List of flora and fauna named after the Muisca

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Saguamanchica was zipa of Bacatá between 1470 and 1490

Bachué was the mother goddess of the Muisca

Sumapaz Páramo, to the south of Muisca territories, is the largest páramo in the world

Landscape around Chocontá

The village of Guasca is close to Chingaza National Park

In Boyacá, northern part of the Muisca Confederation, many species have been found and named

The Muisca were a people living in the central highlands of Colombia; the Altiplano Cundiboyacense and neighbouring valleys. The variation of climates and ecozones within their territories made the Muisca excellent farmers. Over time, various species of flora and fauna have been discovered in Colombia. This list contains the living genera and species and fossils named after the Muisca, their religion or their settlements.

Three other Muisca etymologies are recognised; Thomagata Patera, named after mythological cacique Thomagata, and are volcanoes on Io and BD Bacatá is the highest skyscraper of Colombia.^[1][2][3]

List of flora and fauna named after the Muisca[]

Name	Gen/sp/fossil	Type	Named after	Topic	Image	Notes
Muisca	genus	beetle	Muisca	people		[4]
Muisca bitaeniata	species	beetle	Muisca	people		[5]
Muisca cylindricollis	species	beetle	Muisca	people		[6]
Alabagrus muisca	species	wasp	Muisca	people		[7]
Atelopus muisca	species	toad	Muisca	people		[8]
Brachygasterina muisca	species	fly	Muisca	people		[9]
Neocorynura muiscae	species	bee	Muisca	people		[10]
†Muiscasaurus catheti	fossil (K)	ichthyosaur	Muisca	people		[11]
Euryomma muisca	species	fly	Muisca	people		[12][13]
Berberis muiscarum	species	shrub	Muisca	people		[14]
Leporinus muyscorum	species	fish	Muisca	people		[15]
	species	beetle	quye; "tree" futynsuca; "rotten	Muysccubun		[16]
Chusquea	genus	bamboo	chusky: "ordinary reed of the Earth"	Muysccubun		[17][18]
Cibyra saguanmachica	species	moth	Saguamanchica	rulers		[19]
Adryas bochica	species	bee	Bochica	religion		[20]
Protandrena bachue	species	bee	Bachué	religion		[21][22]
Huitaca	genus	harvestmen	Huitaca	religion		[23]
	species	harvestmen	Huitaca	religion		[23]
Huitaca boyacaensis	species	harvestmen	Huitaca Boyacá	religion departments		[23]
	species	harvestmen	Huitaca	religion		[23]
	species	harvestmen	Huitaca	religion		[23]
	species	harvestmen	Huitaca	religion		[23]
	species	harvestmen	Huitaca	religion		[23]
	species	harvestmen	Huitaca	religion		[23]
Gyalideopsis chicaque	species	lichen		nature		[24]
	species	spider	Chingaza	nature		[25]
Ischnura chingaza	species	dragonfly	Chingaza	nature		[26]
	species	beetle	Chingaza	nature		[27]
Masdevallia sumapazensis	species	orchid	Sumapaz Páramo	nature		[28]
Rhizosomichthys totae	species	catfish	Lake Tota	lakes		[29]
Pristimantis susaguae	species	frog	Susaguá River	rivers		[30][31]
†Etayoa bacatensis	fossil (Eo)	ungulate	Bacatá	settlements		[32]
Pegoscapus bacataensis	species	wasp	Bacatá	settlements		[33]
† syn. Ammonites ubaquensis	fossil (K)	ammonite	Cáqueza Ubaque	settlements		[34]
†	fossil (K)	ammonite	Chipatá	settlements		[35]
Choconta	genus	froghopper	Chocontá	settlements		[36][37]
Choconta circulata	species	froghopper	Chocontá	settlements		[36][37]
	species	froghopper	Chocontá	settlements		[36]
	species	froghopper	Chocontá	settlements		[36]
	species	froghopper	Chocontá	settlements		[36]
	species	froghopper	Chocontá	settlements		[36]
†	fossil (K)	flora	Cucaita	settlements		[38]
Dendropsophus garagoensis	species	frog	Garagoa	settlements		[39]
	species	spider	Guasca	settlements		[40]
	species	moth	Guasca	settlements		[41]
	species	spider	Guasca	settlements		[42]
†Platypterygius sachicarum	fossil (K)	ichthyosaur	Sáchica	settlements		[43]
	species	fern	Susatá	settlements		[44]
†	fossil (K-Pg)	pollen	Tausa	settlements		[38]
†	fossil (K-Pg)	pollen	Tausa	settlements		[38]
†Pseudoosterella ubalaensis	fossil (K)	ammonite	Ubalá	settlements		[45][46]
†	fossil (K)	ammonite	Ubalá	settlements		[45]
†	fossil (K-Pg)	flora	Zipaquirá	settlements		[38]
†Kronosaurus boyacensis	fossil (K)	pliosaur	Boyacá	departments		[47]
†	fossil (K)	ammonite	Boyacá	departments		[48]
†	fossil (K-Pg)	rose	Boyacá	departments		[49]
†	fossil (D)	bryozoa	Boyacá	departments		[50]
†Leptaena boyaca	fossil (D)	lamp shell	Boyacá	departments		[51]
Hirtudiscus boyacensis	species	snail	Boyacá	departments		[52]
	species	wasp	Boyacá	departments		[53]
	species	quillwort	Boyacá	departments		[54]
	species	grass	Boyacá	departments		[55]
	species	orchid	Boyacá	departments		[56]
	species	ragwort	Boyacá	departments		[57]
	species	snakeroot	Boyacá	departments		[58]
	species	shrub	Boyacá	departments		[59]
	species	grass	Boyacá	departments		[60]
	species	grass	Boyacá	departments		[61]
	species	oak	Boyacá	departments		[62]
	species	bromeliad	Boyacá	departments		[63]

See also[]

• List of Muisca toponyms
• Muisca
• Biodiversity of Colombia, Chibcha language, Bogotá savanna, Altiplano Cundiboyacense

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