the World has inspired the Swedish student, Greta Thunberg people to Engagement for climate protection – now she has an eight-legged namesake on the inside: The Frankfurt arachnologist Peter Jäger has named a new species of Spider in Madagascar, according to the activist. With the choice of name of the researchers from the Senckenberg society for nature wants to do research on the threat to biodiversity. The study of five tuna Berga-types within the giant crab spider is now published in the journal “Zootaxa”, like a Senckenberg spokeswoman said on Friday.
While four species of the genus tuna Berga of another giant crab spiders, mainly due to the unique teeth of their jaw, claws, and their exceptionally dotted Vorderleibs distinguish, is “tuna Berga greta” to a previously unknown art. the designation of The species of Spider should be, according to hunter, a Wake-up call to the demands of the “Fridays For Future”demonstrations from politics and business will be heard: “The rising temperatures affect all areas of nature – the Madagascan endemic species diversity and spider fauna included.“
the hunter has been named several times in the past spiders after celebrities name sponsors – including David Bowie, Udo Lindenberg and Punk icon Nina Hagen.