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新種の蠅にマーベル映画作品のヒーロー達の名前がつけられた
While we may have had to say goodbye to some of our favorite heroes in the Avengers： Endgame movie, life is just beginning for some insects recently named after Marvel characters.
マーベルコミック実写映画作品アベンジャーズが終わりを告げるとともに、マーベルのキャラクターの名前でlifeをスタートする昆虫
According to Dr. Bryan Lessard of Australia's national science agency, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), only a quarter of the insects in Australia are known to science.
CSIRO is working to increase that number, and it starts by giving insects names. "Without a scientific name, these species are invisible to science," Lessard said.
学術名なしでこれらの昆虫は世間に知られない
In the past year, CSIRO scientists gave names to 165 new species, including 151 insects, eight plants, three birds, two fish and one type of mite. Among the insects, five were named after popular characters from Marvel movies and comic books.
Marvel owes much of its success to Stan Lee, who helped create characters like Iron Man, Spider-Man, Thor and Black Widow. Before he died in 2018, Lee could often be seen briefly in many of the company's movies. The fly Daptolestes leei, which looks like it has Lee's glasses and mustache, was named in his honor.
マーベルはアイアンマンなどのようなキャラクターを作り上げたスタンリーのおかげで大成功をおさめた
リーはよく映画にちょい役で出ていた。
その蠅はリーのめがねとちょび髭に似ている
Thor and his brother Loki both had flies named after them. Daptolestes bronteflavus, which means "blond thunder" in Latin, represents Thor. Daptolestes illusiolautus, or "elegant deception," is perfect for Loki, the god of tricks.
Black Widow, the first female Avenger in the movie series, also got a fly. Representing her is the name Daptolestes feminategus, which means "woman wearing leather."
レザーを着ている女
Perhaps the easiest to spot is Deadpool. Named by Isabella Robinson, an undergraduate student working with CSIRO, the red and black Humorolethalis sergius looks like Deadpool's mask. While Humorolethalis is similar to the words "lethal humor," the name has a double meaning: Humorosus means "wet" and lethalis means "dead," referring to the hero's name.
もっとも簡単にわかりやすい
致死と潤いのダブルの意味がある
Dr. Lessard has also named other species outside of Marvel movies, including the gold-bottomed horse fly he named after Beyoncé in 2012. He says that while studying the new species, Plinthina beyonceae, he was listening to the pop star's music.
このアブは新種を調査中 ビヨンセの曲を聴いていたから名付けた
！こんなネーミングの方法もあるんですね。この名誉あるhorse fly
は日本語では牛アブと呼ばれています。馬や牛を刺すからです。しっぽで振り払われて嫌われているアブの名前はビヨンセなんですね。
