Bowie (spider)
| Bowie | |
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| Bowie sp. from the Western Ghats | |
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| B. beruang in Indonesia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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 | |
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119, 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. It consists of more than a hundred described species, of which about half were named after elements from David Bowie's musical catalogue.[2][1]
Species
B. argentipes in Singapore
B. tonight in Malaysia
B. yaeyamensis in Taiwan
As of January 2026, this genus includes 119 species from the Himalayas to Papua New Guinea and northern Australia:[3]
- Bowie abdulmajid Jäger, 2022 – Singapore
- Named after the song "Abdulmajid"
- Bowie afterall Jäger, 2022 – Sri Lanka
- Named after the song "After All"
- Bowie aladdinsane Jäger, 2022 – India
- Named after the album Aladdin Sane and the song "Aladdin Sane (1913–1938–197?)"
- 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
- Named after the song "Art Decade"
- Bowie aruanus (Strand, 1911) – Indonesia (Aru Is.)
- Bowie ashestoashes Jäger, 2022 – Indonesia (Borneo)
- Named after the song "Ashes to Ashes"
- Bowie banna (Yao & Li, 2022) – China
- Bowie bantaengi (Merian, 1911) – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
- Bowie bayeri (Jäger, 2012) – Laos
- Bowie bemywife Jäger, 2022 – Thailand
- Named after the song "Be My Wife"
- Bowie beruang Omelko & Fomichev, 2023 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
- Bowie bicostatus (Thorell, 1890) – Malaysia (Borneo)
- Bowie bigbrother Jäger, 2022 – Vietnam
- Named after the song "Big Brother"
- Bowie binturong Omelko & Fomichev, 2023 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
- Bowie blackout Jäger, 2022 – Malaysia (Peninsula)
- Named after the song "Blackout"
- Bowie blackstar Jäger, 2022 – Papua New Guinea
- Bowie bluejean Jäger, 2022 – Malaysia (Borneo)
- Named after the song "Blue Jean"
- Bowie bomdilaensis (Tikader & Malhotra, 1981) – India
- Bowie borneo Li & Yao, 2022 – Malaysia (Borneo)
- Bowie bowonglangi (Merian, 1911) – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
- Bowie candidate Jäger, 2022 – Vietnam
- Named after the song "Candidate"
- Bowie catopuma Omelko & Fomichev, 2024 – Malaysia (Borneo)
- Bowie catpeople Jäger, 2022 – Malaysia (Borneo)
- Named after the song "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)"
- Bowie celebensis (Pocock, 1897) – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
- Bowie ceylonensis (F. O. P-Cambridge, 1897) – Sri Lanka
- Bowie chinagirl Jäger, 2022 – Malaysia (Borneo)
- Named after the song "China Girl"
- 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)
- Named after the song "Criminal World" (Originally by Metro, covered by Bowie)
- Bowie crystaljapan Jäger, 2022 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
- Named after the song "Crystal Japan"
- Bowie dhole Omelko & Fomichev, 2023 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
- Bowie diamonddogs Jäger, 2022 – Vietnam
- Named after the album Diamond Dogs and the song "Diamond Dogs"
- Bowie dodo Jäger, 2022 – Vietnam
- Named after the song "Dodo"
- Bowie engkilili Li & Yao, 2022 – Malaysia (Borneo)
- Bowie fame Jäger, 2022 – Vietnam
- Named after the song "Fame"
- Bowie fascination Jäger, 2022 – Vietnam
- Named after the song "Fascination"
- Bowie fashion Jäger, 2022 – Malaysia (Peninsula)
- Named after the song "Fashion"
- Bowie floweri (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) – Malaysia (Peninsula)
- Bowie fungifer (Thorell, 1890) – Malaysia (Peninsula)
- Bowie giang Logunov, 2024 – Vietnam
- Bowie haiphong Yao & Li, 2022 – Vietnam
- Bowie heroes Jäger, 2022 – India
- Named after the song "Heroes"
- 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
- Named after the album Hunky Dory
- Bowie indicus (Gravely, 1931) – India
- Bowie javanus (Pocock, 1897) – Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Bali)
- Bowie jeangenie Jäger, 2022 – India
- Named after the song "The Jean Genie"
- Bowie joethelion Jäger, 2022 – Malaysia (Peninsula)
- Named after the song "Joe the Lion"
- Bowie kapuri (Tikader, 1973) – India (Andaman Is.)
- Bowie kochi (Simon, 1897) – Indonesia (New Guinea)
- Bowie ladystardust Jäger, 2022 – Nepal
- Named after the song "Lady Stardust"
- Bowie lazarus Jäger, 2022 – Papua New Guinea
- Bowie letsdance Jäger, 2022 – Indonesia (Java)
- Named after the song Let's Dance"
- Bowie lishuqiang (Jäger, 2012) – China
- Named after arachnologist Shuqiang Li[4]
- Bowie lodger Jäger, 2022 – Philippines
- Named after the album Lodger
- Bowie low Jäger, 2022 – Thailand
- Named after the album Low
- Bowie magicdance Jäger, 2022 – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
- Named after the song "Magic Dance"
- Bowie majortom Jäger, 2022 – Nepal
- Named after the character Major Tom
- Bowie martensi (Jäger, 2012) – Nepal
- Named after zoologist Jochen Martens[4]
- Bowie meghalayaensis (Tikader, 1976) – India
- Bowie mengla Yao & Li, 2022 – China
- Bowie modernlove Jäger, 2022 – Malaysia (Borneo)
- Named after the song "Modern Love"
- Bowie monaghani (Jäger, 2013) – Laos
- Named after actor Dominic Monaghan[5]
- Bowie mossgarden Jäger, 2022 – Malaysia (Peninsula)
- Named after the song "Moss Garden"
- Bowie musang Omelko & Fomichev, 2024 – Philippines (Mindanao)
- Bowie narashinhai (Patel & Reddy, 1988) – India
- Bowie natmataung (Jäger & Minn, 2015) – Myanmar
- Bowie neukoeln Jäger, 2022 – Malaysia (Peninsula)
- Named after the song "Neuköln"
- Bowie ninhbinh Li & Yao, 2022 – Vietnam
- 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
- Named after the song "Rebel Rebel"
- Bowie redsails Jäger, 2022 – Philippines
- Named after the song "Red Sails"
- Bowie ricochet Jäger, 2022 – Indonesia (Borneo)
- Named after the song "Ricochet"
- Bowie right Jäger, 2022 – Vietnam
- Named after the song "Right"
- Bowie robustus (Thorell, 1897) – Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, China
- Bowie rotundus Wang, Irfan, F. Zhang & Z. S. Zhang, 2024 – China
- Bowie rufisternis (Pocock, 1898) – Papua New Guinea (New Britain)
- Bowie sabah Li & Yao, 2022 – Malaysia (Borneo)
- 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)
- Named after the album Scary Monsters and the song "Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)"
- Bowie shakeit Jäger, 2022 – Malaysia (Borneo)
- Named after the song "Shake It"
- Bowie sikkimensis (Gravely, 1931) – India
- Bowie simplex (Thorell, 1897) – Myanmar, Thailand, Laos
- Bowie stationtostation Jäger, 2022 – Myanmar
- Named after the album Station to Station and the song "Station to Station"
- Bowie stay Jäger, 2022 – Vietnam
- Named after the song "Stay"
- Bowie subterraneans Jäger, 2022 – Thailand
- Named after the song "Subterraneans"
- Bowie tangalunga Omelko & Fomichev, 2024 – Philippines (Mindanao)
- Bowie teenagewildlife Jäger, 2022 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
- Named after the song "Teenage Wildlife"
- Bowie thenextday Jäger, 2022 – Indonesia (New Guinea)
- Named after the album The Next Day and the song "The Next Day"
- Bowie theodorianum (Jäger, 2012) – Thailand, Laos, Vietnam
- Named after Gymnasium Theodorianum[4]
- Bowie thiesi Jäger, 2022 – Papua New Guinea
- Bowie thorelli (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) – Sri Lanka
- Bowie tonight Jäger, 2022 – Malaysia (Borneo)
- Named after the song "Tonight"
- Bowie underground Jäger, 2022 – Malaysia (Borneo)
- Named after the song "Underground"
- Bowie valvularis (van Hasselt, 1882) – Indonesia (Java, Sumatra)
- Bowie vinhphuc Li & Yao, 2022 – Vietnam
- Bowie warszawa Jäger, 2022 – Thailand
- Named after the song "Warszawa"
- Bowie win Jäger, 2022 – Vietnam
- Named after the song "Win"
- Bowie withinyou Jäger, 2022 – Malaysia (Borneo)
- Named after the song "Within You"
- Bowie withoutyou Jäger, 2022 – Malaysia (Borneo)
- Named after the song "Without You"
- Bowie yaeyamensis (Yoshida, 1998) – Japan (Ryukyu Is.), Taiwan
- Bowie yassassin Jäger, 2022 – Taiwan
- Named after the song "Yassassin"
- Bowie youngamericans Jäger, 2022 – Vietnam
- Named after the album Young Americans and the song "Young Americans"
- Bowie yulin (Yao & Li, 2022) – China
- Bowie zhengi Yao & Li, 2022 – China
- Bowie ziggystardust Jäger, 2022 – Nepal
- Named after the character Ziggy Stardust
See also
References
- 1 2 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.
- ↑ Ashworth, James (8 August 2022). "New group of spiders named after David Bowie and his back catalogue". Natural History Museum. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
- ↑ "Gen. Jäger, 2022". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2026-01-23.
- 1 2 3 Jäger, P. (2012). "Asian species of the genera Anahita Karsch 1879, Ctenus Walckenaer 1805 and Amauropelma Raven, Stumkat & Gray 2001 (Arachnida: Araneae: Ctenidae)". Zootaxa. 3429: 1–63. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3429.1.1 – via Plazi TreatmentBank.
- ↑ Jäger, P. (2013). "Ctenus monaghani spec. nov., a nocturnal hunter from the forest floor in Laos (Araneae: Ctenidae)". Zootaxa. 3670 (1): 91–93. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3670.1. Retrieved 17 November 2021 – via ResearchGate.
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