Spintharus leonardodicaprioi: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Arachnida
- Order
- Araneae
- Family
- Theridiidae
- Genus
- Spintharus
- Species
- Spintharus leonardodicaprioi
- Scientific Name
- Spintharus leonardodicaprioi
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Spintharus leonardodicaprioi
Spintharus leonardodicaprioi is a species of theridiid spider. It is found in the Dominican Republic and was named in 2017 after the actor Leonardo DiCaprio for his environmental activism. It was named alongside several other Spintharus species whose specific epithets honored celebrities, and it received media coverage from around the world due to its name.
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Sibling Taxa
- Spintharus barackobamai
- Spintharus berniesandersi
- Spintharus davidattenboroughi
- Spintharus davidbowiei
- Spintharus dayleae
- Spintharus flavidus
- Spintharus frosti
- Spintharus giraldoalayoni
- Spintharus goodbreadae
- Spintharus gracilis
- Spintharus greerae
- Spintharus jesselaueri
- Spintharus leonardodicaprioi
- Spintharus leverger
- Spintharus manrayi
- Spintharus michelleobamaae
- Spintharus rallorum
- Spintharus skelly