Fly with Golden Booty Resembles Beyonce's Prominent Butt

Bryan Lessard is a 24-year-old researcher at Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization who is working on his PhD studying the who, what and where of horse flies, or scientifically speaking, the taxonomy, systematics and biogeography of the Tabanidae.      While studying un-named species that had been sitting in a fly collection of CSIRO, Lessard's interest was piqued by one particular fly, one with dense golden hairs at the fly's rear end.      It was then that Lessard was reminded of another prominent rear, that of pop star Beyoncé, a singer who boasts about it in a song entitled Bootylicious.     So while the world is full of talented singer/performers just as the world is full of important pollinating horse flies, it is those with special assets that get a distinction.  It was this Similarity that Lessard Recognized and ran with, naming the insect Scaptia (Plinthina) beyonceae.  Never mind that this fly was first captured in 1981 - the same year the former Destiny's Child singer was born!      Lessard says the fly's spectacular gold color makes it the "...all-time diva of flies.  It was the unique dense golden hairs on the fly's abdomen that led me to name this fly in honor of the performer Beyonce as well as giving me the chance to demonstrate the fun side of taxonomy - the naming of species."      The rare Scaptia (Plinthina) beyonceae horse fly was collected in 1981 from the Atherton Tablelands.  "Most Australian Scaptia species have been described. However, these five new species of a sub-group [Plinthina] have been housed in Australian collections since the group was last studied in the 1960s," Mr Lessard said.   It's unknown if the rare species is a bloodsucker like many female horse flies.  The description of the fly was earlier published in the Australian Journal of Entomology, but the results were announced two weeks ago. "It's extremely important to name all the undescribed species so we can measure our human impact on the environment and hopefully protect it for future generations to enjoy.  Here is a video of Lessard talking about the Resemblance he has Extracted:  Title: Fly with Golden Booty Resembles Beyoncé's Prominent Butt   Resemblance: Beyoncé Giselle Knowles' Prominent Rear End  Extractionist: Bryan Lessard  Matrix: Horse Fly's Rear Abdomen  Location: Atherton tablelands in Queensland, Australia  Date: 13 Jan 2012  Links:  http://www.abc.net.au/rural/qld/content/2012/01/s3407573.htm http://www.couriermail.com.au/entertainment/weird/fly-named-after-singer-beyonce-because-of-butt/story-e6frep26-1226243518546

Virgin Mary Visits Hamburger Mary

     It took ten days but the first religious Resemblance of 2012 has shown up in Tampa, Florida.  Ybor City is a historic part of town with a hamburger joint by the name of Hamburger Mary's Bar & Grille.  It is here that, over the past weekend, a couple of customers Recognized a stainless steel plate on the wall near the kitchen had a Resemblance on it - one of the Virgin Mary.  And while this Resemblance is more a Similar than a Replica, it makes the grade for the Replica Report as it has been covered by Christopher Collette of News 10 WTSP.  This Resemblance appears on a Type II Matrix - man made but inadvertant or unintentional.
     Pareidolia is a word often used when reporting on such stories.  The word was first used by Goldstein in 1994 despite other vocabulary words existing such as apophenia synchronicity & simulacra and is limited in scope when discussing Resemblances.

 Title: Virgin Mary Visits Hamburger Mary

 Resemblance: Virgin Mary

 Extractionist: Customers of Hamburger Mary's

 Matrix: Stainless Steel Plate (Type II)

 Location: Ybor City - Tampa, Florida

 Date: 10 Jan 2012

 Links:   http://ybor.wtsp.com/photo-gallery/news/99506-virgin-mary-spotted-restaurant?page=5

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