''Bowie'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
Ctenidae
Wandering spiders (''Ctenidae'') are a family of spiders that includes the Brazilian wandering spiders. These spiders have a distinctive longitudinal groove on the top-rear of their oval carapace similar to those of the Amaurobiidae. They are hig ...
that was described by
Peter Jäger in 2022.
The genus was named after the English singer-songwriter and actor
David Bowie
David Robert Jones (8 January 194710 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie ( ), was an English singer-songwriter and actor. A leading figure in the music industry, he is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the ...
and currently encompasses 107 species, 55 of which were named after elements from David Bowie's musical catalogue.
Species
, the genus contains 107 species that occur from the
Himalayas
The Himalayas, or Himalaya (; ; ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the planet's highest peaks, including the very highest, Mount Everest. Over 10 ...
to
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
and northern
Australia:
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Bowie abdulmajid''
Jäger, 2022 –
Singapore
Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bor ...
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Bowie afterall''
Jäger, 2022 –
Sri Lanka
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Bowie aladdinsane''
Jäger, 2022 –
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
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Bowie andamanensis''
( Graveley, 1931) – India (
Andaman Is.)
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Bowie angigitanus''
( Roewer, 1938) – Papua New Guinea
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Bowie angularis''
(Roewer, 1938) –
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
(
Aru Is.)
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Bowie argentipes''
(van Hasselt, 1893) –
Malaysia
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...
(Peninsula), Singapore, Indonesia (
Sumatra)
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Bowie artdecade''
Jäger, 2022 –
Cambodia
Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailan ...
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Bowie aruanus''
(Strand
Strand may refer to:
Topography
*The flat area of land bordering a body of water, a:
** Beach
** Shoreline
* Strand swamp, a type of swamp habitat in Florida
Places Africa
* Strand, Western Cape, a seaside town in South Africa
* Strand Street ...
, 1911) – Indonesia (Aru Is.)
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Bowie ashestoashes''
Jäger, 2022 – Indonesia (
Borneo
Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and ea ...
)
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Bowie banna''
(Yao & Li, 2022) –
China
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Bowie bantaengi''
(Merian, 1911) – Indonesia (
Sulawesi)
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Bowie bayeri''
(Jäger, 2012) –
Laos
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Bowie bemywife''
Jäger, 2022 –
Thailand
Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is b ...
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Bowie bicostatus''
( Thorell, 1890) – Malaysia (Borneo)
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Bowie bigbrother''
Jäger, 2022 –
Vietnam
Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...
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Bowie blackout''
Jäger, 2022 – Malaysia (Peninsula)
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Bowie blackstar''
Jäger, 2022 – Papua New Guinea
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Bowie bluejean''
Jäger, 2022 – Malaysia (Borneo)
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Bowie bomdilaensis''
( Tikader & Malhotra, 1981) – India
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Bowie bowonglangi''
(Merian, 1911) – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
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Bowie candidate''
Jäger, 2022 – Vietnam
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Bowie catpeople''
Jäger, 2022 – Malaysia (Borneo)
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Bowie celebensis''
( Pocock, 1897) – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
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Bowie ceylonensis''
( F. O. P-Cambridge, 1897) – Sri Lanka
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Bowie chinagirl''
Jäger, 2022 – Malaysia (Borneo)
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Bowie cladarus''
(Jäger, 2012) –
Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...
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Bowie cochinensis''
(Gravely, 1931) – India
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Bowie corniger''
(F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898) –
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ...
(
introduced?)
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Bowie criminalworld''
Jäger, 2022 – Malaysia (Borneo)
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Bowie crystaljapan''
Jäger, 2022 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
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Bowie diamonddogs''
Jäger, 2022 – Vietnam
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Bowie dodo''
Jäger, 2022 – Vietnam
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Bowie fame''
Jäger, 2022 – Vietnam
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Bowie fascination''
Jäger, 2022 – Vietnam
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Bowie fashion''
Jäger, 2022 – Malaysia (Peninsula)
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Bowie floweri''
(F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) – Malaysia (Peninsula)
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Bowie fungifer''
(Thorell, 1890) – Malaysia (Peninsula)
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Bowie goaensis''
(Bastawade & Borkar, 2008) – India
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Bowie haiphong''
Yao & Li, 2022 – Vietnam
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Bowie heroes''
Jäger, 2022 – India
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Bowie himalayensis''
(Gravely, 1931) – India
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Bowie holthoffi''
(Jäger, 2012) – Laos
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Bowie hosei''
(F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) – Borneo (Malaysia,
Brunei
Brunei ( , ), formally Brunei Darussalam ( ms, Negara Brunei Darussalam, Jawi: , ), is a country located on the north coast of the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. Apart from its South China Sea coast, it is completely surrounded by t ...
)
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Bowie hunkydory''
Jäger, 2022 –
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in S ...
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Bowie indicus''
(Gravely, 1931) – India
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Bowie javanus''
(Pocock, 1897) – Indonesia (Sumatra,
Java
Java (; id, Jawa, ; jv, ꦗꦮ; su, ) is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea to the north. With a population of 151.6 million people, Java is the world's mos ...
,
Bali)
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Bowie jeangenie''
Jäger, 2022 – India
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Bowie joethelion''
Jäger, 2022 – Malaysia (Peninsula)
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Bowie kapuri''
(Tikader, 1973) – India (Andaman Is.)
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Bowie kochi''
(Simon
Simon may refer to:
People
* Simon (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name Simon
* Simon (surname), including a list of people with the surname Simon
* Eugène Simon, French naturalist and the genus ...
, 1897) – Indonesia (
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; id, Papua, or , historically ) is the world's second-largest island with an area of . Located in Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Australia by the wide Torr ...
)
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Bowie ladystardust''
Jäger, 2022 – Nepal
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Bowie lazarus''
Jäger, 2022 – Papua New Guinea
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Bowie letsdance''
Jäger, 2022 – Indonesia (Java)
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Bowie lishuqiang''
(Jäger, 2012) – China
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Bowie lodger''
Jäger, 2022 –
Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
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Bowie low''
Jäger, 2022 – Thailand
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Bowie magicdance''
Jäger, 2022 – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
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Bowie majortom''
Jäger, 2022 – Nepal
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Bowie martensi''
(Jäger, 2012) – Nepal
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Bowie meghalayaensis''
(Tikader, 1976) – India
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Bowie mengla''
Yao & Li, 2022 – China
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Bowie modernlove''
Jäger, 2022 – Malaysia (Borneo)
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Bowie monaghani''
(Jäger, 2013) – Laos
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Bowie mossgarden''
Jäger, 2022 – Malaysia (Peninsula)
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Bowie narashinhai''
(Patel & Reddy, 1988) – India
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Bowie natmataung''
(Jäger & Minn, 2015) – Myanmar
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Bowie neukoeln''
Jäger, 2022 – Malaysia (Peninsula)
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Bowie palembangensis''
(Strand, 1906) – Indonesia (Sumatra)
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Bowie philippinensis''
(F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) – Philippines
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Bowie pingu''
(Jäger & Minn, 2015) – Myanmar
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Bowie pulvinatus''
(Thorell, 1890) – Malaysia (Borneo)
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Bowie ramosus''
(Thorell, 1887) – Myanmar
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Bowie rebelrebel''
Jäger, 2022 – Vietnam
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Bowie redsails''
Jäger, 2022 – Philippines
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Bowie ricochet''
Jäger, 2022 – Indonesia (Borneo)
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Bowie right''
Jäger, 2022 – Vietnam
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Bowie robustus''
(Thorell, 1897) – Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, China
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Bowie rufisternis''
(Pocock, 1898) – Papua New Guinea (
New Britain)
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Bowie saci''
(Ono, 2010) – Vietnam
*''
Bowie sagittatus''
(Giltay, 1935) – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
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Bowie sarawakensis''
(F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) – Borneo (Malaysia, Brunei)
*''
Bowie scarymonsters''
Jäger, 2022 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
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Bowie shakeit''
Jäger, 2022 – Malaysia (Borneo)
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Bowie sikkimensis''
(Gravely, 1931) – India
*''
Bowie simplex''
(Thorell, 1897) – Myanmar, Thailand, Laos
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Bowie stationtostation''
Jäger, 2022 – Myanmar
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Bowie stay''
Jäger, 2022 – Vietnam
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Bowie subterraneans''
Jäger, 2022 – Thailand
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Bowie teenagewildlife''
Jäger, 2022 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
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Bowie thenextday''
Jäger, 2022 – Indonesia (New Guinea)
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Bowie theodorianum''
(Jäger, 2012) – Thailand, Laos, Vietnam
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Bowie thiesi''
Jäger, 2022 – Papua New Guinea
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Bowie thorelli''
(F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) – Sri Lanka
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Bowie tonight''
Jäger, 2022 – Malaysia (Borneo)
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Bowie underground''
Jäger, 2022 – Malaysia (Borneo)
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Bowie valvularis''
(van Hasselt, 1882) – Indonesia (Java, Sumatra)
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Bowie warszawa''
Jäger, 2022 – Thailand
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Bowie win''
Jäger, 2022 – Vietnam
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Bowie withinyou''
Jäger, 2022 – Malaysia (Borneo)
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Bowie withoutyou''
Jäger, 2022 – Malaysia (Borneo)
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Bowie yaeyamensis''
(Yoshida, 1998) –
Japan (
Ryukyu Is.),
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
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Bowie yassassin''
Jäger, 2022 – Taiwan
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Bowie youngamericans''
Jäger, 2022 – Vietnam
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Bowie yulin''
(Yao & Li, 2022) – China
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Bowie zhengi''
Yao & Li, 2022 – China
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Bowie ziggystardust''
Jäger, 2022 – Nepal
See also
*
List of organisms named after famous people (born 1900–1949)
In biological nomenclature, organisms often receive scientific names that honor a person. A taxon (e.g. species or genus; plural: taxa) named in honor of another entity is an eponymous taxon, and names specifically honoring a person or persons ar ...
References
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Ctenidae genera
Ctenidae