A Genus and Two New Species of Staphylinids with Fang-Shuo Hu

<p>There’s a new genus of Staphylinid beetle named after one of the most legendary Manga characters! Fang-Shuo Hu and his coauthor Alexey Solodovnikov have been working on teasing apart some complex beetle lineages, leading them to describe a new genus and two new species. The genus <em>Luffy</em> is named after One Piece’s infamous Monkey D. Luffy, and the species are <em>L. nika</em> (Luffy’s magical fruit) and <em>L. schillhammeri</em> in honor of Harald Schillhammer, a Staphylinologist whose mentorship helped Fang-Shuo along the way. </p><p>Also part of this conversation is Rodrigo Salvador, editor in chief of the Journal of Geek Studies which publishes peer-reviewed articles about a variety of cultural topics. Rodrigo and Fang-Shuo discuss the impact of these interdisciplinary projects, and how naming a species or writing a paper can provide a gateway into taxonomy for those who might have never considered it important before.</p><p><br></p><p>Fang-Shuo Hu’s paper “Luffy gen. nov., a new genus of Staphylinina (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae), remarkable for understanding the Eucibdelus lineage” is in volume 1281 of Zookeys. </p><p>It can be found here: <a href="https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1281.198593"><u>https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1281.198593</u></a></p><p>A transcript of this episode can be found here: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_KqrW6UcR5zCeV5UTMzyXRZyM-8hA3PKwkQaFeW09EI/edit?usp=sharing"><u>Fang-Shuo Hu - Transcript</u></a></p><p>New Genus: <em>Luffy</em></p><p>New Species: <em>Luffy nika, Luffy schillhammeri</em></p><p>Episode image credit: Fang-Shuo Hu</p><p><br></p><p>Check out the Journal of Geek Studies: <a href="https://jgeekstudies.org/"><u>https://jgeekstudies.org</u></a></p><p>Find more of Rodrigo’s work: <a href="https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/persons/rodrigo-b-salvador/"><u>https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/persons/rodrigo-b-salvador/</u></a></p><p>Learn about how community science efforts help us learn more about rove beetles: <a href="http://doi.org/10.1016/j.fooweb.2025.e00399"><u>doi.org/10.1016/j.fooweb.2025.e00399</u></a></p><p>Follow Fang-Shuo on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/hu.fangshuo/"><u>https://www.facebook.com/hu.fangshuo/</u></a></p><p>And Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dragonbird.hu/"><u>https://www.instagram.com/dragonbird.hu/</u></a></p><p>And X: <a href="https://x.com/fangshuohu?s=11"><u>https://x.com/fangshuohu?s=11</u></a></p><p><br></p><p>B