those species that receive the name of celebrities

The name of this prehistoric crocodile is Lemmysuchus, in homage to Lemmy, the singer of Motorhead, who died in 2015. In reality, the species with the names of artists are not so rare … Some scientists used to baptize their discoveries in honor of celebrities. Thus, here is the Hetropoda DavidBowie spider, a nod to the British singer’s Glass Spider Tour, but above all a way to draw attention to an endangered species.

Other examples: the Synalheus PinkFloydi shrimp, named for its guitar-shaped claw. The wasp Aleiodes Shakirae and the gadfly Scaptia PlinthinaBeyonceae were named in this way because researchers saw in it a resemblance to the female singers. The record is held by John Lennon, with three species to his name: the spider BumbaLennoni, the wasp Notiospathius JohnLennoni and the trilobite Avalanchurus Lennoni. Even Donald Trump has one! This is the Neopalpa DonaldTrumpi moth.