New Species of Recluse Spider Named for Leonard Cohen
A study of Loxosceles spiders in Iran, Turkmenistan, and Afghanistan documents two new species, one of which the researchers have named for Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen.
Shut the Front Door! Researchers Find ‘Endangered Living Fossil’ Trapdoor Spider
Meet Cryptocteniza kawtak, a newly described genus and species of trapdoor spider that likely dates to the Cretaceous. The researcher who found it first spotted it in 1997 but was finally able to enter it in the scientific record after finding another specimen two decades later.
Naming a Bug After a Droid: The Case of Kaytuesso flavolateralis
A newly described genus of true bug from Papua New Guinea has been dubbed "Kaytuesso," so named for a perceived resemblance to K-2SO, a droid character from the movie "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story."
Two New Stink Bug Species Named for Dragons From Game of Thrones
Two Chilean species of stink bugs were named after Drogon and Viserion, dragons of the TV series "Game of Thrones