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A new praying mantis species has been named after Ruth Bader Ginsburg. USA TODAY
The Ilomantis ginsburgae (ill-oh-mantis ginnz-BURG-ee) was just named after Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg.(Photo: Cliff Owen, AP)
A new species of praying mantis has been named after Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
The Cleveland Museum of Natural History said the name of the Supreme Court Justice was chosen because of her "relentless fight for gender equality."
Many know Ginsburg, 83, for her support of same-sex marriage<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and<span style="color: Red;">*</span>women's rights.
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Members of the Supreme Court sit for their official photo on Sept. 29, 2009, in the East Conference Room of the Supreme Court. Front row, left to right: Justices Anthony Kennedy, John Paul Stevens, Chief Justice John Roberts, Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas. Back row, left to right: Justices Samuel Alito, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor.<span style="color: Red;">*</span> Jack Gruber, USA TODAY
Justice Ginsburg, left, with Justices Stephen Breyer, Clarence Thomas, David Souter, Sandra Day O'Connor, Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia and John Paul Stevens, leave the Supreme Court to attend funeral services for former chief justice William Rehnquist on Sept. 7, 2005, in Washington.<span style="color: Red;">*</span> Win McNamee, Getty Images
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Sydney Brannoch identified the new praying mantis, Ilomantis ginsburgae<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(ill-oh-mantis ginnz-BURG-ee), by studying<span style="color: Red;">*</span>female mantis’<span style="color: Red;">*</span>genitalia. Typically,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>researchers study mantis’ male genitalia to categorize<span style="color: Red;">*</span>species.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>But Brannoch<span style="color: Red;">*</span>of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History and Case Western Reserve University<span style="color: Red;">*</span>decided ladies needed a shot.
“As a feminist biologist, I often questioned why female specimens weren’t used to diagnose most species,"<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Brannoch<span style="color: Red;">*</span>said. "This research establishes the validity of using female specimens in the classification of praying mantises. 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.”
Ginsburg's name came up not only because of the way the new praying mantis was identified, but also because<span style="color: Red;">*</span>of Ginsburg's jabot, a decorative neck accessory, which resembles<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the neck plate of the insect.
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