New insect order!

[Tiser, Gene M]

Not exactly lepidoptera news but exciting none the less!  See the New York
Times article below.  

(Note also the sneaky mention of poaching concerns already - another slam at
collectors - they do not even say if the insects are protected or even
locally rare)........
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TODAY'S HEADLINES
The New York Times on the Web
Thursday, April 18, 2002

"Everybody had said that's it, we have them all, guys. This
is something nobody expected."
-DR. JOACHIM ADIS, an entomologist, after he and colleagues claimed the
discovery of a new insect group. 

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/18/science/18BUG.html?todaysheadlines


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