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A Yale scientist, Douglas Booher, named an ant after R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe's friend Jeremy Ayers, a Warhol 'Superstar'. The ant was discovered in Ecuador and had unique features that set it apart from other species. Booher confirmed the discovery with German entomologist Phillip Hoenle and was joined by Stipe to name the new species.
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