Aptostichus stephencolberti

cacoseraph · Aptostichus stephencolberti

Aptostichus stephencolberti ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptostichus_stephencolberti ).

The first "t" in Colbert and the second "t" in stephencolberti are silent

Stephen Colbert ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Colbert ) is a modern political satirist. When the minor brujaja of the newly named Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrmekiaphila_neilyoungi ) sluggishly rippled through the wide world and bug world Colbert had Jason Bond on his show. Bond has (co?)discovered a number of USA mygalomorphs (primitive spiders, of which tarantulas and trapdoors belong) but not all have been named so far. One species from AL was named after Neal Young and Colbert sort of whined that he wanted a spider, too. Bond was a sport and let Colbert choose... as i recall Colbert wanted the one with long or strange genitalia.

a1_collection

Yep saw that episode. One of the best.

balam

want to add salt to the cut...

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090506202946.htm

cacoseraph

i think all this exposure for bugs is great

i mean, when Bond was on Colbert probably a million new ppl were exposed to mygs Very Happy

balam

Apparently this team of scientists are known for their "high publicity" names, they've named bugs after George W. bush, Dick Cheney and other political figures.

I do agree that it's great, (now I feel like I hardhead), but I also like the scientific names that refer to what the heck that species is, though not all bi-nomials are like that, I personally like the ones that are. :p

cacoseraph

yeah

plus the descriptive name for stephecolberti would have been something like "hairy junk" which would have been funny

balam