Celebrity 'buzz'.

• Position: SCIENCE - Plinthina beyonceae - Brief article

Don't swat that fly! It might be Beyonce! A horsefly with a distinctive golden hue is named after the singer--Plinthina beyonceae and hundreds of other bugs and plants also have celebrity-inspired names. Why? Taxonomists, the scientists who group organisms into categories, often get to decide what to call new species, and sometimes they have a little fun. Aleiodes falloni, for example, is a wasp named for Jimmy Fallon, and a fern species has been dubbed Gaga monstraparva, for Lady...