Paramonovius nightking

Translingual thumb|right|Paramonovius nightking Etymology Named after Night King from American fantasy drama Game of Thrones. Proper noun 1 m Paramonovius nightking la species family Bombyliidae a bee fly en mul Lauren M. Johnson New species of bee fly named after ‘Game of Thrones’ character w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/01/australia/game-of-thrones-fly-trnd/index.html 2019-07-01 “Xuankun Li, who named the bee fly Paramonovius nightking, is a PhD student at CSIRO and a huge fan of ‘Game of Thrones,’ proving that inspiration for new species names can come from anywhere,” entomologist Dr. Bryan Lessard said in a statement. https://web.archive.org/web/20240806205548/https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/01/australia/game-of-thrones-fly-trnd/index.html 6 August 2024 en mul Megan Marples Taylor Swift inspired an entomologist to name a new millipede species after the megastar w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/20/us/taylor-swift-millipede-new-species-scn/index.html 2022-04-20 A bee fly found in Australia was named Paramonovius nightking, after the Night King in Game of Thrones. https://web.archive.org/web/20260425140806/https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/20/us/taylor-swift-millipede-new-species-scn/index.html 25 April 2026 Hypernyms species Diptera order order; Brachycera suborder suborder; Asilomorpha infraorder infraorder; Asiloidea superfamily superfamily; Bombyliidae family family; Bombyliinae subfamily subfamily; Acrophthalmydini tribe tribe; Paramonovius genus genus References 1 Paramonovius 1 1