Three new species named in the Woznessenskia insect genus from China

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHere's a story for the night shift.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentResearchers have published new remarks on an insect genus called Woznessenskia, and they describe three new species from China.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThree brand-new species, and the whole thing runs in a science journal. I love a discovery that happens quietly while everybody else is asleep.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe insects belong to a family called Gryllacrididae, in the order Orthoptera. That's the same big group as grasshoppers and crickets.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorCrickets. So somewhere in China, a cricket cousin just got a name and a paper.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentNaming one is a real process. Someone has to compare the bodies closely, write it all up, and then defend the name in print.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorDefend it?

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWell, the name has to be right, and everybody gets to argue about it. Woznessenskia is a lot to argue about before dawn.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorI'd say it twice and then order breakfast. Three new species, and none of them will ever know it's been a long night for us.