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WikiProject Tree of Life Newsletter Issue 27

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March and April 2024—Issue 027

Tree of Life

Welcome to the Tree of Life newsletter!

Newly recognized content
Horned sungembyJens Lallensack Tufted jaybygrungaloo PseudastacusbyOlmagon List of erinaceidsbyPresN PrimatesbyPresN Hypericum sect. AndrosaemumbyFritzmann2002 ThalattoarchonbyAmirani1746, reviewed by Esculenta Lentinus brumalisbyЗэгс ус, reviewed by Chiswick Chap Hypericum sect. AndrosaemumbyFritzmann2002, reviewed by Maxim Masiutin Hypericum × inodorumbyFritzmann2002, reviewed by AryKun BarnaclebyChiswick Chap, reviewed by Lightburst MaizebyChiswick Chap, reviewed by AryKun PigbyChiswick Chap, reviewed by Wolverine XI Orange (fruit)byChiswick Chap, reviewed by 750h+ FishbyChiswick Chap, reviewed by Reconrabbit OrganismbyChiswick Chap, reviewed by Esculenta Hydropunctaria amphibiabyEsculenta, reviewed by AryKun MelanohaleabyEsculenta, reviewed by AryKun LecideaceaebyEsculenta, reviewed by Wolverine XI Xylopsora canopeorumbyEsculenta, reviewed by AryKun Spot test (lichen)byEsculenta, reviewed by AryKun Gustaf Einar Du RietzbyEsculenta, reviewed by Chiswick Chap AllocaliciumbyEsculenta, reviewed by Simongraham Multiclavula mucidabyEsculenta, reviewed by Chiswick Chap Aphaena submaculatabyEtriusus, reviewed by Wolverine XI White-tailed jaybyGrungaloo, reviewed by Chiswick Chap Fork-tailed drongobyThe Blue Rider, reviewed by Chiswick Chap Northern green anacondabyChaotic Enby, reviewed by Geardona HeptamegacanthusbyMattximus, reviewed by Esculenta MixtotheriumbyPrimalMustelid, reviewed by FunkMonk DiplobunebyPrimalMustelid, reviewed by Wolverine XI OchrophytebySnoteleks, reviewed by Ealdgyth ParviluciferabySnoteleks, reviewed by Fritzmann2002 UrceolusbySnoteleks, reviewed by Fritzmann2002 Plexippoides regiusbySimongraham, reviewed by Grungaloo Olga HartmanbyViriditas, reviewed by Lightburst Giant pandabyWolverine XI, reviewed by Thebiguglyalien Enchylium conglomeratumbyXkalponik, reviewed by Wolverine XI

Newly nominated content
Great cuckoo-dovebyAryKun HeptamegacanthusbyMattximus List of talpidsbyPresN List of birds of New BrunswickbyB3251 List of forest-inventory conifers in CanadabyDank Dissoderma odoratumbyNotAGenious XiphodonbyPrimalMustelid BananabyChiswick Chap Phintella parvabySimongraham Evarcha maculatabySimongraham Asian elephantbyWolverine XI MegafaunabyWolverine XI Fishing catbyWolverine XI Thistle tortoise beetlebyJustinxuje Enchylium limosumbyXkalponik Enchylium polycarponbyXkalponik Skeleton panda sea squirtbyChaotic Enby Hypericum aciferumbyFritzmann2002 Hypericum russeggeribyFritzmann2002 Hypericum minutumbyFritzmann2002 ChrompodellidbySnoteleks Aquilegia sibiricabyPbritti Carabus japonicusbyNHanselman Charles De GeerbyYakikaki Cheetah reintroduction in IndiabyMagentic Manifestations

News at a glance

The newsletter will not be returning to a monthly format (mainly because the author is busy failing every exam imaginable) and is on a bimonthly schedule for the foreseeable future.
The second round of the WikiCup was very competitive, requiring the highest points total to advance since 2014. Two TOL editors, AryKun and Fritzmann2002, advanced to the third round.
The March edition of our monthly rolling contest was won by simongraham, who amassed 118 points from 21 articles on various species of jumping spider; in second place was Quetzal1964 with 109 points from 53 articles on marine ray-finned fish.
Quetzal1964 and simongraham were also the top two in the April edition, although Quetzal was ahead this time, with 68 points to simongraham's 48. In the annual leaderboard, Quetzal and simongraham are in first and second place respectively, with 291 and 246 points; in third place is Snotoleks, with 76 points.

March DYKs

... that an Indian rhinoceros, sent as a gift to Pope Leo X in 1515, was immortalised as Dürer's Rhinoceros after dying in a shipwreck? (1 March)
... that due to a misunderstanding, Catodontherium was moved from its original genus name? (3 March)
... that a malaria-control program in rural Brazil attracted droves of annoying, colorful bees that collect pesticide (example pictured) into homes? (4 March)
... that popular garden plants like malfurada often escape from cultivation and become invasive? (5 March)
... that the cherry blossom was used symbolically in Japanese World War II propaganda, with falling petals representing "young soldiers' sacrifice for the emperor"? (8 March)
... that off-roadingatMuriwai Beach in New Zealand may be damaging the habitat of the newly described korowai gecko (example pictured)? (9 March)
... that Will Smith took part in the expedition that discovered the northern green anaconda? (13 March)
... that the Kīlauea lava cricket disappears from a lava field as soon as any plants start to grow there? (13 March)
... that Julian Assange's lawyer argued that the rules set by the Ecuadorian embassy requiring Assange to take care of his pet cat Michi were "denigrating"? (13 March)
... that mule deer sometimes prefer the flavor of one Rocky Mountain juniper tree, like "ice cream", over another? (21 March)
... that the skeleton panda sea squirt was known on the Internet for its skeleton-like appearance years before its formal description? (26 March)
... that only one fruit but several thousand seeds were known when Allenbya collinsonae was named? (26 March)
... that while named for alliums, the fossil Paleoallium (pictured) was not necessarily directly related to any allium species? (27 March)
... that the extinct genus Mixtotherium, meaning 'mixed beast', has traits of both extinct primates and hyraxes? (28 March)
... that the fossil fern Dickwhitea was described from a single block of chert? (28 March)
... that Scytalopus krabbei is named after Niels Krabbe, who discovered seven other species in its genus? (29 March)
... that Institutiones rei herbariae, published in 1700, sought to give a unique name to every plant based on their "essence"? (29 March)
... that in some rare cases, large Siberian tigers prey on adult brown bears? (30 March)
... that only six years after its 2016 discovery, the Meratus blue flycatcher (pictured) was found being sold in Indonesian songbird markets? (30 March)
... that the spirit liverwort is called such because of its proximity to the Māori afterlife? (31 March)
... that cultures of the fungus Lentinus brumalis have been flown on three different satellites? (31 March)
... that the English herbalist Nicholas Culpeper claimed that eating alkanet leaves would make a person's spit deadly to serpents? (31 March)

Eufriesea purpurata

Korowai gecko

Paleoallium billgenseli fossil

Male Meratus blue flycatcher

April DYKs

... that despite its name meaning 'unscented', Hypericum × inodorum can smell strongly of goat? (1 April)
... that color-changing cats (artist's impression pictured) could help us communicate with the future? (2 April)
... that Pep the dog was falsely accused of murdering a cat and sent to Eastern State Penitentiary? (2 April)
... that an extinct French scarab beetle was discovered in a Prague factory? (3 April)
... that the white-tailed jay (example pictured) found in Ecuador and Peru was once thought to have been brought to Mexico by pre-Columbian trade? (5 April)
... that saving the Guadalupe cypress included the help of 40 Judas goats? (5 April)
... that the fork-tailed drongo gives genuine alarm calls but will sometimes lie to steal food from other animals? (5 April)
... that Bangiales, an orderofred algae, contains both the oldest-known sexually reproducing organism and the seaweed used to make sushi wrappers? (7 April)
... that beavers, mules, and dogs have been parachuted from airplanes? (8 April)
... that Aphaena submaculata (pictured) uses specialized mouthparts to suck the sap of trees? (8 April)
... that female Eriopis connexa beetles prevent sibling cannibalism by laying unfertilized eggs? (9 April)
... that Androsaemum androsaemumisbotanically unacceptable, but Aniculus aniculusisperfectly valid? (9 April)
... that there is one male for every 31 females in an E. interjectus colony, and each female can start its own colony? (10 April)
... that the first extant deer discovered in the 21st century is only 38 centimetres (15 in) tall? (10 April)
... that Buellia aethalea, a speciesoffungus, is also known as the "darkened button lichen" due to the small black spots on its crusty grey surface? (14 April)
... that despite commonly being caught with a hook and line, the holotype of the Rapa Nui lizardfish was instead collected with a spear? (14 April)
... that ochrophyte algae have twice as many membranes around their chloroplasts as plants? (16 April)
... that while the lichen species Enchylium conglomeratum is considered secure globally, it has been designated as extinct in the UK and regionally extinct in Switzerland? (18 April)
... that Cladonota's extravagant dorsal structures have been called both "grotesque" and "particularly charismatic"? (19 April)
... that the damselfly-relative Okanagrion is suggested to have eight species due to both alpha and beta diversity drivers? (21 April)
... that trees of the extinct genus Calamophyton (example pictured) formed the earliest known forest? (22 April)
... that the color of a black-headed tailorbird's throat was thought to depend on sex, but later turned out to depend on age? (23 April)
... that Biodiversity Impact Credits seek to stop species extinction? (30 April)

Artist's impression of a ray cat

White-tailed jay

Aphaena submaculata

Calamophyton tree

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