Bowie (spider)

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]

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

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. 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.
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