New lace bug species found on Japan's Ogasawara Islands

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorResearchers have used genome-wide DNA data to identify a new insect species on Japan's remote Ogasawara Islands, Phys.org reports.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorIt's a lace bug, and it was apparently two bugs the whole time. Nobody noticed. That's how these things go.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe islands sit roughly nine hundred to a thousand kilometers south of Tokyo. So we are giving it an award.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorPet of the Day goes to Omoplax sandoru, the Overlooked Twin. Fifty-two specimens were studied, and not one asked for a lawyer.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorStat line. Fifty-two specimens analysed, one genetic method called MIG-seq, zero known sightings of it being recognised until now.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorZero is the number that worries me.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe lead researcher said the most surprising finding was that look-alike insects feeding on the same plant are not necessarily close relatives.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSo you can share a plant, share a face, and still not be family. I've had flatmates like that.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorAnd the bug is named after the local name of its plant. That's loyalty.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTo the little guy who sat on a leaf for ages while scientists counted him as someone else. We see you. Congratulations, Omoplax sandoru.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorYou were never Dale's cousin either.