Scaptia beyonceae
Scaptia beyonceae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Tabanidae |
Subfamily: | Pangoniinae |
Tribe: | Scionini |
Genus: | Scaptia |
Species: | S. beyonceae
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Binomial name | |
Scaptia beyonceae Lessard, 2011[1]
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Scaptia beyonceae is a
Description
Scaptia beyonceae has a striking golden tip to its
Other than the 1981 specimen, the fly has only been collected on two other occasions. All three collected specimens are female.[6]
Naming
The naming of animal species is required to comply with guidelines established by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN).[7] The ICZN's guidelines allow for species to receive names that honour people, including celebrities.[8] Other species named after famous people include Hyla stingi, a frog named after the singer Sting; Pachygnatha zappa, a spider named after singer-songwriter Frank Zappa; and three beetle species from the Agathidium genus (A. bushi, A. cheneyi and A. rumsfeldi) named after American politicians George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld respectively.[7]
According to Bryan Lessard, the researcher from the
See also
References
- ^ hdl:1885/64347.
- ^ "Fly named after Beyonce because of bum". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, Australia: Fairfax Media. 13 January 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
- ^ a b "New species of fly named in honour of performer Beyoncé". CSIRO. 13 January 2012. Archived from the original on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
- ABC Online. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
- ^ Draggan, Sidney (13 January 2012). "Scaptia beyonceae: new species of fly". Encyclopedia of Earth. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
- ^ Jackson, Morgan D. (13 January 2012). "Irreplaceable fly described from Australia". Biodiversity in Focus. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
- ^ a b Nelson, Sarah C. (13 January 2012). "Beyonce fly Scaptia (Plinthina) beyonceae is as bootylicious as the singer". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
- ^ Pearlman, Jonathan (14 January 2012). "The Beyonce fly: Researchers name insect with golden behind after singer". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 14 January 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
- ^ Morgan, Huw (13 January 2012). "A golden tail of Beyoncé's bootylicious fly". CSCIROscope. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). Archived from the original on 5 June 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2022.