Arachnid species named after Tolkien character
Q. Which cave dwelling insect that is eyeless has been named after a character in Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings called Smeagol?- Published on 27 Nov 15a. Landumoema smeagol
b. Mandumoema smeagol
c. Candumoema smeagol
d. None of the above
ANSWER: Landumoema smeagol
An eyeless cave swelling arachnid species was recently discovered by Brazilian scientists and named after a character in Lord of the Rings called Smeagol/Gollum as Iandumoema smeagol. This species belongs to the opiliones (harvestmen) order of the arachnid class, distant relatives of spiders but different from them due to the lack of narrow waists and poison glands. This is the third species of Iandumoema found across the globe and differs from the other two because it is eyeless.
