Thunberga Cala
''Thunberga'' is a genus of east African huntsman spiders. The genus was first described by Peter Jäger in 2020, and it has only been found on Madagascar and on Mayotte. It is named after the environmental activist Greta Thunberg. Species it contains twenty nine species: *''Thunberga aliena, T. aliena'' Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar *''Thunberga befotaka, T. befotaka'' Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar *''Thunberga boyanslat, T. boyanslat'' Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar *''Thunberga cala, T. cala'' Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar *''Thunberga conductor, T. conductor'' Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar *''Thunberga daraina, T. daraina'' Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar *''Thunberga elongata, T. elongata'' Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar *''Thunberga gosura, T. gosura'' Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar *''Thunberga greta, T. greta'' Jäger, 2020 – Madagascar *''Thunberga jaervii, T. jaervii'' Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar *''Thunberga jyoti, T. jyoti'' Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar *''Thunberga mafira, T. mafira'' J ...
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Peter Jäger
Peter Jäger is a German arachnologist, and current Head of Arachnology at the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum in Frankfurt, Germany. He has named several spiders after celebrities; in 2008, he named '' Heteropoda davidbowie'' after British singer David Bowie, and '' Heteropoda ninahagen'' after German singer Nina Hagen. In 2013, he named '' Ctenus monaghani'' (currently in the genus '' Bowie'') after actor Dominic Monaghan, to honor his work in the documentary series ''Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan''. In 2020, Jäger named a new genus and species of huntsman spiders from Madagascar after Greta Thunberg. The new spider is named ''Thunberga greta''. In 2022, he named 54 species of huntsman spiders from across Asia under the new genus '' Bowie'' in commemoration of the musician David Bowie David Robert Jones (8 January 194710 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie ( ), was an English singer-songwriter and actor. A leading figure ...