Nov. 11 (UPI) -- A new species of bee in Australia has been discovered, named for its unique devil-like features.
The nicknamed "Lucifer" bee, or Megachile lucifer, was discovered in 2019 in the Goldfields region of western Australia while scientists were in the middle of surveying an endangered wildflower, according to a new study released Monday by Journal of Hymenoptera Research.
Lucifer, a native bee, has devilish horns that separate its look from other bee species.
"When writing up the new species description, I was watching the Netflix show Lucifer at the time, and the name just fit perfectly," said Kit Pendergast, the study's lead author and adjunct research fellow at Curtin University.
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