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Thunberga Rothorum
''Thunberga'' is a genus of east African huntsman spiders. The genus was first described by Peter Jäger in 2020, and it has only been found on Madagascar and on Mayotte. It is named after the environmental activist Greta Thunberg. Species it contains twenty nine species: *'' T. aliena'' Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar *'' T. befotaka'' Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar *'' T. boyanslat'' Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar *'' T. cala'' Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar *'' T. conductor'' Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar *'' T. daraina'' Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar *'' T. elongata'' Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar *'' T. gosura'' Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar *'' T. greta'' Jäger, 2020 – Madagascar *'' T. jaervii'' Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar *'' T. jyoti'' Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar *'' T. mafira'' Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar *'' T. malagassa'' (Strand, 1907) – Madagascar *'' T. malala'' Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar *'' T. mama'' Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar *'' T. matoma'' Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar *'' T. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Jäger
Peter Jäger is a German people, German arachnologist, and current Head of Arachnology at the Naturmuseum Senckenberg, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum in Frankfurt, Germany. He has named several spiders after celebrities; in 2008, he named ''Heteropoda davidbowie'' after British singer David Bowie, and ''Heteropoda ninahagen'' after German singer Nina Hagen. In 2013, he named ''Bowie monaghani, Ctenus monaghani'' (currently in the genus ''Bowie (spider), Bowie'') after actor Dominic Monaghan, to honor his work in the documentary series ''Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan''. In 2020, Jäger named a new genus and species of huntsman spiders from Madagascar after Greta Thunberg. The new spider is named ''Thunberga greta''. In 2022, he named 54 species of huntsman spiders from across Asia under the new genus ''Bowie (spider), Bowie'' in commemoration of the musician David Bowie 75th's birthday, the second time the musician's name was honored. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |