Ant named 'they' to recognise gender diversity

Ant named ‘they’ to recognise gender diversity
Jane Dalton
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A newly discovered species of ant from Ecuador has been given a scientific name ending “they” in recognition of gender diversity.
The miniature trap-jaw ant, termed
Strumigenys ayersthey, is thought to be the only creature in the world to have the non-binary suffix.
There are hundreds of other ants named in honour of people, but they end with -ae when named after females and -i after males.
American singer-songwriter Michael Stipe, of rock band REM, and Douglas Booher of Yale University in America, who chose the name, said it was in honour of their mutual friend, activist and artist Jeremy Ayers, who died in 2016.

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