Biology:Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi
| Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Euctenizidae |
| Genus: | Myrmekiaphila |
| Species: | M. neilyoungi
|
| Binomial name | |
| Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi Bond & Platnick, 2007[1]
| |
| |
Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi is a species of spider in the family Euctenizidae,[1] described in 2007 by East Carolina University professor of biology Jason E. Bond and Norman I. Platnick, curator at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City . It is named after Canadian rock musician Neil Young.[2]
Bond & Platnick described the male holotype and female paratype, which were collected in Jefferson County, Alabama, in 1998.[citation needed] While specimens have been collected repeatedly since 1940, it was only in 2007 that they were recognized as a new species.[2] He co-wrote a paper revising the genus with Norman I. Platnick, describing this and several other new species.[3]
M. neilyoungi is widely distributed throughout Alabama, with one known locality from northwestern Florida.[2]
Bond received $750,000 in grants from the National Science Foundation in 2005 and 2006 to classify the species of the family Cyrtaucheniidae and contribute to the foundation's Tree of Life project.[3]
Bond opted to name the spider after his favorite musician,[4] Neil Young, whose music and activism on peace and justice he appreciates.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Taxon details Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi Bond & Platnick, 2007", World Spider Catalog (Natural History Museum Bern), http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/species/10351, retrieved 2016-07-22
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Jason E. Bond & Norman I. Platnick (2007). "A Taxonomic Review of the Trapdoor Spider Genus Myrmekiaphila (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Cyrtaucheniidae)". American Museum Novitates (3596): 1–30. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2007)3596[1:ATROTT2.0.CO;2]. http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/2246/5892/1/N3596.pdf.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "ECU PROFESSOR PAYS HOMAGE TO NEIL YOUNG THROUGH NAMING OF SPIDER". ECU - News Bureau. East Carolina University. April 28, 2008. http://www.ecu.edu/cs-cas/customcf/press-releases/042908NeilYoung.pdf.
- ↑ "Neil Young gets new honor - his own spider". Yahoo! News. May 12, 2008. https://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080511/wl_canada_nm/canada_young_col.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q134487 entry
 |  |
