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... that Cameroon is named after the crustacean Lepidophthalmus turneranus (pictured) which Portuguese settlers observed swarming in the Wouri River in the 15th century?
... that Cyrba spiders are said to be primitive because they retain characteristics that other jumping spiders lost?
... that Austroplatypus incompertus forms colonies in the heartwood of some Eucalyptus trees and was the first beetle recognized as eusocial?
... that the porcelain crab Pisidia longicornis is sometimes found among mussels and oysters in European fish markets?
... that molecular phylogenetics suggests that Pthirus gorillae jumped from gorillas to early humans about 3.3 million years ago and speciated into the present day pubic louse?
... that although American entomologist Harry Hoogstraal was an authority on ticks and tick-borne diseases, organisms bearing his name include a squirrel, a gerbil, a snake, and 200 other species?