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]
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Scientific classification 
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| 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
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Species
editAs of October 2022[update], 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
editReferences
edit- ^ a b 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. Bowie Jäger, 2022". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 13 October 2022.