John Lennon commemorated by naming a new tarantula species from South America after him
Monday, October 20, 2014 - 11:00
in Biology & Nature
A newly described tarantula species from Western Brazilian Amazonia was named Bumba lennoni in honor of John Lennon, a founder member of the legendary band the Beatles. The new species is part of the tarantula family Theraphosidae which comprises the largest spider species in the world. The study was published in the open access journal ZooKeys.