Newly-discovered horsefly named after Beyonce
A NEWLY-discovered horsefly with a prominent golden backside has been named after singer Beyonce.
Bryan Lessard, a 24-year-old researcher at Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, discovered the species that had been sitting in a fly collection since it was captured in 1981 – the same year Beyonce was born.
He said he wanted to pay respect to the insect’s beauty by naming it Scaptia (Plinthina) beyonceae.
Mr Lessard said Beyonce would be “in the nature history books forever” and that the fly now bearing her name is “pretty bootylicious”. He hoped the singer would take the gesture as a compliment.