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You would have been forgiving thinking about the scientific names of your favoriteanimals are quite wet. After all, at a quick glance, they do not seem anything more than combinations ofLatin and organic jargon. But look closely and you will find that some species have scientific names with hidden tributes for movies, TV shows and other pop culture icons.

It's true! There are insects named after Pokémon, frogs named after rock stars and spiders named after superheroes. For a look at the most culturally inspired bestiary, here are 30 animals that sometimes prove that biologists like to have fun with their nomenclature.

If you are going to name something afterBeyonce, you would think it would be more majestic than a fly horse. (At least one bee queen, no?) But alas, the scientists have decided to appoint theSCAPTIA BEYONCEAEAfter pop star. SearcherBYRAN LESARD-Who has co-written a 2011 document in theAustralian Journal of Entomology About the discovery of the fly saidScience daily He named the bug after Queen Bey for "unique gilded bristles on the abdomen of the fly". OK then!

Among the 807 creatures that make up the Pokémon universe, few intimidants that the Charzard, a beast similar to a dragon that would not seem out of an episode ofGame Of Thrones. So, you would not want to be wrong to imagine that, in the real world, something named from the intimidation of a cooked intimidation - a giant lizard, a lightning-fast shark, a fierce jungle cat and No ... a bee? But, as a Canadian scientist (and huge pokefan)Spencer K. Monckton explained toBuzzfeed, theChilicola Charizard "Has a long muzzle and an orange hue where similar species have yellow."

FIORDICHYS SLARTIBILTFETIFASTFETTIthe name of aFJORD-NAGANT OF NEOC Zealand fish, could look like nonsense, but any fan ofDouglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide on Galaxy I will recognize it. It is the moniker of a designer of planets - whoever was particularly proud of his work creating the Fjords of Norway. As happens, another fish in the same family is named afterBidenichthys BeebleBroxi, another reference to the book of Adams.

TheHarry Potterverver Provided inspiration for a number of names of animal species. In accordance with the strangeness of the fiction nomenclature, most of them are also strange.A hatch spider, a member of theNemesiidae Family, has been named after Aragog, a spider once the property of Hagrid. And for more information on how the boy who lived affects our culture, here's35 waysHarry Potter Is still crazy relevant.

Here is another spider related to Potter, it named after the Hogwarts House, Gryffindor. There is a particularly good reason for this reference, in addition to the fact that the arachnologists who have discovered are huge fans ofJ.K. Orifice. TheEriovixia Gryffindi corporalstruck the researchers As very similar to the magician sorting hat, which originally called by the fictitious assistant (and the homologue of the Gryffindor House) Gingric Gryffindor.

And here's a last potter creature! This milky crab, pseudozioid, which lives among the dead coral guys off the coast of Guam, isnamed after Severus Snape, the director of Sarcastic Professor and Hogwarts Cup, famous in the movies by the end, awesomeAlan Rickman.

This dinosaur extinguished and supposed carnivore was named after the demonic eye of Sauron dethe Lord of the Rings, a moniker appropriately, according toAndrea Cau, the scientist who has appointed theSauroniops Pachytholus. "The idea of ​​a predator is physically known only as his fierce eye reminded me to Sauron, especially as described inPeter Jackson's movies, "says CauNational Geographic.

There is a neo-Zealand shark named for another classical character ofJ.R.R. Tolkienthe Lord of the Rings: The golum conflict, obsessed with the ring. Why? In aPaper 1973 describing the inhabitant of the sea, the researchers noted theGollum Sulunis"Supports some resemblance in shape and habits" to the anti-hero of trilogy.

Sometimes name a species after someone is not exactly supposed to be flattering. The fact that the researchers looked at the fossil of a marshlace dwelle off and thought "Mick Jagger"Maybe be less than delicious for rolled stones. However, it's not the age of the creature that earned him the name, but his enormous lips." I am a big fan of stones, "Dr. Ellen Miller, From Wake Forest University in North Carolina, which was part of a team that found the fossil, saidTelegraph. "Some of my colleagues suggested namely species after the Hollywood starAngelina JolieBecause she also has famous lips. But for me, it must have been Mick ".

TheStars wars Universe offers tons of inspiration for species designation. A species of night butterfly, discovered in western Mexico in 2009, apparently looked at a bit like the beloved Chewbacca, the researchers citing the "very big and hairy wookie" intheir original paper aboutWocka Chewbacca.

This bullyingtrapdoor spider, Which attracts the insects into the tape in shape, recalled arachnologistJason, From the University of Auburn, Insatiable and TentacularStars wars Monster Sarlacc. The creature appeared inReturn of the Jedi Like a huge hole in the soil of the desert, engulfing all those who are unfortunate to fall into its trap.

What scary animal could deserve the name of one of the greatest wicked in the history of cinema? It is actually a simple Australian mite that wears the same name from Darth Vader. Discovered in 1996 byAustralian researchers, theDarthvaderum Greensladeae is one of the many bugs wearing the Dark Lord of the name of the Sith, including a-Mulk beetle mud, ahousefly, Andwasp. It looks like the force is strong among the arthropoda!

Why would you appoint a Brazilian tree frog species after a heavy metal pioneer who bites celebrates his head out of a bald on stage? Because he makes a strident call that sounds like a bat! AsPedro Peloso, Who helped discover this amphibian, saidNational Geographic, "As soon as I heard his appeal, I knew he was a new species. I had never heard something like that. For this reason, he and his colleagues felt like he had to pay tribute toOzzy Osbournewith theDendropsophis Ozzyi.

Stephen Colbert ego alter notorious ofThe Colbert Reportdid not hesitate to ask scientists fromname after him. But having a spider baptized in his honor is not enough. AsQuentin Wheeler, One of the researchers who discovered theAgaporomorphus Colberti,Explain: "Stephen Not Vergundy asked the scientific community in the name cooler of something that a spider to honor his first choices were a giant ant or a laser lion while it would be fresh species to discover, our research focuses on Coleoptera, and they are "path .. cooler" that a spider one day ". So, meet the Colbert Dytique named!

ThisCosta Rica Coleoptera Carabs Has an impressive figure: his middle fempery looks like something like the biceps, giving him the appearance that recalls the Governator itself,Arnold Schwarzenegger.

ActressLiv Tyler Does not seem like an obvious name for a Costa Rica beetle recognized for its impressive longevity. But researchers have his filmography in mind when you name this insect after the star. As they wrote in a2002 paper Retailing their discovery, "the existence of elegant beetle depends on the tropical forest not undergoing an armageddon. (If you remember, Tyler played in the 1998 science fiction dramaArmageddon, next toBruce Willis,Billy Bob Thornton, andBen Affleck.)

The two rabbits and the man who founded the Empire Playboy are known for their prolific coupling habits. CornThis rabbit marsh wonHugh Heffner Sobriquet because of the emblematic cartoon rabbit that makes the Logo of Playboy.

Fans ofBig Bang Theory Can appreciate the inspiration for this Brazilian orchid bee, discovered by the biologistAndre Nemesio.

"Favorite comical word of Sheldon Cooper de Bazinga," used by him when someone deceiving, was chosen here to represent the character, "writes in a NemesioPaper 2012 Announce delicateEuglossa bazinga. Nemesio also explained that the crazy name was not just a tribute to the character, but a way to draw the extra attention to an insect whose habitat was destroyed quickly.

This parasitic wasp can provoke his host caterpillar to squirm and shake after resuming his body and who struckresearchers who discovered it As without remembering a certain Colombian singer known for his movements will swell. But while the awesome dance mise in wasp perhapsShakira- Headphones, the rest of what he makes of his prey is fairly macabre: the wasp injects his eggs inside the caterpillar, where they hatch and eat the host slowly, with the desiccant body serving Cocoon. (There is a "Under your clothes"I'm kidding there, but we'll let you come to the punchline.)

Brad Pitt Also has a parasitic wasp named after him. This charming creature, prevalent in South Africa, deposits its eggs in a host, showing larvae to make mainly mummy, according to a study of 2016 published inZOKEYS. Why this 2 mm long insect has been named after the famous actor is not clear, even if he has a brown body, with brown yellow legs that look a little like long hair from the star hisWorld War Z time?

What is the Amazon Tarantula to do withJohn Lennon? Basically nothing, according toFernando Perez-miles, an entomologist at the University of Uruguay of the Republic, who helped to discover it. Talk withNational Geographic, The reason for the nomenclature is quite simple, really: "I was waiting for some time to devote a species to Lennon because I'm a fan of the Beatles. I decided to no longer wait." Hence theBumba Lennoni.

What kind of animal would you want to be named afterTobey MaguireWhat the most famous role was it like a web spinning superhero? You have guessed correct. This "CREVICE Weaver"spider, found in the mountains of Alborz in northern Iran, is "venomous, but [made] does not pose a risk for humans"According to researchers. The same team has appointed a similar Creevice inhabitant after the Spidey successor of Maguire,Andrew Garfield: thePritha Garfieldi.

Of course, this teeth, a mammal similar to a deer has not traveled the Earth for about 50 million years. But it'sDiscovery of 2014 In Wyoming invited researchers to name him after the iconic pop starLady Gaga. Why do you ask? Easy: it's a "little monster!" (This is the nickname gaga affectionately and celebrates his fans.)

So that anyone knows withThe other sideCartoons, insects of human size are everyday tourist sites. It is therefore logical that the etymologists who have discovered this biting work (which prefer to spill on owels) have seized the opportunity for the DUB with a name reference the creator of the comic strip off kilot,Gary Larson. Theyattributed honor to "A huge contribution from Marson ... to biology by [his] cartoons".

This rove beetle combines two cultural influences:Charles Darwin, who gathered the insects and studied during his tour of theHMS Beagleand satiristDavid Sedaris, including audiobooksResearchers listened while preparing their specimens. Enter theDarwinus Sedarisi.

Although technically a "velvet worm", this animal looks like a caterpillar-or the researcher who named it, a bit like a catbus, one of the animated film of Studio Beloved GhibliMy neighbor Totoro. AsGwen Pearson written on the creature forCable, His many joint legs look like the catbus from afar (apart from the fact that there is not a small person inside this one).

This extinct maritime cucumber has traveled the Earth about 430 million years ago and is appointed according to the temporary entityH.P. Lovecraftshort story,CThulhu's call. According to the 2019 research published in theActs of Royal Society BThese tentacles of the sea sea were enormous, which gave it an appearance of Cthulhu.

This Taiwanese terrestrial snail with male and feminine reproductive parts is not named a celebrity or a specific character. But it is culturally relevant because its name is a celebration of same-sex marriage and the "diversity of sexual orientation in the animal kingdom", asDr. Yen-Chang Lee, who co-wrote the document announcing the species, explained toThe Guardian.

No, the species named after Nickelodeon's belovedSponge Bob SquarePants is not, in fact, a sponge, although it looks like a! It is not an animal either-it's a type of fungus, discovered in 2011 by researchers in the Borneo forests in Southeast Asia, which looks like "a marine carpet of tube sponges", according to theBBC.

This dendroctle has not been appointed according to theTitanicandReportingstar because of any resemblance, according toIva Njunjić, who helped to discover the insect. "We wanted to point out that even the smallest creature is important, such as this little beetle that no one knew before now," she explained to The Guardian . Of course, it also helps that Leonardo DiCaprio is a great environmentalist and supporter against climate change, which can endanger these animals before having even been discovered. And for more than that, here is here 15 animal species miraculously saved from extinction .

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