Sydney:
It might not be the most flatteringaccolade for the 'bootylicious' American pop star, but newmother Beyonce now has a fly named after her.
Just days after the singer and actress gave birth to ababy girl, Australian scientists said today they had named arare horse fly from far northern Queensland in her honourbecause of its impressive golden lower abdomen.
Researcher Bryan Lessard from CSIRO, the government's topscientific research institute, paid tribute to Beyonce'sbottom in saying the spectacular colour of the insect'sderriere made it the 'all-time diva of flies'.
"It was the unique dense golden hairs on the fly's abdomenthat led me to name this fly in honour of the performerBeyonce as well as giving me the chance to demonstrate the funside of taxonomy -- the naming of species," he said.
The Scaptia (Plinthina) beyonceae species was collected in1981 in Queensland state, the same year the former Destiny'sChild singer was born, but had never been named.
Although often considered a pest, many species of horsefly are important pollinators of plants, said Lessard.
Beyonce, 30, and her rapper partner Jay-Z celebrated thebirth of their baby Blue Ivy on Saturday night in New York.
Just days after the singer and actress gave birth to ababy girl, Australian scientists said today they had named arare horse fly from far northern Queensland in her honourbecause of its impressive golden lower abdomen.
Researcher Bryan Lessard from CSIRO, the government's topscientific research institute, paid tribute to Beyonce'sbottom in saying the spectacular colour of the insect'sderriere made it the 'all-time diva of flies'.
"It was the unique dense golden hairs on the fly's abdomenthat led me to name this fly in honour of the performerBeyonce as well as giving me the chance to demonstrate the funside of taxonomy -- the naming of species," he said.
The Scaptia (Plinthina) beyonceae species was collected in1981 in Queensland state, the same year the former Destiny'sChild singer was born, but had never been named.
Although often considered a pest, many species of horsefly are important pollinators of plants, said Lessard.
Beyonce, 30, and her rapper partner Jay-Z celebrated thebirth of their baby Blue Ivy on Saturday night in New York.
