Wasp species named in honor of Bruins’ Tuukka Rask

A newly discovered wasp species from East Africa now bears the designation Thaumatodryinus tuukkaraski, a tribute to Boston Bruins’ and Finnish National goalie Tuukka Rask.  The wasp was named after Rask by Robert S. Copeland, an entomologist at the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology in Nairobi, Kenya  who grew up in Newton, MA.  more at:

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/02/24/goalie-tuukka-rask-wasp-too/ozCTPFjS5SFb0tyfDiftEJ/story.html

By Carolyn Y. Johnson