New Spider Species in Borneo Named After Missing Activist · Global Voices
Mong Palatino

A new spider species in Borneo discovered by Swiss scientists was named after Bruno Manser, an environmentalist who went missing in the state of Sarawak in Malaysia in 2000. Bruno Manser has been campaigning for the protection of the nomadic Penan people and against the destruction of Sarawak rainforest when he was declared missing.
Aposphragisma brunomanseri goblin spider. Photo from the Natural History Museum of Berne