Talk:Amotus

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'Amotus longipennis': is that legitimate?

I can't seem to find that on wikispecies, but it does not seem like vandalism since it was here before the game 'Among us' was released, and was there when the article is created. -1ctinus — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1ctinus (talk • contribs) 14:56, 26 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

A quick search of Google Books suggests it has been around since about 1910 when it was described as a 'new species' in the Proceedings of the United States National Museum ("AMOTUS LONGIPENNIS, new species. Described from two specimens in the Hubbard and Schwarz collection from Kern County, California.")[1]. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 23:25, 26 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

that's a weird name... Aschoolaccount (talk) 06:34, 27 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Amotus is the name of the genus; longipennis is New Latin from from longus (“long”) +‎ penna (“feather, fin, wing”) and in use in taxonomy for naming insects that presumably have long wings, e.g. Pachydiplax longipennis, a dragonfly; Minettia longipennis, a woodland fly; Strauzia longipennis, a fruit fly; Hippobosca longipennis, a louse fly. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 11:02, 27 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Gonna be honest, i'm not gonna vandalize or anything, but i *will* put "amogus long-penis" here. (I'm so sorry) --Bumpf said this! ^{ooh clicky clicky!} [insert witty meta-text on wiki-sigs here] 00:33, 9 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]