''Spintharus leonardodicaprioi'' is a species of
theridiid
Theridiidae, also known as the tangle-web spiders, cobweb spiders and comb-footed spiders, is a large family of araneomorph spiders first described by Carl Jakob Sundevall in 1833. This diverse, globally distributed family includes over 3,000 spec ...
spider.
It is found in the Dominican Republic and was named 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.
See also
*
List of organisms named after famous people (born 1950–present)
In biological nomenclature, organisms often receive scientific names that honor a person. A taxon (e.g. species or genus; plural: taxa) named in honor of another entity is an eponym, eponymous taxon, and names specifically honoring a person or pers ...
* ''
Grouvellinus leonardodicaprioi'', a beetle named after DiCaprio
References
External links
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{{Leonardo DiCaprio
Spiders described in 2018
Arthropods of the Dominican Republic
Theridiidae
Leonardo DiCaprio
Spiders of the Caribbean