Newly Described Ant Species Becomes First Named To Honor Gender Diversity
Researchers have discovered a rare new miniature trap-jaw ant in the tropical forest of Ecuador in South America. The new insect has been named Strumigenys ayersthey after activist and artist Jeremy Ayers who died in 2016. The ant is truly unique among its genus, which has over 850 species, and to celebrate its uniqueness its discoverers decided to honor Ayers and "celebrate both biological and human diversity" by making it possibly the only species in the world with a scientific name with the suffix "they". The newly described species was first identified in 2018 by Philipp Hoenle from t...
Source: iflscience.com