LINCOLN, Neb. — A Nebraska entomologist has named three of his eight newest beetle discoveries after the dragons from the HBO series “Game of Thrones” and George R.R. Martin book series “A Song of Ice and Fire.”

　　内布拉斯加州林肯市的一名昆虫学家以HBO电视剧《权力的游戏》和乔治·R·R·马丁《冰与火之歌》丛书系列中的龙命名了他最新发现的八种甲虫中的三种。

　　University of Nebraska-Lincoln professor Brett Ratcliffe named the new scarab beetle species drogoni, rhaegali and viserioni, The Omaha World-Herald reported. The names are Latinized versions of Drogon, Rhaegal and Viserion, three dragons owned by Daenerys Targaryen’s character in the fictional work.

　　据《奥马哈世界先驱报》报道，内布拉斯加-林肯大学教授布雷特·拉特克里夫将这种新型甲虫命名为卓戈尼、雷加利和维塞罗尼。这些名字是小说中丹妮莉丝·坦格利安这个角色所拥有的三只龙：卓耿、雷加尔和维塞瑞恩的拉丁版本。

　　Radcliffe said he’s a fan of the series, but ultimately chose the names to draw attention to biodiversity and the amount of undiscovered species.

　　拉特克里夫说他是这个系列的粉丝，但最终还是选择用这些名字来引起人们对生物多样性和未发现物种数量的关注。

　　“When you create names like these, you do it to gain a little bit of notoriety and bring public attention to it,” Ratcliffe said. “We’re still discovering life on Earth. One of every four living things on Earth is a beetle. We haven’t discovered them all. We’re not even close.”

　　拉特克利夫说:“当你创造这样的名字时，你是为了获得一点名气，并引起公众的注意。我们还在探索地球上的生命。地球上每四种生物中就有一种是甲虫。我们还没有把它们全部探索完。还差得远呢。”

　　Ratcliffe said he’s named hundreds of species over his 50-year career and creating new names becomes difficult. Naming rules recommend against using humor or insults, and are particularly useful to avoid having duplicate names, he said.

　　拉特克利夫说，在他50年的职业生涯中，他给数百个物种命过名，给它们起新名字变得很困难。他说，命名规则是建议不要使用幽默或侮辱性名字，这对于避免重复命名特别有用。

　　Ratcliffe said he went with the pop culture reference to have a little bit of fun.

　　拉特克利夫说，他参照流行文化来找点乐子。

　　“I’ve often thought that scientists take themselves too seriously,” Ratcliffe said, “and this is a way to circumvent that.”

　　拉特克利夫说:“我经常认为，科学家太把自己当回事了，而这是一种规避方法。”

　　Drogoni and viserioni can be found in Colombia and Ecuador, while rhaegali is in the French Guiana. All three have orange features.

　　在哥伦比亚和厄瓜多尔可以找到卓戈尼和维塞罗尼，而在法属圭亚那可以找到雷加利。这三种甲虫都有橙色的特征。