Bioleg am a darganfyddiad a wnaed yn 1983 gyda'i gydweithiwr Darryl Gwynne yn y outback Awstralia. Er mawr syndod iddynt, arddull arbennig o botel frown gyda mewnoliadau ar y gwaelod (“stubbies”) profi'n anorchfygol i wrywod o'r chwilen Buprestid Athrylith y Wasg XVIIIulodimorpha bakewelli Julodimorpha saundersii (gwel papur ffynhonnell a sylwch isod).
Llongyfarchiadau Dave a Darryl!
Julodimorpha bakewelli yn ceisio copïo â photel o gwrw. Llun gan D. Gwynne
It should be noted that the species discussed in the Gwynne & Rentz paper is actually Julodimorpha saundersii, which at the time of their publication was considered a synonym of Athrylith y Wasg XVIII. bakewellii. The former occurs throughout SW and Western Australia, while the latter is limited to eastern Australia. Refer to Bellamy & Wier (2008).
Thanks for the clarification Ted, I’ve added the name and link above!
David finally posted about this on his blog: http://bunyipco.blogspot.com/2011/12/beetles-on-bottle.html
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