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Started by Kai, October 22, 2008, 11:35:40 PM

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Kai

#120
April 23, 2009, 09:47:18 PM
I just received the full notes from the PhD that did the last Cheumatopsyche larval taxonomy investigation.

....


Holy shit.


:fap: :fap: :fap: :fap: :fap: :fap:
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Kai

#121
December 02, 2009, 02:51:02 PM
Okay, so I'm reviving this thread, due to the confirmation that I made today and yesterday. I was waiting because I didn't want to get excited and then be depressed because it was false, but I have discovered a species new to science and I am going to be published.

Seriously.

I just got done talking with my adviser about it, I've gone over the literature back and front. It is most definitely in the genus Oecetis, the wing venation makes that obvious, and the genitalia is very different from the two closest species, O. avara and O. eddlesoni. It's a small, yellow long horned caddisfly (Leptoceridae), only about 5 mm. It looks like a slightly smaller version of this:


Oecetis avara

I'm not sure what I'm going to name it yet, but I have some ideas.

This is really, really cool, guys. I won't be able to link the publication directly when it gets in a journal, for obvious reasons concerning my online anonymity, but I'll let you all know when it does, and anyone who wants to see the paper I'll send a link in PM.
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LMNO

#122
December 02, 2009, 02:52:40 PM
Name it ROGER.


Also, I'm really, really happy for you!

Freeky

#123
December 02, 2009, 02:58:01 PM
Congratulations!

Kai

#124
December 02, 2009, 03:02:49 PM
Quote from: LMNO on December 02, 2009, 02:52:40 PM
Name it ROGER.


Also, I'm really, really happy for you!

O. rogeri? I'm not sure how I would explain that to my adviser.  :lulz: Not to mention, I hate patronyms.

And thanks. I'm really really happy for me too.  :D
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The Good Reverend Roger

#125
December 02, 2009, 04:54:04 PM
Quote from: LMNO on December 02, 2009, 02:52:40 PM
Name it ROGER.

WHAT THE HELL?   :lulz:

Quote from: LMNO on December 02, 2009, 02:52:40 PM
Also, I'm really, really happy for you!

Me, too.  Congratulations, Kai.  Can you squeeze a PhD out of this?
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LMNO

#126
December 02, 2009, 04:55:05 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 02, 2009, 04:54:04 PM
Quote from: LMNO on December 02, 2009, 02:52:40 PM
Name it ROGER.

WHAT THE HELL?   :lulz:


Damn... You mind pointing those lazors somewhere else for a bit?  They're giving me a headache.

The Good Reverend Roger

#127
December 02, 2009, 04:56:48 PM
Quote from: LMNO on December 02, 2009, 04:55:05 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 02, 2009, 04:54:04 PM
Quote from: LMNO on December 02, 2009, 02:52:40 PM
Name it ROGER.

WHAT THE HELL?   :lulz:


Damn... You mind pointing those lazors somewhere else for a bit?  They're giving me a headache.

Hey, you said my name.  That attracts my attention.  And I'm busy trying to drown some Peruvians.  On a bet.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

The Good Reverend Roger

#128
December 02, 2009, 04:58:20 PM
Quote from: Kai on December 02, 2009, 03:02:49 PM
Quote from: LMNO on December 02, 2009, 02:52:40 PM
Name it ROGER.


Also, I'm really, really happy for you!

O. rogeri? I'm not sure how I would explain that to my adviser. 

Well, it DOES have malformed genitals.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Captain Utopia

#129
December 02, 2009, 05:07:42 PM
That's awesome - congrats Kai!

Kai

#130
December 02, 2009, 06:29:22 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 02, 2009, 04:54:04 PM
Quote from: LMNO on December 02, 2009, 02:52:40 PM
Name it ROGER.

WHAT THE HELL?   :lulz:

Quote from: LMNO on December 02, 2009, 02:52:40 PM
Also, I'm really, really happy for you!

Me, too.  Congratulations, Kai.  Can you squeeze a PhD out of this?

Nope, but I can get a publication out, which will be good for my CV, experience and knock a requirement off my current degree.
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Reginald Ret

#131
December 02, 2009, 10:59:15 PM
Congratulations!
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Kurt Christ

#132
December 03, 2009, 06:23:32 AM
Quote from: Kai on December 02, 2009, 02:51:02 PM
Okay, so I'm reviving this thread, due to the confirmation that I made today and yesterday. I was waiting because I didn't want to get excited and then be depressed because it was false, but I have discovered a species new to science and I am going to be published.

Seriously.

I just got done talking with my adviser about it, I've gone over the literature back and front. It is most definitely in the genus Oecetis, the wing venation makes that obvious, and the genitalia is very different from the two closest species, O. avara and O. eddlesoni. It's a small, yellow long horned caddisfly (Leptoceridae), only about 5 mm. It looks like a slightly smaller version of this:


Oecetis avara
I'm not sure what I'm going to name it yet, but I have some ideas.

This is really, really cool, guys. I won't be able to link the publication directly when it gets in a journal, for obvious reasons concerning my online anonymity, but I'll let you all know when it does, and anyone who wants to see the paper I'll send a link in PM.
Congratulations! I would very much like to see the paper once you're done working on it, and be sure to update us on what you choose for the name (my suggestion would be to name it after Mothra or Battra, since Godzilla's got a prehistoric reptile named after him)!
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Remington

#133
December 03, 2009, 06:39:16 AM
Congratulations Kai!
Is it plugged in?

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#134
December 04, 2009, 02:54:37 AM
Quote from: Kai on December 02, 2009, 02:51:02 PM
Okay, so I'm reviving this thread, due to the confirmation that I made today and yesterday. I was waiting because I didn't want to get excited and then be depressed because it was false, but I have discovered a species new to science and I am going to be published.

Seriously.

I just got done talking with my adviser about it, I've gone over the literature back and front. It is most definitely in the genus Oecetis, the wing venation makes that obvious, and the genitalia is very different from the two closest species, O. avara and O. eddlesoni. It's a small, yellow long horned caddisfly (Leptoceridae), only about 5 mm. It looks like a slightly smaller version of this:


Oecetis avara

I'm not sure what I'm going to name it yet, but I have some ideas.

This is really, really cool, guys. I won't be able to link the publication directly when it gets in a journal, for obvious reasons concerning my online anonymity, but I'll let you all know when it does, and anyone who wants to see the paper I'll send a link in PM.

Holy shit Kai, that is fucking AWESOME!
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