A newly discovered species of large scorpionfly from Nepal named Lulilan obscurus. In addition to the long head, characteristic of all scorpionflies, its strongly elongated abdomen is striking. It is described by Emeritus Professor Rainer Willmann, University of Göttingen, together with other species that are make up a new ge-nus of scorpionfly named Lulilan. Photo: University of Göttingen
A newly discovered species of large scorpionfly from Nepal named Lulilan obscurus. In addition to the long head, characteristic of all scorpionflies, its strongly elongated abdomen is striking. It is described by Emeritus Professor Rainer Willmann, University of Göttingen, together with other species that are make up a new ge-nus of scorpionfly named Lulilan. Photo: University of Göttingen Entomologist describes new large insect species from Nepal with unusual genitalia Zoologist Professor Rainer Willmann, former Director of the Zoological Museum at the University of Göttingen, has described and classified previously unknown species of scorpionflies from Nepal. These species belong to a completely new genus, for which Willmann has introduced the name -Lulilan-. His paper was published in the journal Contributions to Entomology . "The appearance of the newly discovered scorpionflies could hardly be more bizarre," says Willmann.
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