Spintharus leonardodicaprioi

Spintharus leonardodicaprioi is a species of theridiid spider.[1] It is found in the Dominican Republic and was named after the actor Leonardo DiCaprio for his environmental activism.[2] It was named alongside several other Spintharus species whose specific epithets honored celebrities,[3] and it received media coverage from around the world due to its name.[4][5][6]

Spintharus leonardodicaprioi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Spintharus
Species:
S. leonardodicaprioi
Binomial name
Spintharus leonardodicaprioi
Agnarsson & Sargeant, 2018[1][2]

See also

References
  1. World Spider Catalog (2018). "Spintharus leonardodicaprioi Van Patten & Agnarsson, 2018". World Spider Catalog. 19.0. Bern: Natural History Museum. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  2. Agnarsson, Ingi; Van Patten, Chloe; Sargeant, Lily; Chomitz, Ben; Dziki, Austin; Binford, Greta J. (2018). "A radiation of the ornate Caribbean 'smiley-faced spiders', with descriptions of 15 new species (Araneae: Theridiidae, Spintharus)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 182 (4): 772–774. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx056.
  3. Mammola, Stefano; Michalik, Peter; Hebets, Eileen A.; Isaia, Marco (2017). "Record breaking achievements by spiders and the scientists who study them". PeerJ. 5 (e3972): 12–13. doi:10.7717/peerj.3972.
  4. "Barack Obama, Bernie Sanders, Leonardo DiCaprio get their own spider species". Deutsche Welle. 26 September 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  5. "New spider species named after Obamas, DiCaprio". The Hindu Business Line. 27 September 2017.
  6. Goenka, Himanshu (26 September 2017). "15 New Smiley-Faced Spider Species Named After Leonardo DiCaprio, Bernie Sanders, Others". International Business Times.
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