4 F, H) gonostylar setae long throughout (Fig. 2006), lateral lobe pointed and slightly curved downwards (Fig. 4 D) gonostylus simple (‘ type V’ of Ospina-Torres et al. 4 D), with basolateral points with straight sides, not rounded (Fig. 4 C) (sharply pointed, forming an almost isosceles triangle in E. 4 B) absence of setae throughout invaginated section notospiculum weak, slightly divided apically, posterolateral projections of anterior section strong, prominent posterior section of S 8 triangular, pointed, forming an almost equilaterous triangle (Fig. 4 A) (distance between base of lobes and medial portion of arms equal to length of> four lobes, forming a constriction in E. S 7 deeply invaginated mesally, forming two lobes distance between base of lobes and medial portion of arms equal to length of three lobes (Fig. Male terminalia as in figures 4 A, C, E, G. Punctation on discal base of T 1 sparse, with large elongated punctures on distal part of T 1 and T 2 – T 4 dense, comprised of small (0.025 mm diameter) circular punctures on T 5 – T 6 dense, with medium-sized elongated punctures (0.06 x 0.03 mm) on T 7 dense, with large elongated punctures (0.1 x 0.05 mm) S 2 with two short and shallow semicircular depressions with setae, forming circular tufts widely separated, and integument between both tufts fairly plain (Figure 3 A). Foretibia and forebasitarsus fringed with medium-sized (up to 0.8 mm), dense, fulvous hairs velvet area occupying the entire ventral side of mesotibia, posterior mesotibial tuft small (about 1 / 4 of the size of anterior tuft), subtrapezoid anterior mesotibial tuft large, subcylindrical (Figure 2 E) metatibia triangular, acute, post-glandular area fringed with long hairs (up to 1.00 mm) (Figure 2 G). 7.0 mm longer than body tip) scutellum 2.4 - mm wide and 1.2 - mm long very minute (0.04 mm in diameter) circular punctures on scutum, separated from each other by at least a puncture-diameter punctures on scutellum of different sizes, from very minute (0.01 mm) to medium-sized (0.1 mm), sparser than on mesoscutum abdominal width 4.2 mm. 9.0 mm extended tongue exceeding body length (ca. Width 4.4 mm interorbital distance at level of antennal sockets 2.3 mm maximum interorbital distance 2.4 mm scape 0.8 mm eye length 2.9 mm, mandible with two teeth. Ivory paraocular markings well developed, reaching malar area anterior surface of antennal scape with a small ivory spot occupying about 1 / 3 of its length (Figure 2 C). Gena with long (1.5 mm) white bristles only fulvous hairs on antennal sockets black setae on upper frons and top of head overall pubescence very sparse, fulvous and black hairs evenly distributed on mesosoma, predominantly black setae on scutellum, very sparse, blackish setae on T 1 – T 7 and sparse fulvous setae on S 1 – S 6.

Clypeus greenish blue, rest of head bright green (Figure 2 C) mesosoma greenish blue (Figure 2 A) T 1 – T 2 bluish green (Figure 2 A), T 3 – T 7 plain green, metatibia bluish green (Figure 2 G). After all, a genius would know nothing less.Description (Male, Figures 2 A, C, E, G, 3 A, C, E, 4 A, C, E, G): Color and vestiture. This came as another interesting fact that Jim liked bees and considers them a key part of the ecosystem of our planet. In fact, after ‘Mothra’ and griffins, bees are his third-favourite flying creatures”. Sheldon would be honoured to know that Euglossa bazinga was inspired by him. Steven Molaro, an executive producer of the sitcom, said, “We are always extremely flattered when the science community embraces our show. While Jim was unavailable to respond to this new development, one of the producers of TBBT seemed excited about the news. Related: Hurt Kaley Cuoco Celebrates The Day Big Bang Theory Ended Sheldon’s favourite catchphrase, Bazinga has tricked us for some time due to its similarity to E. The paper states: “The specific epithet honors the clever, funny, captivating ‘nerd’ character Sheldon Cooper … Sheldon Cooper’s favorite comic word ‘bazinga’, used by him when tricking somebody, was here chosen to represent the character.

He wrote a research paper on his discovery and casually mentioned how the character of Sheldon Cooper was the main inspiration behind naming this newfound species. This new species of bees was discovered by Andre Nemesio who taught at the Universidade Federal de Uberlandia. Jim Parsons Has Two Species Named After His Most Iconic Character’s Catchphrase