Scientists name praying mantis species after Ginsburg

A new species of praying mantis has been named after Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

The female species was named for the Supreme Court justice for the work she’s done in the fight for gender equality, The Washington Examiner reported.

{mosads}The Madagascar species will be called the Ilomantis ginsburgae, the Cleveland Museum of Natural History announced Wednesday.

“As a feminist biologist, I often questioned why female specimens weren’t used to diagnose most species,” Sydney Brannoch, the study’s lead researcher and a Ph.D. candidate at Case Western Reserve University, said in a statement.

“This research establishes the validity of using female specimens in the classification of praying mantises,” she continued.

“It is my hope that our work not only sets a precedent in taxonomy but also underscores the need for scientists to investigate and equally consider both sexes in other scientific investigations.”

The authors of the study said they named the praying mantis after Ginsburg because of her “appreciation of the jabot, a decorative neck accessory, which resembles the neck plate of the insect.”