{"id":134734,"date":"2020-08-14T10:32:14","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T01:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=134734&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2020-08-14T10:32:14","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T01:32:14","slug":"insect-named-in-honor-of-doctor-tetsu-nakamura","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/insect-named-in-honor-of-doctor-tetsu-nakamura\/","title":{"rendered":"Insect Named in Honor of Doctor Tetsu Nakamura"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A group of researchers at Saga University named a newly found cecidomyiidae (insect) after Dr. Tetsu Nakamura. The \u2018Massalongia nakamuratetsui\u2019 is an insect measuring 2~3 mm in length, and was discovered in 2018. Being shocked by the news of Nakamura\u2019s death in Afghanistan, one of the group members came up with an idea to mark his legacy. The international aid physician had a keen interest in insects. <\/span><b>Sources:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saga-s.co.jp\/articles\/-\/559962\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saga Uni<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sankei.com\/photo\/story\/news\/200811\/sty2008110011-n1.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sankei<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/fly-collage.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-134735\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/fly-collage.png?resize=1793%2C988&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1793\" height=\"988\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/fly-collage.png?w=1793&amp;ssl=1 1793w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/fly-collage.png?resize=300%2C165&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/fly-collage.png?resize=1024%2C564&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/fly-collage.png?resize=768%2C423&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/fly-collage.png?resize=1536%2C846&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Image credit: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u4f50\u8cc0\u5927\u8fb2\u5b66\u90e8\u306a\u3069\u306e\u7814\u7a76\u30c1\u30fc\u30e0\u304c\u767a\u898b\u3057\u3001\u300c\uff2d\uff41\uff53\uff53\uff41\uff4c\uff4f\uff4e\uff47\uff49\uff41\u3000\uff4e\uff41\uff4b\uff41\uff4d\uff55\uff52\uff41\uff54\uff45\uff54\uff53\uff55\uff49\u300d\u3068\u540d\u4ed8\u3051\u305f\u300c\u30bf\u30de\u30d0\u30a8\u300d\u306e\u65b0\u7a2e\uff08\u5fb3\u7530\u8aa0\u51c6\u6559\u6388\u63d0\u4f9b\uff09<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Disclaimer<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Fukuoka Now posts summaries of Kyushu area news for those who cannot read Japanese. 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