Tag: Gabriel Garcia Marque

New tarantula species named in honor of Garcia Marquez

BOGATA, Colombia (AFP) — A new species of tarantula has been identified near the home town of Gabriel Garcia Marquez and in an unusual posthumous honor, the spider has been named for the late Nobel literature laureate, officials said Tuesday. The newly researched “Kankuamos marquezi” is named for both Garcia Marquez and the indigenous Kankuamo group who live in the area of Caribbean Colombia where the writer was born. The newly high-profile arachnid has a […]