Serbian scientists name new species of beetle after Novak Djokovic
Serbian scientists name new species of beetle after Novak Djokovic
Serbian scientists name new species of beetle after Novak Djokovic
Serbian scientists name new species of beetle after Novak Djokovic
The Serbian and American academics have named two new beetles after Novak Djokovic, the Serb superstar soccer player. The scientists have been working for years to name the beetles after Novak – but just found an opportunity to do it.
The beetles were discovered by the team of Professor Jelena Prodanovich and her students.
Jelena, who heads a laboratory of taxonomy and biodiversity research at the Institute of Zoology in Belgrade, Serbia, began her studies in the field of taxonomy at the University of Zagreb.
She says that it is “unlikely that any of the beetles that we found on the coast of Kosovo in recent years could have been named after Novak Djokovic – because all we found was a few pieces of dead moss”.
But a chance discovery, which was made by Prodanovich and her team of scientists, has now placed them in a unique position – and allowed them to name a beetle after the man who many believe, if given the chance, would become world number one and become one of the best in the world.
The researchers say that after spending four months of research, which included going to Montenegro with colleagues from Sweden and Croatia, the team of Serbian, American and Swedish scientists have named the new species of beetle after one of the greatest living Serbian and international tennis players.
The discovery was made after Prodanovich discovered a beetle, which she believes may belong to the subfamily Zorodes – and discovered a specimen in Montenegro, in Podgorica, in a place called Šklonik, which is located in the town of Kravica, on the slopes of the Vranje mountain, which is also known as the Mountain of the Virgin Mary, in the region of the southern Podgorica-Gacko Lake, and it is only 300 metres from the sea.
At Šklonik, Prodanovich and her team of Serbian experts have found the beetle of the sub
