10 species baptized with names of famous

With so many new species are being discovered every year, many researchers have turned to presenters, actors or singers when it comes time to give them a name. Is a form of the honor but also, in the case of musicians, a recognition of who, with his work, makes them company during many hours of loneliness research.

1.Scapatia Beyoncea

The name of fly found in Queensland, Australia, is an homage to the diva Beyonce â€" a kind of tribute. For researchers, the gilded ass remember QueenB in the music video for "Bootylicious" by Destiny's Child.

2.Aleiodes Shakirae

Beyonce is not the only pop diva being honored by the scientists. This WaSP discovered in Ecuador was christened in allusion to the singer Shakira, why shake it like there's no tomorrow, just like the Colombian.

3. Johnnyi, Joeyi, Deedeei and Ceejayi

The four members of the punk band Ramones inspired the discoverers of four species of prehistoric atropódes, whose generic name is Mackenziurus.

4. anti-Aleoides

The same researcher who discovered a WaSP version of Shakira also paid tribute to the American presenter Ellen Degeneres, LGBT pride icon.

5. the Predatoroonops Schwarzenegger

This spider is among the 17 species discovered by the Instituto Butantan and named in honor of the movie "the Predator." Its name is due to muscular biceps, as the Austrian actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who stars in the blockbuster

6. Dendropsophus Sting

The singer Sting was honored for his services to the preservation of the Amazon rainforest, giving name to this Toad from Colombia

7. Spielberg Coloborhynchus

The filmmaker Steven Spielberg was honored by the paleontologists who discovered this species in northeastern Brazil.

8.Tympanoctomys Kirchnerorum

This Argentine Messi unbaptized rat-maybe a bug is â€" in honor of former President Nestor Kirchner, who died in 2010, and the widow and today President, Cristina Kirchner. The researchers said it is an appreciation for public incentive to research. But it's not that seems more a hint to so many cases of corruption to the era Kirchner?

9.Apistogramma Mendezi

The fish that inhabits the waters of the rio Negro was named to honor the Brazilian environmentalist Chico Mendes.

10. Jaggermeryx of hate

In summer, the fossil of a new species of an animal similar to a small Hippo with labia majora was discovered in the desert of Egypt. This time, the star being sponsored by discovery was his Mick Jagger lookalike.

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