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Potamophylax coronavirus is a caddisfly – a mothlike flying insect whose eggs and larvae thrive in rivers and lakes.

He announced the new name he had chosen for the species in a scientific magazine this month. "Coronavirus was the most vivid thing during the time when the species was discovered," he said. During his research, Ibrahimi also noticed that the Lumbardhi i Decanit River, where the new species was found, has severely deteriorated over recent years due to the construction of a hydropower plant. Kosovo and the Balkan countries have a long history of environmental pollution of all kinds, from sewa...

Kosovar biologist calls newly found insect after coronavirus Florent Bajrami And Llazar Semini Associated Press Tags:  Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. Halil Ibrahimi, 44, associate professor at the faculty of natural sciences at Pristina university looks under a microscope at an insect named Potamophylax coronavirus, inside a lab in Pristina on Friday, April 16, 2021. Restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic helped Kosovar biologist Ibrahimi sit down and complete ...

2021/04/20 15:56 Halil Ibrahimi, 44, associate professor at the faculty of natural sciences at Pristina university looks under a microscope at an insect named Potamoph... Halil Ibrahimi, 44, associate professor at the faculty of natural sciences at Pristina university looks under a microscope at an insect named Potamophylax coronavirus, inside a lab in Pristina on Friday, April 16, 2021. Restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic helped Kosovar biologist Ibrahimi ...

By Press Association 2021 Professor Halil Ibrahimi looks under a microscope at an insect named Potamophylax coronavirus inside a lab in Pristina, Kosovo Restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic have helped a Kosovar biologist sit down and complete his research, raise public awareness of the pollution of river basins – and name a new insect after the virus. Professor Halil Ibrahimi, 44, had spent years working on a research report on ...

April 20, 2021 Share Kosovar biologist Halil Ibrahimi believes the pandemic restrictions haven’t all been bad — as a result of them, he completed his research, raised public awareness of the pollution of river basins and named a newly discovered insect after the virus. Ibrahimi, 44, had spent years working on a research report on a caddisfly species found in Kosovo’s western Bjeshket e Nemuna (Accursed Mountains) national park. That species now bears the name Potamophylax coronavi...

April 20, 2021 PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovar biologist Halil Ibrahimi believes the pandemic restrictions haven’t all been bad — as a result of them, he completed his research, raised public awareness of the pollution of river basins and named a newly discovered insect after the virus. More details in Wednesday’s Borneo Bulletin.

Scientists identify new insect species in Kosovos rivers after coronavirus While the new Coronavirus will, hopefully, be effectively controlled sooner rather than later, its latest namesake is here to stay - a small caddisfly endemic to a national park in Kosovo that is new to science. Potamophylax coronavirus was collected near a stream in the Bjeshkët e Nemuna National Park in Kosovo by a team of scientists, led by Professor Halil Ibrahimi of the University of Prishtina. After molecular and ...

Credit: Halil Ibrahimi While the new Coronavirus will, hopefully, be effectively controlled sooner rather than later, its latest namesake is here to stay - a small caddisfly endemic to a national park in Kosovo that is new to science. Potamophylax coronavirus was collected near a stream in the Bjeshkët e Nemuna National Park in Kosovo by a team of scientists, led by Professor Halil Ibrahimi of the University of Prishtina. After molecular and morphological analyses, it was described as a caddis...