Introducing Themira lohmanus, a fly like no other, and the most recently discovered species in the popular Manhattan urban oasis of Central Park! The immature insects subsist on duck droppings, and have a strong CCNY connection: Themira lohmanus is named after City College of New York entomologist, and Professor of Biology, David Lohman. But wait! It鈥檚 not the only species that gets its moniker from the well-traveled entomologist, who鈥檚 often to be found in tropical forests of Southeast Asia studying the ecology and evolution of insects. There鈥檚 also Chimaeragathis lohmani, a wasp found in
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