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