New Zealand insect named after hobbit Frodo Baggins from Lord of the Rings

The newly classified species Psylla Frodobaggins is found on the South Island, where the Tolkein movies were filmed

New Zealand researchers have named an insect after JRR Tolkein's famous hobbit character Frodo Baggins. Like the famous literary character, the insect is smaller than its relations and is found in New Zealand's South Island, the location where the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit movies were filmed.

The Psylla frodobagginsi was identified by Francesco Martoni and Karen Armstrong, who examined the psyllid insects during research for Martoni's PhD, with the New Zealand's Bio-Protection Research Centre.