A second new species of tick was discovered from a general user's Twitter post.Confirmed by Professor Satoshi Shimano of Hosei University, Dr. Tobias-Pufingstill (University of Graz / Austria), Dr. Shinpei Hirata (Showa University) and others of the joint research team.
The origin is Ameronothrus twitter (scientific name: Ameronothrus twitter, commonly known as Twitter tick) in Choshi City, Chiba Prefecture, which Professor Shimano accidentally discovered by posting on Twitter by a general office worker in 2021.At that time, the professor's team was in the limelight as the second species of Hamabedani in Japan following Yoichi Hamabedani in Yoichi, Hokkaido, which was announced in 2019.
When Professor Shimano posted the news of this dissertation on Twitter, Yuinori Oo (a graduate student at Tottori University), who lives in Tottori Prefecture, said, "Is this the hottest Hamabedani? Tottori Prefecture? I took a picture with. "
The professor decided that this tick was also a new species, and immediately asked Mr. Daisei to collect the tick.He started researching mites that arrived from Iwato, Tottori Prefecture, and soon after genetic analysis revealed that they were a new species.This species is a sexual dimorphic mite with different male and female morphology, which is rare for Hamabedani. The Japanese name is Iwadhamabedani, and the scientific name is Amerono thrus retweet after retweet.
Originally known to live in the Arctic Circle, Tottori Prefecture has become the new southern limit of the genus Hamabedani due to the discovery of this new species.It is said that the fact that Tottori Prefecture is the southern limit of the genus Hamabedani was actually predicted by the Japan-Austria research team from the seawater temperature and temperature, and it was the result of hitting this.
By using SNS and posting from general users, this unique news that became the discovery of a second new species of tick that is not a "second loach", anyone can cooperate and participate in the discovery of new species and elucidation of biodiversity. It shows that it can be done.It is estimated that 2% of the species existing on the earth are undiscovered, and more citizens and experts are expected to cooperate in the future.
