Bowie (spider)

Bowie
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Ctenidae
Genus: Bowie
Jäger, 2022
Type species
Bowie rebelrebel
Jäger, 2022
Species

107, see text

Bowie is a genus of Ctenidae that was described by Peter Jäger in 2022.[1] The genus was named after the English singer-songwriter and actor David Bowie and currently encompasses 107 species, 55 of which were named after elements from David Bowie's musical catalogue.[2][1]

Species

As of October 2022, the genus contains 107 species that occur from the Himalayas to Papua New Guinea and northern Australia:[3]

  • Bowie abdulmajid Jäger, 2022 – Singapore
  • Bowie afterall Jäger, 2022 – Sri Lanka
  • Bowie aladdinsane Jäger, 2022 – India
  • Bowie andamanensis (Graveley, 1931) – India (Andaman Is.)
  • Bowie angigitanus (Roewer, 1938) – Papua New Guinea
  • Bowie angularis (Roewer, 1938) – Indonesia (Aru Is.)
  • Bowie argentipes (van Hasselt, 1893) – Malaysia (Peninsula), Singapore, Indonesia (Sumatra)
  • Bowie artdecade Jäger, 2022 – Cambodia
  • Bowie aruanus (Strand, 1911) – Indonesia (Aru Is.)
  • Bowie ashestoashes Jäger, 2022 – Indonesia (Borneo)
  • Bowie banna (Yao & Li, 2022) – China
  • Bowie bantaengi (Merian, 1911) – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
  • Bowie bayeri (Jäger, 2012) – Laos
  • Bowie bemywife Jäger, 2022 – Thailand
  • Bowie bicostatus (Thorell, 1890) – Malaysia (Borneo)
  • Bowie bigbrother Jäger, 2022 – Vietnam
  • Bowie blackout Jäger, 2022 – Malaysia (Peninsula)
  • Bowie blackstar Jäger, 2022 – Papua New Guinea
  • Bowie bluejean Jäger, 2022 – Malaysia (Borneo)
  • Bowie bomdilaensis (Tikader & Malhotra, 1981) – India
  • Bowie bowonglangi (Merian, 1911) – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
  • Bowie candidate Jäger, 2022 – Vietnam
  • Bowie catpeople Jäger, 2022 – Malaysia (Borneo)
  • Bowie celebensis (Pocock, 1897) – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
  • Bowie ceylonensis (F. O. P-Cambridge, 1897) – Sri Lanka
  • Bowie chinagirl Jäger, 2022 – Malaysia (Borneo)
  • Bowie cladarus (Jäger, 2012) – Myanmar
  • Bowie cochinensis (Gravely, 1931) – India
  • Bowie corniger (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898) – South Africa (introduced?)
  • Bowie criminalworld Jäger, 2022 – Malaysia (Borneo)
  • Bowie crystaljapan Jäger, 2022 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
  • Bowie diamonddogs Jäger, 2022 – Vietnam
  • Bowie dodo Jäger, 2022 – Vietnam
  • Bowie fame Jäger, 2022 – Vietnam
  • Bowie fascination Jäger, 2022 – Vietnam
  • Bowie fashion Jäger, 2022 – Malaysia (Peninsula)
  • Bowie floweri (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) – Malaysia (Peninsula)
  • Bowie fungifer (Thorell, 1890) – Malaysia (Peninsula)
  • Bowie goaensis (Bastawade & Borkar, 2008) – India
  • Bowie haiphong Yao & Li, 2022 – Vietnam
  • Bowie heroes Jäger, 2022 – India
  • Bowie himalayensis (Gravely, 1931) – India
  • Bowie holthoffi (Jäger, 2012) – Laos
  • Bowie hosei (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) – Borneo (Malaysia, Brunei)
  • Bowie hunkydory Jäger, 2022 – Nepal
  • Bowie indicus (Gravely, 1931) – India
  • Bowie javanus (Pocock, 1897) – Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Bali)
  • Bowie jeangenie Jäger, 2022 – India
  • Bowie joethelion Jäger, 2022 – Malaysia (Peninsula)
  • Bowie kapuri (Tikader, 1973) – India (Andaman Is.)
  • Bowie kochi (Simon, 1897) – Indonesia (New Guinea)
  • Bowie ladystardust Jäger, 2022 – Nepal
  • Bowie lazarus Jäger, 2022 – Papua New Guinea
  • Bowie letsdance Jäger, 2022 – Indonesia (Java)
  • Bowie lishuqiang (Jäger, 2012) – China
  • Bowie lodger Jäger, 2022 – Philippines
  • Bowie low Jäger, 2022 – Thailand
  • Bowie magicdance Jäger, 2022 – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
  • Bowie majortom Jäger, 2022 – Nepal
  • Bowie martensi (Jäger, 2012) – Nepal
  • Bowie meghalayaensis (Tikader, 1976) – India
  • Bowie mengla Yao & Li, 2022 – China
  • Bowie modernlove Jäger, 2022 – Malaysia (Borneo)
  • Bowie monaghani (Jäger, 2013) – Laos
  • Bowie mossgarden Jäger, 2022 – Malaysia (Peninsula)
  • Bowie narashinhai (Patel & Reddy, 1988) – India
  • Bowie natmataung (Jäger & Minn, 2015) – Myanmar
  • Bowie neukoeln Jäger, 2022 – Malaysia (Peninsula)
  • Bowie palembangensis (Strand, 1906) – Indonesia (Sumatra)
  • Bowie philippinensis (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) – Philippines
  • Bowie pingu (Jäger & Minn, 2015) – Myanmar
  • Bowie pulvinatus (Thorell, 1890) – Malaysia (Borneo)
  • Bowie ramosus (Thorell, 1887) – Myanmar
  • Bowie rebelrebel Jäger, 2022 – Vietnam
  • Bowie redsails Jäger, 2022 – Philippines
  • Bowie ricochet Jäger, 2022 – Indonesia (Borneo)
  • Bowie right Jäger, 2022 – Vietnam
  • Bowie robustus (Thorell, 1897) – Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, China
  • Bowie rufisternis (Pocock, 1898) – Papua New Guinea (New Britain)
  • Bowie saci (Ono, 2010) – Vietnam
  • Bowie sagittatus (Giltay, 1935) – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
  • Bowie sarawakensis (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) – Borneo (Malaysia, Brunei)
  • Bowie scarymonsters Jäger, 2022 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
  • Bowie shakeit Jäger, 2022 – Malaysia (Borneo)
  • Bowie sikkimensis (Gravely, 1931) – India
  • Bowie simplex (Thorell, 1897) – Myanmar, Thailand, Laos
  • Bowie stationtostation Jäger, 2022 – Myanmar
  • Bowie stay Jäger, 2022 – Vietnam
  • Bowie subterraneans Jäger, 2022 – Thailand
  • Bowie teenagewildlife Jäger, 2022 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
  • Bowie thenextday Jäger, 2022 – Indonesia (New Guinea)
  • Bowie theodorianum (Jäger, 2012) – Thailand, Laos, Vietnam
  • Bowie thiesi Jäger, 2022 – Papua New Guinea
  • Bowie thorelli (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) – Sri Lanka
  • Bowie tonight Jäger, 2022 – Malaysia (Borneo)
  • Bowie underground Jäger, 2022 – Malaysia (Borneo)
  • Bowie valvularis (van Hasselt, 1882) – Indonesia (Java, Sumatra)
  • Bowie warszawa Jäger, 2022 – Thailand
  • Bowie win Jäger, 2022 – Vietnam
  • Bowie withinyou Jäger, 2022 – Malaysia (Borneo)
  • Bowie withoutyou Jäger, 2022 – Malaysia (Borneo)
  • Bowie yaeyamensis (Yoshida, 1998) – Japan (Ryukyu Is.), Taiwan
  • Bowie yassassin Jäger, 2022 – Taiwan
  • Bowie youngamericans Jäger, 2022 – Vietnam
  • Bowie yulin (Yao & Li, 2022) – China
  • Bowie zhengi Yao & Li, 2022 – China
  • Bowie ziggystardust Jäger, 2022 – Nepal

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Jäger, Peter (2022-08-04). "Bowie gen. nov., a diverse lineage of ground-dwelling spiders occurring from the Himalayas to Papua New Guinea and northern Australia (Araneae: Ctenidae: Cteninae)". Zootaxa. 5170 (1): 1–200. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5170.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 36095418.
  2. ^ Ashworth, James (8 August 2022). "New group of spiders named after David Bowie and his back catalogue". Natural History Museum. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Gen. Bowie Jäger, 2022". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 13 October 2022.