Bowie (spider)

Bowie is a genus of Ctenidae that was described by Peter Jäger in 2022. The genus was named after the English singer-songwriter and actor David Bowie. It consists of more than a hundred described species, of which about half were named after elements from David Bowie's musical catalogue.

Species

, this genus includes 119 species from the Himalayas to Papua New Guinea and northern Australia:

• Bowie abdulmajid <small>Jäger, 2022</small> – Singapore
• Named after the song "Abdulmajid"
• Bowie afterall <small>Jäger, 2022</small> – Sri Lanka
• Named after the song "After All"
• Bowie aladdinsane <small>Jäger, 2022</small> – India
• Named after the album Aladdin Sane and the song "Aladdin Sane (1913–1938–197?)"
• Bowie andamanensis <small>(Graveley, 1931)</small> – India (Andaman Is.)
• Bowie angigitanus <small>(Roewer, 1938)</small> – Papua New Guinea
• Bowie angularis <small>(Roewer, 1938)</small> – Indonesia (Aru Is.)
• Bowie argentipes <small>(van Hasselt, 1893)</small> – Malaysia (Peninsula), Singapore, Indonesia (Sumatra)
• Bowie artdecade <small>Jäger, 2022</small> – Cambodia
• Named after the song "Art Decade"
• Bowie aruanus <small>(Strand, 1911)</small> – Indonesia (Aru Is.)
• Bowie ashestoashes <small>Jäger, 2022</small> – Indonesia (Borneo)
• Named after the song "Ashes to Ashes"
• Bowie banna <small>(Yao & Li, 2022)</small> – China
• Bowie bantaengi <small>(, 1911)</small> – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
• Bowie bayeri <small>(Jäger, 2012)</small> – Laos
• Bowie bemywife <small>Jäger, 2022</small> – Thailand
• Named after the song "Be My Wife"
• Bowie beruang <small> & , 2023</small> – Indonesia (Sumatra)
• Bowie bicostatus <small>(Thorell, 1890)</small> – Malaysia (Borneo)
• Bowie bigbrother <small>Jäger, 2022</small> – Vietnam
• Named after the song "Big Brother"
• Bowie binturong <small>Omelko & Fomichev, 2023</small> – Indonesia (Sumatra)
• Bowie blackout <small>Jäger, 2022</small> – Malaysia (Peninsula)
• Named after the song "Blackout"
• Bowie blackstar <small>Jäger, 2022</small> – Papua New Guinea
• Named after the album Blackstar and the song "Blackstar"
• Bowie bluejean <small>Jäger, 2022</small> – Malaysia (Borneo)
• Named after the song "Blue Jean"
• Bowie bomdilaensis <small>(Tikader & Malhotra, 1981)</small> – India
• Bowie borneo <small>Li & Yao, 2022</small> – Malaysia (Borneo)
• Bowie bowonglangi <small>(Merian, 1911)</small> – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
• Bowie candidate <small>Jäger, 2022</small> – Vietnam
• Named after the song "Candidate"
• Bowie catopuma <small>Omelko & Fomichev, 2024</small> – Malaysia (Borneo)
• Bowie catpeople <small>Jäger, 2022</small> – Malaysia (Borneo)
• Named after the song "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)"
• Bowie celebensis <small>(Pocock, 1897)</small> – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
• Bowie ceylonensis <small>(F. O. P-Cambridge, 1897)</small> – Sri Lanka
• Bowie chinagirl <small>Jäger, 2022</small> – Malaysia (Borneo)
• Named after the song "China Girl"
• Bowie cladarus <small>(Jäger, 2012)</small> – Myanmar
• Bowie cochinensis <small>(Gravely, 1931)</small> – India
• Bowie corniger <small>(F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898)</small> – South Africa (introduced?)
• Bowie criminalworld <small>Jäger, 2022</small> – Malaysia (Borneo)
• Named after the song "Criminal World" (Originally by Metro, covered by Bowie)
• Bowie crystaljapan <small>Jäger, 2022</small> – Indonesia (Sumatra)
• Named after the song "Crystal Japan"
• Bowie dhole <small>Omelko & Fomichev, 2023</small> – Indonesia (Sumatra)
• Bowie diamonddogs <small>Jäger, 2022</small> – Vietnam
• Named after the album Diamond Dogs and the song "Diamond Dogs"
• Bowie dodo <small>Jäger, 2022</small> – Vietnam
• Named after the song "Dodo"
• Bowie engkilili <small>Li & Yao, 2022</small> – Malaysia (Borneo)
• Bowie fame <small>Jäger, 2022</small> – Vietnam
• Named after the song "Fame"
• Bowie fascination <small>Jäger, 2022</small> – Vietnam
• Named after the song "Fascination"
• Bowie fashion <small>Jäger, 2022</small> – Malaysia (Peninsula)
• Named after the song "Fashion"
• Bowie floweri <small>(F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897)</small> – Malaysia (Peninsula)
• Bowie fungifer <small>(Thorell, 1890)</small> – Malaysia (Peninsula)
• Bowie giang <small>, 2024</small> – Vietnam
• Bowie haiphong <small>Yao & Li, 2022</small> – Vietnam
• Bowie heroes <small>Jäger, 2022</small> – India
• Named after the song "Heroes"
• Bowie himalayensis <small>(Gravely, 1931)</small> – India
• Bowie holthoffi <small>(Jäger, 2012)</small> – Laos
• Bowie hosei <small>(F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897)</small> – Borneo (Malaysia, Brunei)
• Bowie hunkydory <small>Jäger, 2022</small> – Nepal
• Named after the album Hunky Dory
• Bowie indicus <small>(Gravely, 1931)</small> – India
• Bowie javanus <small>(Pocock, 1897)</small> – Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Bali)
• Bowie jeangenie <small>Jäger, 2022</small> – India
• Named after the song "The Jean Genie"
• Bowie joethelion <small>Jäger, 2022</small> – Malaysia (Peninsula)
• Named after the song "Joe the Lion"
• Bowie kapuri <small>(Tikader, 1973)</small> – India (Andaman Is.)
• Bowie kochi <small>(Simon, 1897)</small> – Indonesia (New Guinea)
• Bowie ladystardust <small>Jäger, 2022</small> – Nepal
• Named after the song "Lady Stardust"
• Bowie lazarus <small>Jäger, 2022</small> – Papua New Guinea
• Named after the song "Lazarus" and the musical Lazarus
• Bowie letsdance <small>Jäger, 2022</small> – Indonesia (Java)
• Named after the song Let's Dance"
• Bowie lishuqiang <small>(Jäger, 2012)</small> – China
• Named after arachnologist Shuqiang Li
• Bowie lodger <small>Jäger, 2022</small> – Philippines
• Named after the album Lodger
• Bowie low <small>Jäger, 2022</small> – Thailand
• Named after the album Low
• Bowie magicdance <small>Jäger, 2022</small> – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
• Named after the song "Magic Dance"
• Bowie majortom <small>Jäger, 2022</small> – Nepal
• Named after the character Major Tom
• Bowie martensi <small>(Jäger, 2012)</small> – Nepal
• Named after zoologist Jochen Martens
• Bowie meghalayaensis <small>(Tikader, 1976)</small> – India
• Bowie mengla <small>Yao & Li, 2022</small> – China
• Bowie modernlove <small>Jäger, 2022</small> – Malaysia (Borneo)
• Named after the song "Modern Love"
• Bowie monaghani <small>(Jäger, 2013)</small> – Laos
• Named after actor Dominic Monaghan
• Bowie mossgarden <small>Jäger, 2022</small> – Malaysia (Peninsula)
• Named after the song "Moss Garden"
• Bowie musang <small>Omelko & Fomichev, 2024</small> – Philippines (Mindanao)
• Bowie narashinhai <small>(Patel & Reddy, 1988)</small> – India
• Bowie natmataung <small>(Jäger & Minn, 2015)</small> – Myanmar
• Bowie neukoeln <small>Jäger, 2022</small> – Malaysia (Peninsula)
• Named after the song "Neuköln"
• Bowie ninhbinh <small>Li & Yao, 2022</small> – Vietnam
• Bowie palembangensis <small>(Strand, 1906)</small> – Indonesia (Sumatra)
• Bowie philippinensis <small>(F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897)</small> – Philippines
• Bowie pingu <small>(Jäger & Minn, 2015)</small> – Myanmar
• Bowie pulvinatus <small>(Thorell, 1890)</small> – Malaysia (Borneo)
• Bowie ramosus <small>(Thorell, 1887)</small> – Myanmar
• Bowie rebelrebel <small>Jäger, 2022</small> – Vietnam
• Named after the song "Rebel Rebel"
• Bowie redsails <small>Jäger, 2022</small> – Philippines
• Named after the song "Red Sails"
• Bowie ricochet <small>Jäger, 2022</small> – Indonesia (Borneo)
• Named after the song "Ricochet"
• Bowie right <small>Jäger, 2022</small> – Vietnam
• Named after the song "Right"
• Bowie robustus <small>(Thorell, 1897)</small> – Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, China
• Bowie rotundus <small>Wang, Irfan, F. Zhang & Z. S. Zhang, 2024</small> – China
• Bowie rufisternis <small>(Pocock, 1898)</small> – Papua New Guinea (New Britain)
• Bowie sabah <small>Li & Yao, 2022</small> – Malaysia (Borneo)
• Bowie saci <small>(Ono, 2010)</small> – Vietnam
• Bowie sagittatus <small>(Giltay, 1935)</small> – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
• Bowie sarawakensis <small>(F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897)</small> – Borneo (Malaysia, Brunei)
• Bowie scarymonsters <small>Jäger, 2022</small> – Indonesia (Sumatra)
• Named after the album Scary Monsters and the song "Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)"
• Bowie shakeit <small>Jäger, 2022</small> – Malaysia (Borneo)
• Named after the song "Shake It"
• Bowie sikkimensis <small>(Gravely, 1931)</small> – India
• Bowie simplex <small>(Thorell, 1897)</small> – Myanmar, Thailand, Laos
• Bowie stationtostation <small>Jäger, 2022</small> – Myanmar
• Named after the album Station to Station and the song "Station to Station"
• Bowie stay <small>Jäger, 2022</small> – Vietnam
• Named after the song "Stay"
• Bowie subterraneans <small>Jäger, 2022</small> – Thailand
• Named after the song "Subterraneans"
• Bowie tangalunga <small>Omelko & Fomichev, 2024</small> – Philippines (Mindanao)
• Bowie teenagewildlife <small>Jäger, 2022</small> – Indonesia (Sumatra)
• Named after the song "Teenage Wildlife"
• Bowie thenextday <small>Jäger, 2022</small> – Indonesia (New Guinea)
• Named after the album The Next Day and the song "The Next Day"
• Bowie theodorianum <small>(Jäger, 2012)</small> – Thailand, Laos, Vietnam
• Named after Gymnasium Theodorianum
• Bowie thiesi <small>Jäger, 2022</small> – Papua New Guinea
• Bowie thorelli <small>(F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897)</small> – Sri Lanka
• Bowie tonight <small>Jäger, 2022</small> – Malaysia (Borneo)
• Named after the song "Tonight"
• Bowie underground <small>Jäger, 2022</small> – Malaysia (Borneo)
• Named after the song "Underground"
• Bowie valvularis <small>(van Hasselt, 1882)</small> – Indonesia (Java, Sumatra)
• Bowie vinhphuc <small>Li & Yao, 2022</small> – Vietnam
• Bowie warszawa <small>Jäger, 2022</small> – Thailand
• Named after the song "Warszawa"
• Bowie win <small>Jäger, 2022</small> – Vietnam
• Named after the song "Win"
• Bowie withinyou <small>Jäger, 2022</small> – Malaysia (Borneo)
• Named after the song "Within You"
• Bowie withoutyou <small>Jäger, 2022</small> – Malaysia (Borneo)
• Named after the song "Without You"
• Bowie yaeyamensis <small>(Yoshida, 1998)</small> – Japan (Ryukyu Is.), Taiwan
• Bowie yassassin <small>Jäger, 2022</small> – Taiwan
• Named after the song "Yassassin"
• Bowie youngamericans <small>Jäger, 2022</small> – Vietnam
• Named after the album Young Americans and the song "Young Americans"
• Bowie yulin <small>(Yao & Li, 2022)</small> – China
• Bowie zhengi <small>Yao & Li, 2022</small> – China
• Bowie ziggystardust <small>Jäger, 2022</small> – Nepal
• Named after the character Ziggy Stardust

See also

• Giant Laotian harvestman
• Heteropoda davidbowie
• Spintharus davidbowiei
• List of organisms named after famous people (born 1925–1949)

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