Aha ha
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| Aha ha | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Crabronidae |
| Genus: | Aha |
| Species: | A. ha |
| Binomial name | |
| Aha ha Menke, 1977 |
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Aha ha is a species of Australian wasp, named by the entomologist Arnold Menke in 1977 as a joke. Menke described how, when he received a package from a colleague containing insect specimens, he exclaimed "Aha!" [1]. The name was also used as the vehicle registration plate of Menke's car [2].
[edit] References
- ^ "Park Science 2". 1982. http://www2.nature.nps.gov/ParkScience/archive/PDF/ParkScience02(4)Summer1982.pdf.
- ^ Arnold S. Menke (1993). "Funny or Curious Zoological Names". Bogus Volumino Negatori Doso (University of California, Riverside): 24–27. http://www.faculty.ucr.edu/~heraty/menke.html.
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