List of organisms named after famous people (born 1800–1899)
In biological nomenclature, organisms often receive scientific names that honor a person. A taxon (e.g. species or genus; plural: taxa) named in honor of another entity is an eponymous taxon, and names specifically honoring a person or persons are known as patronyms. Scientific names are generally formally published in peer-reviewed journal articles or larger monographs along with descriptions of the named taxa and ways to distinguish them from other taxa. Following rules of Latin grammar, species or subspecies names derived from a man's name often end in -i or -ii if named for an individual, and -orum if named for a group of men or mixed-sex group, such as a family. Similarly, those named for a woman often end in -ae, or -arum for two or more women.
This list is part of the List of organisms named after famous people, and includes organisms named after famous individuals born between 1 January 1800 and 31 December 1899. It also includes ensembles in which at least one member was born within those dates; but excludes companies, institutions, ethnic groups or nationalities, and populated places. It does not include organisms named for fictional entities (which can be found in the List of organisms named after works of fiction), for biologists, paleontologists or other natural scientists,[note 1] nor for associates or family members of researchers who were not otherwise notable; exceptions are made, however, for natural scientists who are much more famous for other aspects of their lives, such as, for example, writers Vladimir Nabokov or Beatrix Potter.
Organisms named after famous people born earlier can be found in:
Organisms named after famous people born later can be found in:
- List of organisms named after famous people (born 1900–1949)
- List of organisms named after famous people (born 1950–present)
The scientific names are given as originally described (their basionyms); subsequent research may have placed species in different genera, or rendered them taxonomic synonyms of previously described taxa. Some of these names may be unavailable in the zoological sense or illegitimate in the botanical sense due to senior homonyms already having the same name.
List (people born 1800–1899)[edit]
Taxon | Type | Namesake | Notes | Taxon image | Namesake image | Ref |
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Abatus shackletoni Koehler, 1911 | Sea urchin | Ernest Shackleton | A species native to the Southern Ocean, described from specimens collected at Cape Royds by the Nimrod Expedition, led by Shackleton. | [2] | ||
Abelopsocus truganiniae Schmidt & New, 2008 | Barklouse | Truganini | A Tasmanian species "Named for Truganini, considered to be the last surviving full-blood indigenous person from Tasmania." | [3] | ||
Abies borisii-regis Mattf. | Conifer | Boris III of Bulgaria | Known as Bulgarian fir, Macedonian fir or King Boris fir, this species, native to the Balkan peninsula, was described during Tsar Boris III's reign in Bulgaria, and named in his honour. | [4][5] | ||
Ablerus longfellowi Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | "This truly remarkable species is respectfully dedicated to Henry W. Longfellow, the poet." | [6] | ||
Abyssocladia escheri Ekins, Erpenbeck & Hooper, 2020 | Sponge | M. C. Escher | "Named after the Dutch artist Mauritus [sic] Cornelis Escher, 1898–1972, for the shape of the abyssochelae resembling a 3D puzzle similar to something that Escher might have illustrated." | [7] | ||
Actinoceras amundseni † Foerste, 1921 | Nautiloid | Roald Amundsen | A fossil species from the Ordovician of Arctic Canada, described from a specimen collected by the expedition of the Gjøa, led by Amundsen. | [8] | ||
Aeginura grimaldii Maas, 1904 | Jellyfish | Albert I, Prince of Monaco | The prince was born Albert Grimaldi. This deep-sea hydrozoan was described from specimens collected by one of the prince's research yachts, the Hirondelle. | [9] | ||
Agave victoriae-reginae T.Moore | Flowering plant | Queen Victoria | [10] | |||
Akanthinotanais rossi Błażewicz, Jakiel, Bamber & Bird, 2021 | Crustacean | James Clark Ross | A deep-sea tanaid found in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, "name[d] in honour of Sir James Clark Ross, a British Royal Navy officer and explorer of the Antarctic." | [11] | ||
Alaptus maccabei Girault, 1914 | Wasp | Joseph McCabe | "Respectfully dedicated to Joseph McCabe, the former Roman Catholic priest, now writer on the philosophical questions of the time." Subsequently synonymised with Alaptus minimus. | [12] | ||
Aleiodes cacuangoi Shimbori & Shaw, 2014 | Wasp | Dolores Cacuango | A mummy wasp native to Ecuador, "named in honor to Dolores Cacuango, for her pioneering, outstanding brave efforts for the indigenous rights in Ecuador." | [13] | ||
Aleiodes frosti Shimbori & Shaw, 2014 | Wasp | Robert Frost | The patronym refers to Frost's The Road Not Taken: the larvae emerge from the host caterpillar in a way different from all other relatives. | [13] | ||
Alexandromenia grimaldii Leloup, 1946 | Solenogaster (a shell-less, worm-like mollusk) | Albert I, Prince of Monaco | The prince was born Albert Grimaldi. This species was described from specimens collected by one of the prince's research yachts, the Princesse Alice II. | [14] | ||
Alisphaera gaudii Kleijne et al., 2001 | Algae | Antoni Gaudí | "The coccolith structure reminds of Gaudí's architecture." | [15] | ||
Alophomopsis spenceri Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Herbert Spencer | Subsequently transferred to the genus Eulophinusia. | [6] | ||
Alophomorphella edisoni Girault, 1915 | Wasp | Thomas Edison | Subsequently transferred to the genus Elachertus. | [16][17] | ||
Alterosa castroalvesi Dumas, Calor & Nessimian, 2013 | Caddisfly | Castro Alves | A species native to Bahia state, Brazil, "named in memory of Antônio Frederico de Castro Alves, known as "the poet of the slaves" because of his sympathy for the Brazilian abolitionist cause. Castro Alves was born in Bahia state in 1847 and died at 1871. He is the patron of the 7th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. Some of his abolitionist poems, like Espumas Flutuantes, A Cachoeira de Paulo Afonso, and O Navio Negreiro, were collected in a posthumous book called Os Escravos, published in 1883." | [18] | ||
Amplaria muiri Shear & Krejca, 2007 | Millipede | John Muir | [19] | |||
Anagyrus emersoni Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Ralph Waldo Emerson | "Respectfully dedicated to R. W. Emerson for his essay on "War."" Subsequently transferred to genus Psyllaephagus. | [20][21] | ||
Anagyrus mazzinini Girault, 1915 | Wasp | Giuseppe Mazzini | Subsequently transferred to genus Psyllaephagus. | [22][21] | ||
Anatoma tobeyoides Geiger & Jansen, 2004 | Sea snail | Mark Tobey | "The sculpture of fine, irregularly intersecting lines is reminiscent of the paintings of Mark Tobey." | [23] | ||
Anolis roosevelti Grant, 1931 | Lizard | Theodore Roosevelt Jr. | This possibly extinct species is native to the Spanish Virgin Islands, part of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, where Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was governor at the time of its naming. | [24] | ||
Anophthalmus hitleri Scheibel, 1933 | Beetle | Adolf Hitler | Hitler sent Scheibel a letter showing his gratitude for naming a species after him. This blind, troglobiont beetle, found only in five caves in Slovenia, is now in danger of extinction solely because of its name, due to its interest to collectors of Nazi memorabilia. After World War II, renaming the beetle was rejected by the ICZN, as the name had been originally published in accordance with ICZN rules. | [25][26] [27] | ||
Anostirus ataturki Platia & Gudenzi, 2000 | Beetle | Mustafa Kemal Atatürk | "The name of the new species pays tribute to Kemal Ataturk, the founding father of the modern Turkish republic; Atatürk University in Erzurum, where the specimens are deposited, is named after him." | [28] | ||
Antarctanax shackletoni † Peecook, Smith & Sidor, 2018 | Archosauriform | Ernest Shackleton | A fossil reptile from the Triassic of Antarctica, named "in reference to British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton, who named the Beardmore Glacier, which runs between lower Fremouw localities such as Graphite Peak." (the type locality) | [29] | ||
Antarctophiline amundseni Moles, Avila & Malaquias, 2019 | Sea slug | Roald Amundsen | A species found in the Weddell Sea (Antarctica), "named after the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen who was the first to reach 90°0'S, the South Pole, on 14 December 1911." | [30] | ||
Anthemis regis-borisii Stoj. & Acht. | Flowering plant | Boris III of Bulgaria | A species of dog-fennel endemic to Bulgaria, described during Tsar Boris III's reign and named in his honour. | [31] | ||
Aphelochaeta palmeri Blake, 2018 | Polychaete worm | Nathaniel Palmer | A marine species found in the Southern Ocean, "named after Nathaniel B. Palmer, American whaler, who is reputed to be among the first to sight the Antarctic continent." | [32] | ||
Apogonia rizali Heller, 1897 | Beetle | José Rizal | "José Rizal, born in Luzon of Tagalog parents, studied in Manila, Madrid, Leipzig, Berlin, Paris, London and Brussels and has made an excellent name for himself as a writer in various fields, as a doctor and artist. Living in political exile in Mindanao, he spent years collecting for the Dresden Museum. On 30 November 1896, he gave his young life for his personal and patriotic ideals. He was summarily shot by the Spanish in Manila." This was one of the species Rizal collected. | [33] | ||
Aptostichus dorothealangeae Bond, 2012 | Spider | Dorothea Lange | Found in California's agricultural Central Valley | [34] | ||
Aptostichus muiri Bond, 2012 | Spider | John Muir | The species occurs in Yosemite National Park, which Muir was instrumental in founding | [34] | ||
Aquila adalberti C.L. Brehm, 1861 | Eagle | Prince Adalbert of Bavaria (1828–1875) | The Spanish imperial eagle is endemic to the Iberian Peninsula. Specimens were first collected by Reinhold Brehm, a German doctor and naturalist who had settled in Spain, and who sent them to his father, renowned ornithologist Christian Ludwig Brehm, to write the formal description as a new species. Reinhold Brehm chose to dedicate it to Prince Adalbert of Bavaria, who had appointed him as his ophthalmologist, as a token of gratitude and friendship (like Brehm, the prince had a Spanish wife, Infanta Amalia of Spain, and spent much of his time in Spain). | [35][36] | ||
Araphuroides sala Błażewicz-Paszkowycz & Bamber, 2012 | Crustacean | George Augustus Sala | A tanaid from Bass Strait, Australia, "Named after the English journalist George Augustus Henry Sala who, during a visit to Victoria in 1885, coined the phrase "Marvellous Melbourne", which stuck long into the twentieth century and is apparently still used today by Melburnians." | [37] | ||
Arcticlam nanseni † Marincovich, 1993 | Bivalve | Fridtjof Nansen | A fossil species of clam from the Paleocene of Prince Creek Formation in Arctic Alaska, "named in honor of Fridtjof Nansen, who was the first to scientifically explore and study the Arctic Ocean." | [38] | ||
Arctitreta pearyi † Whitfield, 1908 | Brachiopod | Robert Peary | A fossil species from the Carboniferous of Ellesmere Island, described from specimens collected by members of Peary's 1905–1906 expedition. | [39] | ||
Aristostomias grimaldii Zugmayer, 1913 | Fish | Albert I, Prince of Monaco | The prince was born Albert Grimaldi. This species of barbeled dragonfish was described from specimens collected by one of the prince's research yachts, the Hirondelle II. | [40] | ||
Artedidraco shackletoni Waite, 1911 | Fish | Ernest Shackleton | A species native to the Southern Ocean, described from specimens collected at Cape Royds by the Nimrod Expedition, led by Shackleton. | [41] | ||
Arthurdactylus conandoylei † Frey & Martill, 1994 | Pterosaur | Arthur Conan Doyle | Found in jungle similar to where The Lost World was set. | [42] | ||
Ascogaster lovelaceae Kittel, 2016 | Wasp | Ada Lovelace | Replacement name for Ascogaster breviventris Tobias, 2000, which was preoccupied by Ascogaster breviventris Granger, 1949. | [43] | ||
Asterope grimaldi Skogsberg, 1920 | Crustacean | Albert I, Prince of Monaco | The prince was born Albert Grimaldi. The type locality of this ostracod is the Monaco harbour. Subsequently transferred to genus Cylindroleberis. | [44] | ||
Astrarchia stephaniae Finsch & A.B. Meyer, 1885 | Bird | Princess Stéphanie of Belgium | Genus Astrarchia was subsequently synonymised with Astrapia. | [45] | ||
Astrophiura cavellae Koehler, 1915 | Brittle star | Edith Cavell | "I respectfully dedicate this species to the memory of Miss Edith Cavell, in the certainty that scholars in all civilised countries will appreciate this gesture of sympathy to the noble woman who was the victim of a cowardly and revolting act." The description was published a few weeks after Cavell's execution. Subsequently synonymised with Astrophiura permira. | [46][47] | ||
Atalopedes nabokovi E.L. Bell & Comstock, 1948 | Butterfly | Vladimir Nabokov | A skipper from Hispaniola described from a specimen that was sent to the authors by Nabokov. Subsequently transferred to genus Hesperia. | [48] | ||
Atoposoma arnoldi Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Matthew Arnold | Subsequently transferred to the genus Cirrospilus. | [6][49] | ||
Atoposoma gregi Girault, 1913 | Wasp | William Rathbone Greg | Subsequently transferred to the genus Cirrospilus. | [6][50] | ||
Atoposoma lanei Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Norman Angell | "Dedicated to Ralph Lane for his book The Great Illusion, A Study of the Relation of Military Power in Nations to their Economic and Social Advantage." Angell's full name was Ralph Norman Angell Lane, and he had sometimes published under the name Ralph Lane. This species was subsequently transferred to the genus Cirrospilus. | [6][51] | ||
Atoposoma mazzinini Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Giuseppe Mazzini | Subsequently transferred to the genus Cirrospilus. | [6][52] | ||
Atoposoma zolai Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Émile Zola | "This magnificent species I dedicate with great respect to Émile Zola for his work La Débâcle" Subsequently transferred to the genus Cirrospilus. | [53][54] | ||
Austrotinodes santosdumonti Dumas, de Souza & Rocha, 2017 | Caddisfly | Alberto Santos-Dumont | "Dedicated to the Brazilian inventor Alberto Santos Dumont, who was born at Palmira (now Santos Dumont) in Minas Gerais state in 1873 and died in 1932. Santos Dumont is considered the "Father of Flight" and "Aviation Pioneer" because he invented the first true airplane called 14-BIS, which flew a distance of 220 meters at a height of 6 meters and at a speed of about 40 km/h, in Paris on November 12, 1906." This species is native to Brazil. | [55] | ||
Axylus mabinii Tan et al., 2018 | Katydid | Apolinario Mabini | This species, endemic to the Philippines, "is named after Apolinario Mabini y Maranan (1864–1903), a Filipino revolutionary leader and hero who confronted both the Spanish and American colonial rules." | [56] | ||
Baeturia hardyi De Boer, 1986 | Cicada | Oliver Hardy | This species and B. laureli (see below), "were named after the two American film comics: Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Without their films, who could face days of staring through the microscope at dead cicadas? Furthermore, Mr. Hardy's favourite line: "there's another nice mess you've gotten me into" frequently leaps to the mind when studying the species of the genus Baeturia. | [57] | ||
Baeturia laureli De Boer, 1986 | Cicada | Stan Laurel | [57] | |||
Bagheera kiplingi Peckham & Peckham, 1896 | Spider | Rudyard Kipling | The genus name is derived from Bagheera, the black panther from Kipling's Jungle Book with the species name honoring Kipling himself. | [58] | ||
Barapasaurus tagorei † Jain, Kutty, Roy-Chowdhury & Chatterjee, 1975 | Dinosaur | Rabindranath Tagore | A sauropod from the Jurassic Kota Formation in India; its first excavation "was carried out in the centenary year of one of India's most famous poets, Rabindranath Tagore, and named in his memory." | [59] | ||
Bathytroctes grimaldii Zugmayer, 1911 | Fish | Albert I, Prince of Monaco | The prince was born Albert Grimaldi. This species of slickhead was described from specimens collected by one of the prince's research yachts, the Princesse Alice. Subsequently synonymised with Bathytroctes microlepis. | [60][61] | ||
Becquerelia (insect) † Brongniart, 1893 | Palaeodictyoptera, an extinct order of insects | Henri Becquerel | 64 years after botanist Adolphe Brongniart named the plant genus Becquerelia after scientist Antoine César Becquerel (see List of organisms named after famous people (born before 1800)), his grandson, paleoentomologist Charles Brongniart, named this fossil insect genus from the Carboniferous period after Antoine César Becquerel's grandson, physicist (and future Nobel Prize laureate) Henri Becquerel. | [62] | ||
Beethovenia brahmsi † García-Alcalde, 2015 | Brachiopod | Johannes Brahms | A fossil species from the Devonian of Northern Spain. "Dedicated to the eminent German composer Johannes Brahms for his unshakable romanticism in an era of drastic symphonic changes." The genus Beethovenia, named after Ludwig van Beethoven, was created concurrently (see List of organisms named after famous people (born before 1800)). | [63] | ||
Belonogaster menelikii Gribodo, 1879 | Wasp | Menelik II | Described from two specimens collected in Shewa (Ethiopian Empire), where Menelik was Negus at the time. | [64] | ||
Bhambathorhynchus Willems & Artois, 2017 | Flatworm | Bhambatha | A genus of worms from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa "dedicated to Bhambatha kaMancinza (ca. 1860–1906?), a Zulu chief of the amaZondi clan in present-day KwaZulu-Natal, famous for his role in an armed rebellion against the British." | [65] | ||
Biemma grimaldii Topsent, 1890 | Sponge | Albert I, Prince of Monaco | The prince was born Albert Grimaldi. This species was described from specimens collected by one of the prince's research yachts, the Hirondelle. Subsequently transferred to genus Desmacella. | [66] | ||
Blancoa Huber, 2000 | Spider | Andrés Eloy Blanco | "The generic name honors the Venezuelan poet Andrés Eloy Blanco, author of Angelitos Negros." | [67] | ||
Bonnetina julesvernei Ortiz & Francke, 2017 | Spider | Jules Verne | "in honour of Jules Verne (1828–1905), a French writer who is considered by many as the Father of science fiction. His tens of novels on travel, discovery, invention and history have inspired millions of children and teenagers worldwide (including both authors of this study) with his thirst for knowledge and discovery." | [68] | ||
Borrowella Girault, 1923 | Wasp | George Borrow | [58] | |||
Bothriurus mistral Ojanguren-Affilastro, Mattoni, Alfaro & Pizarro-Araya, 2023 | Scorpion | Gabriela Mistral | "referring to Gabriela Mistral, pseudonym of the Chilean poetess Lucila María Godoy Alcayaga (1889–1957), who was born in Vicuña and raised in Monte Grande, both in the Elqui valley (Coquimbo Region), an area adjacent to the type locality of this species." | [69] | ||
Boudiennyia Girault, 1937 | Wasp | Semyon Budyonny | [58] | |||
Bristowia gandhii Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2016 | Spider | Mahatma Gandhi | A jumping spider native to India and Sri Lanka, "named for Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869–1948). He was the pre-eminent leader of the Indian Independence Movement in British-ruled India, eventually paving the way for independence of Sri Lanka as well." | [70] | ||
Burmomiles blixenae † Fanti & Damgaard, 2019 | Beetle | Karen Blixen | A fossil soldier beetle found in Cretaceous Burmese amber. "In memory of the Danish author and writer Karen Christenze von Blixen-Finecke (born Dinesen; 17 April 1885 - 7 September 1962). [Dedication] that the actress Ghita Nørby suggested to us." (the authors had previously named another beetle after Nørby). | [71] | ||
Buthus garcialorcai Teruel & Turiel, 2020 | Scorpion | Federico García Lorca | "a patronym honoring the great Spanish poet and dramatist Federico García Lorca (5/June/1898 – 18/August/1936). Born in Granada, as a member of the Generation of '27 he became the greatest 20th century poet in Spain and one of the best dramatists and prose writers as well. Because of political reasons, during the Spanish Civil War he was assassinated by a fascist Falangist firing squad precisely at the type locality of the new species." | [72] | ||
Calliostoma grimaldii Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896 | Sea snail | Albert I, Prince of Monaco | The prince was born Albert Grimaldi. This species was described from specimens collected by one of the prince's research yachts, the Hirondelle. | [73] | ||
Callyspongia roosevelti van Soest, Kaiser & Van Syoc, 2011 | Sponge | Franklin D. Roosevelt | "Named after President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who facilitated the 1938 cruise to Île Clipperton which allowed W.L. Schmitt to collect the first specimen of the new species." | [74] | ||
Calometopidius cavellae Bourgoin, 1917 | Beetle | Edith Cavell | "One of these two species is dedicated to the memory of the passengers on the Lusitania [Calometopus lusitaniae, described in the same paper], the other to the memory of Miss Edith Cavell, victims of German barbarism." | [75] | ||
Calvarium mercieri Pic, 1918 | Beetle | Désiré-Joseph Mercier | The description of this species was published in France amid the celebrations for the Armistice of 11 November 1918, end of the hostilities of World War I, in which Mercier was noted for his staunch resistance to the German occupation; "It is not without emotion that I have written, in the form of a Gabonese insect, the name of a venerated and energetic prelate who was the soul of the resistance of an unfortunate oppressed people". The genus Calvarium was created concurrently as "a discreet and sad tribute to those who have suffered in exile, to those who are still suffering, stricken by cruel bereavement, and especially to the mothers and widows who have suffered in their dearest affections". | [76] | ||
Calyx shackletoni Goodwin, Brewin & Brickle, 2012 | Sponge | Ernest Shackleton | "Named, in recognition of its probable pan-Antarctic presence, after Sir Ernest Shackleton, polar explorer, and also for the Shackleton Scholarship Fund, which supported this work." | [77] | ||
Cambarincola osceola Hoffman, 1963 | Branchiobdellid worm | Osceola | "named for the Seminole Chief Osceola, a heroic leader of the resistance of his people during their conflict with the United States Government." This worm is native to the original lands of the Seminole, among other areas. The specific name was subsequently amended to osceolai. | [78] | ||
Campephaga sloetii Schlegel, 1866 | Bird | Ludolph Anne Jan Wilt Sloet van de Beele | "This species bears the name of His Excellency Baron Sloet van de Beële, Governor-General of the Dutch possessions in the East Indies, a name dear to the sciences, since it belongs to a man of integrity and learning who, in the midst of the high functions he exercises, has taken pleasure in favouring with all his power the progress of human knowledge, and in remembering his fellow members of the Academy of Sciences, among whom he will, we hope, take his place again after his return from the Indies." Subsequently transferred to genus Campochaera. | [79] | ||
Campsicnemus charliechaplini Evenhuis, 1996 | Fly | Charlie Chaplin | "This species is named in honor of the great silent movie comedian, Charlie Chaplin, because of the curious tendency of this fly to die with its midlegs in a bandy-legged position." | [80] | ||
Campsicnemus iii Evenhuis, 2011 | Fly | John Papa ʻĪʻī | "The specific epithet honors John Papa i'i (1800–1870), leading citizen of the Hawaiian kingdom during the 19th century when he was attendant to king Kamehameha II and close associate of many rulers of Hawai'i. One of his great-greatgrandsons is my good friend and colleague in Hawaiian history, DeSoto Brown, collection manager of the Bishop Museum Archives [where the specimens are stored]." This species is endemic to Hawai'i. | [81] | ||
Cannopilus picassoi † H.Stradner 1961 | Algae | Pablo Picasso | A fossil Dictyochophyceae algae from the late Cenozoic. It has since been transferred to genus Caryocha or Halicalyptra (sources vary). | [82][83] | ||
Carnegia Holland, 1896 | Moth | Andrew Carnegie | "I take pleasure in dedicating the genus [...] to my honored friend, Mr. Andrew Carnegie, whose recent gift of a million of dollars, the income there from to be annually expended in the purchase of works of art and collections for the Art Gallery and Museum, which he has founded in the city of Pittsburgh, well entitles him to be regarded as one of the foremost promoters of science in this country." | [84] | ||
Carnegiea Britton & Rose | Cactus | Andrew Carnegie | [85] | |||
Ceraphron aguinaldoi Dessart, 1981 | Wasp | Emilio Aguinaldo | This species is native to Luzon, birthplace of Aguinaldo. | [86] | ||
Cerapterocerus emersoni Girault, 1915 | Wasp | Ralph Waldo Emerson | [22] | |||
Ceratoneuronomyia arnoldi Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Matthew Arnold | Subsequently transferred to the genus Tetrastichus. | [6][87] | ||
Ceratoneuropsis poincarei Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Henri Poincaré | [6] | |||
Cervalces roosevelti † Hay, 1913 | Deer | Theodore Roosevelt | A fossil species from the Pleistocene of Iowa, US, "named in honor of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, in recognition of his services in [sic] behalf of the natural history of mammals, and especially in recognition of his contributions to a knowledge of Alces americanus, the American Moose, the living representative of the animal here described." Subsequently synonymised with Cervalces scotti. | [88][89] | ||
Cervus roosevelti Merriam, 1897 | Deer | Theodore Roosevelt | Subsequently demoted to subspecies status, as Cervus canadensis roosevelti. | [42] | ||
Chaenusa trumani Kula, 2008 | Wasp | Harry S. Truman | [90] | |||
Chaetozone shackletoni Blake, 2018 | Polychaete worm | Ernest Shackleton | A marine species from the Southern Ocean, "named in honor of Sir Ernst Shackleton (1874–1922), Antarctic explorer of the Heroic Age, whose Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914–1917) was curtailed by ice in the Weddell Sea, resulting in his ship the HMS Endurance being trapped, eventually crushed, and sunk, leaving all hands with few options for survival. Shackleton, however, organized the crew and after hauling their life boats across the ice to open water, they eventually landed on Elephant Island. There being no hope for rescue, Shackleton led a small crew on his now-famous boat journey to South Georgia where eventually, after a trek over the mountains from the southern to northern side of the island to the whaling station at Grytviken, he was able to find a vessel, return, and rescue his crew with no loss of life. Years later, while on another expedition, he died on 5 Jan 1922 on South Georgia where he was buried." | [32] | ||
Charcotia amundseni D'Udekem D'Acoz, Schön & Robert, 2018 | Crustacean | Roald Amundsen | A species of amphipod found off the coast of Antarctica, "dedicated to the memory of Roald Amundsen, conqueror of the South Pole and first mate on the RV Belgica during the historical Belgian Antarctic Expedition." (The discoverers of this species are Belgian.) | [91] | ||
Cheiracanthium tagorei Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 2003 | Spider | Rabindranath Tagore | A species of yellow sac spider native to Bangladesh. | [92] | ||
Chipetaia † Rasmussen, 1996 | Primate | Chipeta | Named after chief Ouray's wife as a reference to its relation to Ourayia, both being fossil omomyid primates from the Uinta Formation. Ourayia, however, was named after the town of Ouray, Utah (which is in turn named after chief Ouray). | [93][94] | ||
Chirostoma diazi Jordan & Snyder, 1899 | Fish | Porfirio Díaz | "Named for Porfirio Díaz, the honored President of the Republic of Mexico, in recognition of his interest in the progress of science." Subsequently synonymized with Chirostoma sphyraena. | [95] | ||
Chiroteuthis grimaldii Joubin, 1895 | Squid | Albert I, Prince of Monaco | The prince was born Albert Grimaldi. This species was described from specimens collected by one of the prince's research yachts, the Hirondelle. Subsequently transferred to genus Mastigoteuthis. | [96] | ||
Chlorophorus clemenceaui Pic, 1918 | Beetle | Georges Clemenceau | The description of this species was published in France amid the celebrations for the Armistice of 11 November 1918, end of the hostilities of World War I, in which Clemenceau was an important figure. | [76] | ||
Chrysocharis dumasi Girault, 1915 | Wasp | Alexandre Dumas | Subsequently transferred to genus Chrysonotomyia. | [16][17] | ||
Chrysopilus kafkai Cegolin & Santos, 2020 | Fly | Franz Kafka | "Based on its general dark color, the species is named after the fiction author Franz Kafka, whose literature mostly deals with the darkness and absurdity of human behavior." | [97] | ||
Chrysopophagus mazzinini Girault, 1915 | Wasp | Giuseppe Mazzini | Subsequently transferred to genus Cheiloneurus. | [22][21] | ||
Cirroteuthis grimaldii Joubin, 1903 | Octopus | Albert I, Prince of Monaco | The prince was born Albert Grimaldi. This species was described from specimens collected by one of the prince's research yachts, the Princesse Alice. Subsequently transferred to genus Opisthoteuthis. | [98] | ||
Cixius lermontovi Gnezdilov, 2018 | Planthopper | Mikhail Lermontov | "The species is named in honour of the famous Russian poet Mikhail Yur'evich Lermontov (1814–1841) who was lieutenant of Tenginsky infantry regiment deployed in 1839 in the mouth of Shapsukho River – not so far from the type locality of the species described." | [99] | ||
Cladorhiza grimaldii Topsent, 1909 | Sponge | Albert I, Prince of Monaco | The prince was born Albert Grimaldi. This species was described from specimens collected by one of the prince's research yachts, the Princesse Alice. Subsequently transferred to genus Nullarbora. | [100] | ||
Clepsydra truganiniae Vyverman et al. | Diatom | Truganini | This species is endemic to lakes of Tasmania. | [101] | ||
Closterocerus curtisi Girault, 1915 | Wasp | George William Curtis | [16] | |||
Closterocerus rostandi Girault, 1915 | Wasp | Edmond Rostand | [16] | |||
Closterocerus zangwilli Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Israel Zangwill | "Dedicated to Israel Zangwill for his tragedy The War God." | [6] | ||
Cnemaspis vangoghi Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal, 2024 | Lizard | Vincent van Gogh | "The colouration of the new species is reminiscent of one of van Gogh's most iconic paintings, The Starry Night." | [102] | ||
Cnesterodon carnegiei Haseman, 1911 | Fish | Andrew Carnegie | A killifish from Iguazu River, collected by the expedition of the Carnegie Museum to central South America, 1907-10. | [103] | ||
Coccidoxenus wundti Girault, 1915 | Wasp | Wilhelm Wundt | Subsequently transferred to genus Psyllaephagus. | [22][21] | ||
Coccophagus thoreauini Girault, 1915 | Wasp | Henry David Thoreau | Subsequently transferred to genus Encarsia. | [22][104] | ||
Colanthura gauguini Müller, 1993 | Crustacean | Paul Gauguin | An isopod found in Mo'orea, French Polynesia, "named for the artist Paul Gauguin, who was one of the earliest French impressionists [sic; he was a post-impressionist], living for several years in French Polynesia." | [105] | ||
Collastoma anderseni Roehl, 2017 | Flatworm | Hans Christian Andersen | [106] | |||
Colletes gandhi Kuhlmann, 2003 | Bee | Mahatma Gandhi | This species is native to India. | [107] | ||
Compsodactylus vallejoi Figueroa & Neita-Moreno, 2019 | Beetle | César Vallejo | A species from Peru named "in honor of the great poet and writer Cesar Vallejo, born in La Libertad Department." (where the specimens were collected) | [108] | ||
Conus rizali Olivera & Biggs, 2010 | Sea snail | José Rizal | A species of cone snail endemic to the Philippines, "named in honor of José Rizal, the National Hero of the Philippines. Dr. Rizal, who was executed by the Spanish Colonial Administration in 1898, collected shells as a hobby." | [109] | ||
Corynebacterium curieae Cappelli et al., 2023 | Bacterium | Marie Curie | [110] | |||
Corynebacterium lehmanniae Cappelli et al., 2023 | Bacterium | Inge Lehmann | [110] | |||
Corynebacterium marquesiae Cappelli et al., 2023 | Bacterium | Branca Edmée Marques | [110] | |||
Corynebacterium meitnerae Cappelli et al., 2023 | Bacterium | Lise Meitner | [110] | |||
Cosmocomoidea renani Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Ernest Renan | Subsequently transferred to genus Lymaenon. | [111][112] | ||
Crambus bellinii Bassi, 2014 | Moth | Vincenzo Bellini | [113] | |||
Crambus berliozi Bassi, 2012 | Moth | Hector Berlioz | [114] | |||
Crax alberti Fraser, 1850 | Fowl | Albert, Prince Consort | The blue-billed curassow, endemic to Colombia. "A new and beautiful species of a limited family like the Curassows must be looked upon as a valuable addition to our stock of ornithological acquaintances, and deserving of a distinguished cognomen. I therefore propose to name it after Her Most Gracious Majesty's illustrious consort, His Royal Highness Prince Albert, forming at the same time a companion to my Goura victoria" (also in this list, under its protonym Lophyrus victoria) | [115] | ||
Cremastobaeus boolei Veenakumari, 2017 | Wasp | George Boole | [116] | |||
Cremnops witkopegasus Tucker, Chapman & Sharkey, 2015 | Wasp | Crazy Horse | "Named for Crazy Horse, the Native American war leader of the Lakota people. Witko means crazy in the Lakota language and a Pegasus is a winged horse." | [117] | ||
Cricula gandhii Naumann & Löffler, 2013 | Moth | Mahatma Gandhi | "The type series of C. gandhii sp. n. was part of the type series of the earlier described C. aungsansuukyiae, dedicated to Aung San Suu Kyi, human rights activist in Myanmar [see List of organisms named after famous people (born 1900–1949)] [...]. As the Indian specimens are now described as separate species, we choose in "good tradition" as name patron for the here described similar taxon the famous Indian pacifist Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, known as Mahatma Gandhi." | [118] | ||
Crisia grimaldii Calvet, 1911 | Bryozoan | Albert I, Prince of Monaco | The prince was born Albert Grimaldi. This species was described from specimens collected by one of the prince's research yachts, the Princesse Alice. | [119] | ||
Cristatithorax hugoi Girault, 1915 | Wasp | Victor Hugo | Subsequently transferred to genus Cheiloneurus | [22][21] | ||
Ctenomys fochi Thomas, 1919 | Rodent | Ferdinand Foch | "Named in honour of Gen. Foch, by whose genius victory in the recent great struggle has been so greatly accelerated." | [120][121] | ||
Ctenomys haigi Thomas, 1919 | Rodent | Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig | This species was described shortly after the end of World War I and "Named in honour of General Sir Douglas Haig, Commander-in-Chief of the British armies." | [122] | ||
Culex rizali C.S. Banks, 1906 | Mosquito | José Rizal | This mosquito is endemic to the Philippines; "I dedicate this beautiful species to the memory of Dr. José Rizal y Mercado in recognition of his work as the first Filipino scientist." Subsequently transferred to genus Aedes. | [123] | ||
Cyclocephala freudi Endrödi, 1963 | Beetle | Sigmund Freud | [58] | |||
Cyclocephala rorschachoides Ratcliffe, 1992 | Beetle | Hermann Rorschach | [58] | |||
Cylindroiulus julesvernei Reboleira & Enghoff, 2014 | Millipede | Jules Verne | "The new species is dedicated to French author Jules Vernes [sic] (1828–1905) on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the publication of his inspirational book Voyage au centre de la Terre (Journey to the Center of the Earth)." This is a troglobiont species known only from the São Vicente Caves in Madeira, Portugal. | [124] | ||
Cyphochilus gandhii Sabatinelli, 2020 | Beetle | Mahatma Gandhi | "Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British Rule and in turn inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the World." This species is native to India. | [125] | ||
Cyphon alberti Pic, 1918 | Beetle | Albert I of Belgium | The description of this species was published in France amid the celebrations for the Armistice of 11 November 1918, end of the hostilities of World War I, in which Albert I was an important figure. Subsequently transferred to genus Brachycyphon. | [76][126] | ||
Cyphon albriccii Pic, 1918 | Beetle | Alberico Albricci | The description of this species was published in France amid the celebrations for the Armistice of 11 November 1918, end of the hostilities of World War I, in which Albricci was a significant figure. Subsequently transferred to genus Contacyphon. | [76][127] | ||
Cyphon aymerichi Pic, 1918 | Beetle | Joseph Gaudérique Aymerich | The description of this species was published in France amid the celebrations for the Armistice of 11 November 1918, end of the hostilities of World War I, in which Aymerich was a significant figure. Subsequently transferred to genus Brachycyphon. | [76][126] | ||
Cyphon cadornai Pic, 1918 | Beetle | Luigi Cadorna | The description of this species was published in France amid the celebrations for the Armistice of 11 November 1918, end of the hostilities of World War I, in which Cadorna was an important figure. Subsequently transferred to genus Contacyphon. | [76][127] | ||
Cyphon debeneyi Pic, 1918 | Beetle | Marie Eugène Debeney | The description of this species was published in France amid the celebrations for the Armistice of 11 November 1918, end of the hostilities of World War I, in which Debeney was an important figure. Subsequently transferred to genus Contacyphon. | [76][127] | ||
Cyphon degouttei Pic, 1918 | Beetle | Jean-Marie Degoutte | The description of this species was published in France amid the celebrations for the Armistice of 11 November 1918, end of the hostilities of World War I, in which Degoutte was a significant figure. Subsequently transferred to genus Contacyphon. | [76][127] | ||
Cyphon (Dermestocyphon) beattyi Pic, 1918 | Beetle | David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty | The description of this species was published in France amid the celebrations for the Armistice of 11 November 1918, end of the hostilities of World War I, in which Beatty was an important figure. Subsequently transferred to genus Yoshitomia. | [76][128] | ||
Cyphon (Dermestocyphon) drianti Pic, 1918 | Beetle | Émile Driant | The description of this species was published in France amid the celebrations for the Armistice of 11 November 1918, end of the hostilities of World War I, in which Driant had been killed becoming a national hero. "The dead, who also had beautiful patriotic gestures, or who seem to us to deserve a contributory part in the final victory, will not be forgotten. C. Drianti, with the lamented name of a great patriot (ab uno disce omnes), will recall, as is my wish, the immortal memory of the elite phalanx of the "fallen in the field of honour"." Subgenus Dermestocyphon, created concurrently, was later promoted to genus level. | [76][129] | ||
Cyphon diazi Pic, 1918 | Beetle | Armando Diaz | The description of this species was published in France amid the celebrations for the Armistice of 11 November 1918, end of the hostilities of World War I, in which Diaz was an important figure. Subsequently transferred to genus Contacyphon. | [76][127] | ||
Cyphon espereyi Pic, 1918 | Beetle | Louis Franchet d'Espèrey | The description of this species was published in France amid the celebrations for the Armistice of 11 November 1918, end of the hostilities of World War I, in which Franchet d'Espèrey was a significant figure. Subsequently transferred to genus Contacyphon. | [76][127] | ||
Cyphon foncki Pic, 1918 | Beetle | René Fonck | The description of this species was published in France amid the celebrations for the Armistice of 11 November 1918, end of the hostilities of World War I, in which Fonck was a notable participant, having become the "Allied Ace of Aces". "Under the name of Foncki, I pay tribute to the superior merit of the entire air force: to the rare survivors of the winged army, to the many youths cut down before their time." Subsequently transferred to genus Calvarium. | [76][130] | ||
Cyphon gabrieli Pic, 1918 | Beetle | Gabriele D'Annunzio | The description of this species was published in France amid the celebrations for the Armistice of 11 November 1918, end of the hostilities of World War I, in which D'Annunzio was a notable participant. "I celebrate one of the living forces that contributed to changing the beautiful dream of "the greater Italy" into a touching reality". Subsequently transferred to genus Contacyphon. | [76][127] | ||
Cyphon garibaldii Pic, 1918 | Beetle | Giuseppe Garibaldi II | The description of this species was published in France amid the celebrations for the Armistice of 11 November 1918, end of the hostilities of World War I, in which Peppino Garibaldi was a notable participant. Subsequently transferred to genus Contacyphon. | [76][127] | ||
Cyphon gouraudi Pic, 1918 | Beetle | Henri Gouraud | The description of this species was published in France amid the celebrations for the Armistice of 11 November 1918, end of the hostilities of World War I, in which Gouraud was an important figure. Subsequently transferred to genus Contacyphon. | [76][127] | ||
Cyphon halleri Pic, 1918 | Beetle | Józef Haller | The description of this species was published in France amid the celebrations for the Armistice of 11 November 1918, end of the hostilities of World War I, in which Haller was an important figure. Subsequently transferred to genus Contacyphon. | [76][127] | ||
Cyphon henrysi Pic, 1918 | Beetle | Paul Prosper Henrys | The description of this species was published in France amid the celebrations for the Armistice of 11 November 1918, end of the hostilities of World War I, in which Henrys was a significant figure. Subsequently transferred to genus Contacyphon. | [76][127] | ||
Cyphon humberti Pic, 1918 | Beetle | Georges Louis Humbert | The description of this species was published in France amid the celebrations for the Armistice of 11 November 1918, end of the hostilities of World War I, in which Humbert was a significant figure. | [76] | ||
Cyphon joffrei Pic, 1918 | Beetle | Joseph Joffre | The description of this species was published in France amid the celebrations for the Armistice of 11 November 1918, end of the hostilities of World War I, in which Joffre was an important figure. Subsequently transferred to genus Contacyphon. | [76][127] | ||
Cyphon lemani Pic, 1918 | Beetle | Gérard Leman | The description of this species was published in France amid the celebrations for the Armistice of 11 November 1918, end of the hostilities of World War I, in which Leman was a notable participant. Subsequently transferred to genus Contacyphon. | [76][127] | ||
Cyphon liggetti Pic, 1918 | Beetle | Hunter Liggett | The description of this species was published in France amid the celebrations for the Armistice of 11 November 1918, end of the hostilities of World War I, in which Liggett was a significant figure. Subsequently transferred to genus Contacyphon. | [76][127] | ||
Cyphon lyauteyi Pic, 1918 | Beetle | Hubert Lyautey | The description of this species was published in France amid the celebrations for the Armistice of 11 November 1918, end of the hostilities of World War I, in which Lyautey was a significant figure. Subsequently transferred to genus Contacyphon. | [76][127] | ||
Cyphon maistrei Pic, 1918 | Beetle | Paul Maistre | The description of this species was published in France amid the celebrations for the Armistice of 11 November 1918, end of the hostilities of World War I, in which Maistre was a significant figure. Subsequently transferred to genus Contacyphon. | [76][127] | ||
Cyphon mangini Pic, 1918 | Beetle | Charles Mangin | The description of this species was published in France amid the celebrations for the Armistice of 11 November 1918, end of the hostilities of World War I, in which Mangin was a significant figure. Subsequently transferred to genus Contacyphon. | [76][127] | ||
Cyphon paui Pic, 1918 | Beetle | Paul Pau | The description of this species was published in France amid the celebrations for the Armistice of 11 November 1918, end of the hostilities of World War I, in which Pau was a significant figure. Subsequently transferred to genus Calvarium. | [76][130] | ||
Cyphon petri Pic, 1918 | Beetle | Peter I of Serbia | The description of this species was published in France amid the celebrations for the Armistice of 11 November 1918, end of the hostilities of World War I, in which Peter I was a significant figure. "The name Petri will recall with emotion the Old King, wracked with pain and still walking to stand up to the invaders." Subsequently transferred to genus Contacyphon. | [76][127] | ||
Cyphon roosevelti Pic, 1918 | Beetle | Theodore Roosevelt and Quentin Roosevelt | The description of this species was published in France amid the celebrations for the Armistice of 11 November 1918, end of the hostilities of World War I, in which Quentin Roosevelt had been killed in combat in France. "My dedication hidden under the name of Roosevelti will be doubly deserved, by a father, a great champion of law and justice, by a son who spontaneously made the sacrifice of his life for a sister nation". Subsequently transferred to genus Contacyphon. | [76][127] | ||
Cyphon savitchi Pic, 1918 | Beetle | Milunka Savić | The description of this species was published in France amid the celebrations for the Armistice of 11 November 1918, end of the hostilities of World War I, in which Savić was a notable participant and Serbian war heroine. Subsequently transferred to genus Contacyphon. | [76][127] | ||
Cypraea noueli † Maury, 1917 | Sea snail | Adolfo Alejandro Nouel | A fossil species from the Pliocene of the Dominican Republic. "I take the liberty of naming this species in honor of Archbishop Nouel of Santo Domingo, whom I had the honor of meeting in his beautiful and historic Cathedral." | [131] | ||
Cypraea patrespatriae † Maury, 1917 | Sea snail | Juan Pablo Duarte, Matías Ramón Mella and Francisco del Rosario Sánchez | A fossil species from the Pliocene of the Dominican Republic. "The specific name proposed is in honor of the three liberator of the Dominican Republic." (patrespatriae means Founding Fathers in Latin) | [131] | ||
Davidius malloryi Fraser, 1926 | Dragonfly | George Mallory | "I have named this interesting species after Mr. Mallory who so nobly laid down his life in the cause of science on the slopes of Mt. Everest." D. malloryi is native to Assam, India. | [132][133] | ||
Demonax fochi Pic, 1918 | Beetle | Ferdinand Foch | The description of this species was published in France amid the celebrations for the Armistice of 11 November 1918, end of the hostilities of World War I, in which Foch was an important figure. | [76] | ||
Dendrobium victoriae-reginae Loher | Orchid | Queen Victoria | [134] | |||
Dendrophorbium chopinii Montesinos | Flowering plant | Frédéric Chopin | A species of arbuscular senecioneae from the Andes of North Peru. "The specific epithet honours Frédéric François Chopin (1810–1849), one of the greatest classical composers of all time, whose piano compositions are an inspiration to me and to many people around the world." | [135] | ||
Deratoptera alfredi Krefft, 1868 | Manta ray | Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | The reef manta ray was described from a specimen caught off the coast of Sydney, Australia, and named "with the permission, and in honor of, His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinborough, who accepted a number of photographs taken shortly after the fish was caught." Alfred was the first member of the British royal family to visit Australia, and suffered an attempt on his life during this trip. Subsequently transferred to genus Mobula. | [136][137] [138] | ||
Diadegma meitnerae Kittel, 2016 | Wasp | Lise Meitner | Replacement name for Diadegma simile (Pfankuch, 1914), which had originally been described as Angitia similis Pfankuch, 1914, but upon being transferred to the genus Diadegma in 1997, became a junior homonym of Diadegma simile (Brèthes, 1913). | [43] | ||
Diplodocus carnegii † Hatcher, 1901 | Dinosaur | Andrew Carnegie | "in honor of Mr. Andrew Carnegie, the founder of this institution [the Carnegie Museum of Natural History], and in recognition of his interest in vertebrate paleontology; which interest he has abundantly and substantially shown in providing the necessary funds for organizing and maintaining a Section of Vertebrate Paleontology in connection with this Museum." | [139] | ||
Diplopora grimaldii Jullien, 1903 | Bryozoan | Albert I, Prince of Monaco | The prince was born Albert Grimaldi. This species was collected by one of the prince's research yachts, the Hirondelle. Subsequently transferred to genus Diplosolen. | [140][141] | ||
Dolecta akhmatovae Naydenov, Yakovlev, Penco & Sinyaev, 2020 | Moth | Anna Akhmatova | [142] | |||
Dolecta bulgakovi Naydenov, Yakovlev, Penco & Sinyaev, 2020 | Moth | Mikhail Bulgakov | [142] | |||
Dolecta chekhovi Naydenov, Yakovlev, Penco & Sinyaev, 2020 | Moth | Anton Chekhov | [142] | |||
Dolecta dostoevskyi Naydenov, Yakovlev, Penco & Sinyaev, 2020 | Moth | Fyodor Dostoevsky | [142] | |||
Dolecta esenini Naydenov, Yakovlev, Penco & Sinyaev, 2020 | Moth | Sergei Yesenin | The surname Есенин is sometimes romanized as Esenin. | [142] | ||
Dolecta gertseni Naydenov, Yakovlev, Penco & Sinyaev, 2020 | Moth | Alexander Herzen | The surname Ге́рцен is sometimes romanised as Gertsen. | [142] | ||
Dolecta gogoli Naydenov, Yakovlev, Penco & Sinyaev, 2020 | Moth | Nikolai Gogol | [142] | |||
Dolecta lermontovi Naydenov, Yakovlev, Penco & Sinyaev, 2020 | Moth | Mikhail Lermontov | [142] | |||
Dolecta nekrasovi Naydenov, Yakovlev, Penco & Sinyaev, 2020 | Moth | Nikolay Nekrasov | [142] | |||
Dolecta ostrovskyi Naydenov, Yakovlev, Penco & Sinyaev, 2020 | Moth | Alexander Ostrovsky | [142] | |||
Dolecta saltykovishchedrini Naydenov, Yakovlev, Penco & Sinyaev, 2020 | Moth | Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin | [142] | |||
Dolecta stanyukovichi Naydenov, Yakovlev, Penco & Sinyaev, 2020 | Moth | Konstantin Stanyukovich | [142] | |||
Dolecta tolstoyi Naydenov, Yakovlev, Penco & Sinyaev, 2020 | Moth | Leo Tolstoy | [142] | |||
Dolecta turgenevi Naydenov, Yakovlev, Penco & Sinyaev, 2020 | Moth | Ivan Turgenev | [142] | |||
Draco rizali Wandolleck, 1900 | Lizard | José Rizal | This species of flying lizard was described from specimens collected by José Rizal during his exile in Dapitan, Mindanao. Subsequently synonymised with Draco guentheri. | [143] | ||
Draculoides bramstokeri Harvey & Humphreys, 1995 | Schizomid | Bram Stoker | [42] | |||
Drassodella tolkieni Mbo & Haddad, 2019 | Spider | J. R. R. Tolkien | A species from South Africa, "Named after John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, who was born in Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa on 3rd January 1892 and died on 2nd September 1973. [...] His fictional "Middle Earth" is believed to have been inspired in part by the exceptional natural scenery of Hogsback, the type locality of this species." | [144] | ||
Ectopsocus sprenti Schmidt & New, 2008 | Barklouse | James Sprent | "Named for James Sprent, an early surveyor and explorer in Tasmania." This species is endemic to Tasmania. | [3] | ||
Effigia okeeffeae † Nesbitt & Norell, 2006 | Archosaur | Georgia O'Keeffe | From the Triassic period. Closest living relatives are the crocodilians | [58] | ||
Ellipsodon witkoi † Van Valen, 1978 | Condylarth (an extinct order of mammals) | Crazy Horse | A fossil mammal from the Paleocene of New Mexico, named after Crazy Horse's Lakota name, Tasunke Witko. Subsequently synonymised with Ellipsodon grangeri Wilson 1956. | [145] | ||
Ellipsodon yotankae † Van Valen, 1978 | Condylarth (an extinct order of mammals) | Sitting Bull | A fossil mammal from the Paleocene of New Mexico, named after Sitting Bull's Lakota name, Tatanka Yotanka. | [145] | ||
Elodes clemenceaui Pic, 1918 | Beetle | Georges Clemenceau | The description of this species was published in France amid the celebrations for the Armistice of 11 November 1918, end of the hostilities of World War I, in which Clemenceau was an important figure. Subsequently transferred to genus Brachycyphon. | [76][126] | ||
Elodes estiennei Pic, 1918 | Beetle | Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne | The description of this species was published in France amid the celebrations for the Armistice of 11 November 1918, end of the hostilities of World War I, in which Estienne was an important figure. "The powerful force of the tanks will be entomologically glorified under the name of Estiennei". | [76] | ||
Elodes fayollei Pic, 1918 | Beetle | Émile Fayolle | The description of this species was published in France amid the celebrations for the Armistice of 11 November 1918, end of the hostilities of World War I, in which Fayolle was an important figure. | [76] | ||
Elodes lloydi Pic, 1918 | Beetle | David Lloyd George | The description of this species was published in France amid the celebrations for the Armistice of 11 November 1918, end of the hostilities of World War I, in which Lloyd George was an important figure. Subsequently transferred to genus Brachycyphon. | [76][126] | ||
Elodes petaini Pic, 1918 | Beetle | Philippe Pétain | The description of this species was published in France amid the celebrations for the Armistice of 11 November 1918, end of the hostilities of World War I, in which Pétain was an important figure. Subsequently transferred to genus Brachycyphon. | [76][126] | ||
Elodes pichoni Pic, 1918 | Beetle | Stephen Pichon | The description of this species was published in France amid the celebrations for the Armistice of 11 November 1918, end of the hostilities of World War I, in which Pichon was an important figure. "I wished to distinguish, among all, a skilful diplomat, with a clear vision from the beginning of the gigantic struggle, but who came a little late to the direction of foreign affairs" | [76] | ||
Elodes raynali Pic, 1918 | Beetle | Sylvain Eugène Raynal | The description of this species was published in France amid the celebrations for the Armistice of 11 November 1918, end of the hostilities of World War I, in which Raynal was an important figure. | [76] | ||
Elodes wilsoni Pic, 1918 | Beetle | Woodrow Wilson | The description of this species was published in France amid the celebrations for the Armistice of 11 November 1918, end of the hostilities of World War I, in which Wilson was an important figure. | [76] | ||
Emersonella Girault, 1916 | Wasp | Ralph Waldo Emerson | [42] | |||
Emersonia Girault, 1933 | Wasp | Ralph Waldo Emerson | [58] | |||
Emersonopsis Girault, 1917 | Wasp | Ralph Waldo Emerson | [58] | |||
Emplectonema osceolai Corrêa, 1961 | Ribbon worm | Osceola | A species native to Florida, US, named "in reference to the Indian chief Osceola, famous in Florida history." | [146] | ||
Encyrtus newcombi Girault, 1915 | Wasp | Simon Newcomb | Subsequently transferred to genus Microterys. | [22][147] | ||
Encyrtus wundti Girault, 1915 | Wasp | Wilhelm Wundt | Immediately after its formal description, within the same paper, this species was transferred to genus Paraphaenodiscus. | [22] | ||
Entedonomorpha renani Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Ernest Renan | Subsequently transferred to genus Deutereulophus. | [6][148] | ||
Entedonomphale esenini Triapitsyn, 2005 | Wasp | Sergei Yesenin | The surname Есенин is sometimes romanized as Esenin. | [149] | ||
Entedonomphale lermontovi Triapitsyn, 2005 | Wasp | Mikhail Lermontov | [149] | |||
Epiquadrastichus emersoni Girault, 1915 | Wasp | Ralph Waldo Emerson | Subsequently transferred to genus Neotrichoporoides. | [16][17] | ||
Epitetrastichus longfellowi Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | Subsequently synonymised with Aprostocetus hagenowii (Ratzeburg, 1852) | [6][150] | ||
Equus grevyi Oustalet, 1882 | Zebra | Jules Grévy | The species was described from a specimen gifted in 1882 by Menelik II, King of Shewa, to French President Jules Grévy, which Grévy then donated to the French National Museum of Natural History; the name "Grévy's zebra" was proposed by the Museum's director, Alphonse Milne-Edwards. | [151] | ||
Erigone malvari Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 | Spider | Miguel Malvar | This species is endemic to the Philippines. | [152] | ||
Ernstmayria venizelosi Ćurčić, Dimitrijević & Trichas, 2007 | Pseudoscorpion | Eleftherios Venizelos | "After the name of Eleftherios Venizelos, a noted Cretan humanist and politician." This species is endemic to the island of Crete, Greece. | [153] | ||
Erythroneura geronimoi Knull, 1945 | Leafhopper | Geronimo | This species was described from specimens collected in the Chiricahua Mountains, and "Named for Geronimo, chief of the Chiricahua band of Apaches." | [154] | ||
Etheostoma faulkneri Sterling & Warren 2020 | Fish | William Faulkner | "We have named the species Etheostoma faulkneri to honor the great writer and Nobel Laureate William C. Faulkner (1897–1962), a native of the Oxford, Mississippi, area who was also an avid hunter and fisher. The landscape was an important theme in many of his works, and the actions of his characters were often influenced by the lands and streams surrounding his fictional Jefferson, Mississippi, including the Yocona River, which he renamed the Yoknapatawpha." This species is endemic to headwater streams of the Yocona River watershed. The authors gave it the common name "Yoknapatawpha darter", using Faulkner's version of the Yocona River's name. | [155] | ||
Etheostoma teddyroosevelt Layman & Mayden, 2012 | Fish | Theodore Roosevelt | The scientific name of the highland darter, endemic to the Arkansas and White River drainages, honors Roosevelt for "his enduring legacy in environmental conservation and stewardship, including the designation of vast areas as national forests, wildlife refuges, national monuments, and national parks, and his efforts to forge the American Museum of Natural History, New York." | [156][157] | ||
Euconnus kilmeri Caterino, 2022 | Beetle | Joyce Kilmer | A rove beetle known only from a single locality in Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest, North Carolina, and "named to honor the American poet Joyce Kilmer "I think that I shall never see, a poem as lovely as a tree..." for whom the type locality stands as a proper monument to his appreciation for nature." | [158] | ||
Eucteniza panchovillai Bond & Godwin, 2013 | Spider | Pancho Villa | Discovered in San Juan del Rio, Durango, birthplace of Villa | [159] | ||
Eucypris lobatoi † Bergue, Ramos & Maranhão, 2018 | Crustacean | Monteiro Lobato | A fossil ostracod from the Oligocene of Taubaté basin, Brazil, named "In honor of the writer José Bento Monteiro Lobato, born in the Taubaté Municipality, and a rouser of the Brazilian oil industry." | [160] | ||
Eudiospilus rubrumbarus Zhang & Sharanowski, 2014 | Wasp | Manfred von Richthofen (The Red Baron) | "In honor of Baron Manfred von Richthofen, the "Red Baron", as the coloration on the head of this species resembles that of a leather aviator helmet". | [161] | ||
Eudorcas thomsonii Günther, 1884 | Gazelle | Joseph Thomson | [162] | |||
Eupelmus dumasi Girault, 1915 | Wasp | Alexandre Dumas | [22] | |||
Eupelmus greelyi Girault, 1915 | Wasp | Adolphus Greely | [22] | |||
Eupelmus renani Girault, 1915 | Wasp | Ernest Renan | [22] | |||
Eupithecia nabokovi McDunnough, 1945 | Moth | Vladimir Nabokov | A North American geometer moth described from specimens collected by Nabokov. | [163] | ||
Euplectrotetrastichus spenceri Girault, 1915 | Wasp | Herbert Spencer | Genus Euplectrotetrastichus subsequently synonymised with Sigmophora. | [16][17] | ||
Euplocania teslai Vinasco-Mondragón, González-Obando & García Aldrete, 2022 | Barklouse | Nikola Tesla | [164] | |||
Eurydice grimaldii Dollfus, 1888 | Crustacean | Albert I, Prince of Monaco | The prince was born Albert Grimaldi. This isopod was described from specimens collected by one of the prince's research yachts, the Hirondelle. | [165] | ||
Euryischia sumneri Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Charles Sumner | "Dedicated with much respect to Charles Sumner for his orations on war." | [166] | ||
Euryischomyia washingtoni Girault, 1914 | Wasp | Booker T. Washington | [167] | |||
Eurytoma lincolni Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Abraham Lincoln | [20] | |||
Eurytoma mazzinii Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Giuseppe Mazzini | "Dedicated to Giuseppe Mazzini for his The Duties of Man." | [20] | ||
Eurytoma poincarei Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Henri Poincaré | [168] | |||
Eusarcus garibaldiae Hara & Pinto-da-Rocha, 2010 | Harvestman | Anita Garibaldi | A species native to Brazil; "The name honors an important revolutionary, Anita Garibaldi, who was born in the same state where this species was collected." (Santa Catarina) | [169] | ||
Evagetes bengurioni Wolf, 1988 | Wasp | David Ben-Gurion | "David Ben Gurion (1886-1973) rendered great services in matters of international understanding." The holotype for the species was found in Israel, state of which Ben-Gurion was primary national founder and first Prime Minister. | [170] | ||
Farciminaria alice Jullien, 1903 | Bryozoan | Alice, Princess of Monaco | Species described from specimens collected by one of Prince Albert I of Monaco's (Alice's husband) research yachts, the Hirondelle. Subsequently transferred to the genus Farciminellum. | [140] | ||
Farlowella roncallii Martín Salazar, 1964 | Fish | Pope John XXIII | "in honour of His Holiness John XXIII [born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli], who has rightly been called the Pope of Peace." Subsequently synonymised with Farlowella vittata. | [171][172] | ||
Felis margarita Loche, 1858 | Cat | Jean Auguste Margueritte | [173] | |||
Fernandocrambus chopinellus Błeszyński, 1967 | Moth | Frédéric Chopin | [42] | |||
Foenatopus prousti Aguiar & Turrisi, 2010 | Wasp | Marcel Proust | [174] | |||
Froudeana Girault, 1928 | Wasp | James Anthony Froude | Subsequently synonymised with Omphalodipara. | [58] | ||
Fukomys livingstoni Faulkes, Mgode, Archer & Bennett, 2017 | Rodent | David Livingstone | "This species is named after Dr. David Livingstone, as Ujiji (the type locality) is the site of the famous meeting on 10 November 1871 when Henry Morton Stanley found the explorer David Livingstone, who many thought to be dead, and uttered the famous words "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" | [175] | ||
Gabrius tolkieni Schillhammer, 1997 | Beetle | J. R. R. Tolkien | [58] | |||
Gastrancistrus robertsoni Girault, 1915 | Wasp | Frederick William Robertson | [176] | |||
Gaudipluma † Artal, Van Bakel, Fraaije & Jagt, 2013 | Crustacean | Antoni Gaudí | A genus of fossil crabs from the Eocene of Huesca, Spain, named "in honour of the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926), in allusion to the shape and ornament of the new taxon which is defined by sinuous lines, reminiscent of his works, plus the ending -pluma, which refers to the main character of the family [ Retroplumidae ]." | [177] | ||
Gelis nightingalae Kittel, 2016 | Wasp | Florence Nightingale | Replacement name for Gelis stigmaticus (Hedwig, 1961), which had originally been described as Pezomachus stigmaticus Hedwig, 1961, but upon being transferred to the genus Gelis in 1997, became a junior homonym of Gelis stigmaticus (Zetterstedt, 1838). | [43] | ||
Gelis noetherae Kittel, 2016 | Wasp | Emmy Noether | Replacement name for Gelis longipes (Rudow, 1917), which had originally been described as Pezomachus longipes Rudow, 1917, but upon being transferred to the genus Gelis in 1944, became a junior homonym of Gelis longipes (Strickland, 1912). | [43] | ||
Geophis juarezi Nieto-Montes de Oca, 2003 | Snake | Benito Juárez | A species of earth snake described from specimens collected in Santiago Comaltepec, Sierra Juárez, Oaxaca, Mexico, and named "for Don Benito Juárez (1806–1872), the Zapotec Indian President of Mexico born in San Pablo Guelatao in the Sierra de Juárez, Oaxaca." | [178] | ||
Gephyrocrinus grimaldii Koehler & Bather, 1902 | Sea lily | Albert I, Prince of Monaco | The prince was born Albert Grimaldi. This species was described from specimens collected by one of the prince's research yachts, the Princesse Alice. | [179] | ||
Gibberula rachmaninovi Kellner, 2003 | Sea snail | Sergei Rachmaninoff | "named after the great Russian composer and pianist Sergei Rachmaninov [sic]". This species was subsequently synonymised with Volvarina sauliae (Sowerby II, 1846). | [180][181] | ||
Goetheana kobzari Gumovski, 2016 | Wasp | Taras Shevchenko | "The specific epithet derives from "kobzar", an itinerant Ukrainian bard and also the nickname of the famous Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko (1814–1861). This is a continuation of the trend of A.A. Girault's and S.V. Triapitsyn naming species of this genus after the great poets and writers of the past." (see List of organisms named after famous people (born before 1800)) | [182] | ||
Gonatocerus helmholtzii Girault, 1912 | Wasp | Hermann von Helmholtz | "Dedicated to Hermann Helmholtz, a man who aided in establishing the great principle of the conservation of energy in all substance." Subsequently transferred to the genus Lymaenon. | [183][112] | ||
Gonatocerus mazzinini Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Giuseppe Mazzini | "Respectfully dedicated to Giuseppe Mazzini for his essays, more especially for his The Duties of Man." Subsequently transferred to the genus Lymaenon. | [184][112] | ||
Gonatocerus poincarei Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Henri Poincaré | Subsequently transferred to the genus Lymaenon. | [184][112] | ||
Gonatocerus tolstoii Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Leo Tolstoy | "Dedicated to Leo N. Tolstoi for his work War and Peace." Subsequently transferred to the genus Lymaenon. | [53][112] | ||
Goniopholis kiplingi † de Andrade et al., 2011 | Crocodile | Rudyard Kipling | A fossil crocodyliform from the Cretaceous of Southern England. "Specific name after Rudyard Kipling, British novelist, author of The Jungle Book amongst others and an important disseminator of natural sciences through literature, from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century." | [185] | ||
Gounodia Girault, 1940 | Wasp | Charles Gounod | Subsequently synonymised with Epistenoterys. | [58] | ||
Grammeubria emmanueli Pic, 1918 | Beetle | Victor Emmanuel III of Italy | The description of this species was published in France amid the celebrations for the Armistice of 11 November 1918, end of the hostilities of World War I, in which Victor Emmanuel III was an important figure. "The name Emmanueli will recall a patriotic and inspired monarch who, by refusing to serve the insatiable German appetites, contributed to the triumph of Latin ideas." Subsequently transferred to genus Dicranopselaphus. | [76][186] | ||
Grantanna Girault, 1939 | Wasp | Ulysses S. Grant | This genus was subsequently synonymised with Ufens Girault, 1911 | [187][188] | ||
Grimaldichthys Roule, 1913 | Fish | Albert I, Prince of Monaco | The prince was born Albert Grimaldi. This genus of cusk eels was described from a specimen collected by Princess Alice using a trap designed by Prince Albert, in Cape Verde, at a depth of 6,035 m (19,800 ft). Other specimens were later captured at depths of up to 7,160 m (23,490 ft), and for decades it was thought that the species Grimaldichthys profundissimus was the fish living at the greatest depth in the world, until another cusk eel, Abyssobrotula galatheae—one specimen of which was found at a depth of over 8,000 m (26,000 ft)—was described in 1977. Grimaldichthys has been subsequently synonymised with Holcomycteronus. | [189][190] [191][192] | ||
Grimalditeuthis Joubin, 1898 | Squid | Albert I, Prince of Monaco | The prince was born Albert Grimaldi. This genus was described from specimens collected by one of the prince's research yachts, the Princesse Alice. | [193] | ||
Grotiusella pearsoni Girault, 1915 | Wasp | Karl Pearson | Genus Grotiusella was subsequently synonymised with Eulophinusia. | [16][17] | ||
Grotiusella thoreauini Girault, 1915 | Wasp | Henry David Thoreau | Genus Grotiusella was subsequently synonymised with Eulophinusia. | [16][17] | ||
Guildayichthys carnegiei † Lund, 2000 | Fish | Andrew Carnegie | A fossil species found in the Carboniferous Bear Gulch Limestone of Montana, US; "Named in honor of Andrew Carnegie, founder of Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania." (where the holotype and most known specimens are kept) | [194] | ||
Gulbenkiania Vaz-Moreira, Nobre, Nunes & Manaia, 2007 | Bacterium | Calouste Gulbenkian | "in honour of Calouste Gulbenkian (1869–1955), a protector of the arts and sciences in Portugal, and founder of the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian." (which partially financed the research) | [195] | ||
Gynacantha chaplini Khan, 2021 | Dragonfly | Charlie Chaplin | "The species is named in honour of the famous British actor and director, Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin [...]. The trapezium-shaped marking of the postfrons of the new species resembles Chaplin's iconic toothbrush moustache." | [196] | ||
Gynacantha lyttoni Fraser, 1926 | Dragonfly | Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton | Subsequently synonymised with Gynacantha bayadera Selys, 1891. | [133] | ||
Gyrolasomyia washingtoni Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Booker T. Washington | [6] | |||
Habronattus geronimoi Griswold, 1987 | Spider | Geronimo | The holotype of this jumping spider was collected in the Chiricahua Mountains; the species is "named in honor of Geronimo, leader of the Chiricahua Apaches." | [197] | ||
Heleioporus eyrei Gray, 1845 | Frog | Edward John Eyre | [198] | |||
Helioandesia tarregai Vargas, 2021 | Moth | Francisco Tárrega | "named in memory of the eminent Spanish guitarist and composer Francisco Tárrega, for his huge contribution to the repertory of the classical guitar, especially for the wonderful 'Marieta'." | [199] | ||
Heliosorex roosevelti Heller, 1910 | Shrew | Theodore Roosevelt | Described from specimens collected by the Smithsonian–Roosevelt African Expedition. "I take much pleasure in naming this distinct type of shrew for Colonel Roosevelt, who took a keen personal interest in the collection of small mammals." Subsequently transferred to the genus Crocidura. | [200] | ||
Hellinsia alfaroi Gielis, 2011 | Moth | Eloy Alfaro | This species is native to Ecuador and "named after Elroy [sic] Alfaro, president of Ecuador, who was assassinated in 1912." | [201] | ||
Hellinsia morenoi Gielis, 2011 | Moth | Gabriel García Moreno | This species is native to Ecuador and "named after president Garcia Moreno of Ecuador, who was assassinated in 1875." | [201] | ||
Hemiargus bornoi Comstock & Huntington, 1943 | Butterfly | Louis Borno | This species was described from specimens collected in Haiti. Subsequently transferred to genus Pseudochrysops. | [202] | ||
Hemichromis livingstonii Günther, 1894 | Fish | David Livingstone | This fish is native to Lake Malawi, which Livingstone claimed to have discovered; during the Second Zambesi expedition, led by him, the first fishes from this lake were collected for scientific studies. Subsequently transferred to genus Nimbochromis. | [203] | ||
Hernandaria anitagaribaldiae DaSilva & Pinto-da-Rocha, 2010 | Harvestman | Anita Garibaldi | "In honor of Anita Garibaldi (1821-1849), republican revolutionary from Santa Catarina state who fought for freedom against the monarchal central government of Brazil and in Europe." This species is native to Santa Catarina state, Brazil. | [204] | ||
Herpele fulleri Alcock, 1904 | Caecilian | Bampfylde Fuller | Subsequently transferred to newly created genus Chikila. | [198][205] | ||
Heterocarpus grimaldii A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1900 | Crustacean | Albert I, Prince of Monaco | The prince was born Albert Grimaldi. This species of deep-sea shrimp was described from specimens collected by two of the prince's research yachts, the Hirondelle and the Princesse Alice. | [206] | ||
Heterochaeta grimaldii Richard, 1893 | Crustacean | Albert I, Prince of Monaco | The prince was born Albert Grimaldi. This species of copepod was described from specimens collected by one of the prince's research yachts, the Hirondelle. Subsequently transferred to genus Hemirhabdus. | [207] | ||
Hexactinella grimaldii Topsent, 1890 | Sponge | Albert I, Prince of Monaco | The prince was born Albert Grimaldi. This species was described from specimens collected by one of the prince's research yachts, the Hirondelle. | [66] | ||
Hindsia grimaldii Dautzenberg, 1889 | Sea snail | Albert I, Prince of Monaco | The prince was born Albert Grimaldi. This species of was described from specimens collected by one of the prince's research yachts, the Hirondelle. Subsequently transferred to genus Pisanianura. | [208] | ||
Hogna bonifacioi Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 | Spider | Andrés Bonifacio | This species is endemic to the Philippines. | [209] | ||
Hogna rizali Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 | Spider | José Rizal | This species is endemic to the Philippines. | [209] | ||
Hortipes horta Bosselaers & Jocqué, 2000 | Spider | Victor Horta | "in honor of the famous Jugendstil architect and designer Victor Horta (1861–1947). The elegant curves and angles of the ID [insemination duct] of the present species remind [us of] some of the Horta designs" | [210] | ||
Hortipes klumpkeae Bosselaers & Jocqué, 2000 | Spider | Dorothea Klumpke | "in honor of Dorothea Klumpke (1861–1942), astronomer known for her work on Saturn's rings and for her contributions to the Carte du Ciel program." | [210] | ||
Houdinia Hoare, Dugdale & Watts, 2006 | Moth | Harry Houdini | "The genus is named after the renowned escapologist Harry Houdini (1874–1926). The name alludes not only to the remarkable metamorphosis of the attenuate larva and the adult's escape from the tight confines of the Sporadanthus stem, but also to the manner in which the species itself escaped detection by entomologists for so long." | [211] | ||
Hyale grimaldii Chevreux, 1891 | Crustacean | Albert I, Prince of Monaco | The prince was born Albert Grimaldi. This species of amphipod was described from specimens collected by one of the prince's research yachts, the Hirondelle. Subsequently transferred to genus Protohyale. | [212][213] | ||
Hydraena einsteini Perkins, 2011 | Beetle | Albert Einstein | [214] | |||
Hylomyrma adelae Ulysséa, 2021 | Ant | Adela Zamudio | "named in honor of Adela Zamudio (1854–1928), a Bolivian educator, feminist, and poetess [...] born in Cochabamba, from where this species is known." | [215] | ||
Hylomyrma jeronimae Ulysséa, 2021 | Ant | Jerônima Mesquita | "named after Jerônima Mesquita (1880–1972), a Brazilian feminist, pioneer of the women's suffrage in Brazil. She also advocated for the equality of rights and opportunity of women, and co-founder, along with Berta Lutz (1894–1976) and Stella Guerra Duval (1879–1971), of the League for the Intellectual Emancipation of Women in 1918 (which subsequently became the Brazilian Federation for Women's Progress)." | [215] | ||
Hyloscirtus tolkieni Sánchez-Nivicela, Falcón-Reibán & Cisneros-Heredia, 2023 | Frog | J. R. R. Tolkien | "in honour of the writer, poet, philologist, and academic John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (J.R.R. Tolkien, 1892–1973), creator of Middle-earth and author of fantasy works like The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. The amazing colours of the new species evoke the magnificent creatures that seem to only exist in fantasy worlds." | [216] | ||
Hymenobacter amundsenii Sedláček et al., 2019 | Bacterium | Roald Amundsen | The type strain was isolated from rock samples collected in Antarctica. | [217] | ||
Hypopta mussolinii Turati, 1927 | Moth | Benito Mussolini | A species described from specimens collected in Italian Cyrenaica (present-day Libya); "And this is a magnificent novelty well worthy of bearing the name of the 'Genius of Italy', to whom I dedicate it with reverent admiration." Subsequently synonymised with Mormogystia reibellii. | [218][219] | ||
Hypsiboas alfaroi Caminer & Ron, 2014 | Frog | Eloy Alfaro | A tree frog native to Ecuador, named "for Eloy Alfaro Delgado, former Ecuadorian president (1897–1901 and 1906–1911) and leader of the liberal revolution in Ecuador. His government promoted the separation between church and state and the modernization of Ecuador by supporting education and large-scale systems of transportation and communication." Subsequently transferred to genus Boana. | [220][221] | ||
Hystrichodexia pueyrredoni Brèthes, 1918 | Fly | Honorio Pueyrredón | A parasitic fly from Argentina; the holotype was collected by Pueyrredón, who was Minister of Agriculture at the time. | [222] | ||
Ichneumon potterae Kittel, 2016 | Wasp | Beatrix Potter | Replacement name for Ichneumon vittatus Gmelin, 1790, which was preoccupied by Ichneumon vittatus Geoffroy, 1785. | [43] | ||
Ictinus regis-alberti Schouteden, 1934 | Dragonfly | Albert I of Belgium | A species described from specimens collected in the Belgian Congo (present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo). "I dedicate this new Ictinus, so remarkable, to the memory of H.M. King Albert, a sincere friend of the Congo Museum, whom death has just brutally taken from us." Genus Ictinus was later renamed to Ictinogomphus to avoid homonymy with a different genus of beetles, and the hyphen of the specific name was eliminated, making the current accepted name Ictinogomphus regisalberti. | [223][224] | ||
Idiomacromerus longfellowi Girault, 1917 | Wasp | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | Subsequently synonymised with Idiomacromerus terebrator. | [42] | ||
Inacayalestes † Petrulevičius, 2015 | Damselfly | Inacayal | A fossil species from the Eocene of Neuquén Province, Argentina, named "in honour of Inacayal (1833-1888), Günün a Küne (Puelche) chief (Cacique) of the region of Nahuel Huapi Lake; and "lestes", because [it is a] usual ending for lestoid damselflies. Inacayal was captured by the Argentinean state army (conducted by General Julio Argentino Roca) during the genocidal campaign "Conquest of the Desert" carried out to break the sovereignty of the indigenous communities in Patagonia. After that, he was "rescued" from the detention camp with part of his family by the Perito Francisco Josué Pascasio Moreno in gratitude for his help in a previous Patagonian expedition. He was installed, as a living and afterwards as a dead specimen, in the Museo de La Plata from 1886 to 1888 where he died [for] no clear reasons. His skeleton was restituted to Patagonia by a National Law, after claims by several indigenous communities and a National Senator, in 1994. Nevertheless, other claimed remains as his scalp and brain and also from other members of the community are still part of the collection of the museum." | [225] | ||
Indiocyphon allenbyi Pic, 1918 | Beetle | Edmund Allenby | The description of this species was published in France amid the celebrations for the Armistice of 11 November 1918, end of the hostilities of World War I, in which Allenby was an important figure. The genus Indiocyphon was subsequently synonymised with Calvarium. | [76][130] | ||
Indomarengo chavarapater Malamel, Prajapati, Sudhikumar & Sebastian, 2019 | Spider | Kuriakose Elias Chavara | A jumping spider native to India, "dedicated to Saint Chavara who was a great educator and founder of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI) congregation, the first Catholic congregation in India. The affiliated institution of all the authors is run by the CMI congregation." | [226] | ||
Intelcystiscus teresacarrenoae Ortea & Espinosa, 2016 | Sea snail | Teresa Carreño | "Named in honour of Teresa Carreño (1853-1917), the illustrious Venezuelan pianist and composer, [...] to whom the first edition of the Musiciennes en Guadeloupe festival paid tribute." The species was found in Guadeloupe, during an expedition that took place at the same time as the aforementioned music festival in the islands. |
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