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Daily Star|May 06, 2021
‘Gender-neutral’ name for bug
William Janes
LHBTQ+Ants...

BUG hunters have given a newly discovered ant a gender-neutral name.

It is the first creature on the planet to have a scientific moniker ending with “they”.

The ant, which was labelled Strumigenys layers they, was discovered in a tropical forest in Ecuador.

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