# 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, 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.

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| Taxon | Type | Namesake | Notes | Ref |
| 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. | |
| 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." | |
| 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. | |
| Ablerus longfellowi Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | "This truly remarkable species is respectfully dedicated to Henry W. Longfellow, the poet." | |
| 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." | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| Afrikanetz foucauldi Yakovlev et al., 2023 | Moth | Charles de Foucauld | A carpenter moth found in the Hoggar Mountains, Algeria, "named after Charles Eugène de Foucauld de Pontbriand, Viscount of Foucauld (1858–1916) ‒ a French officer, explorer, geographer, ethnographer, Catholic priest and hermit who lived among the Tuareg people in the Hoggar Mountains. He was assassinated in 1916; canonized by Pope Francis in 2022." | |
| Agave victoriae-reginae T.Moore | Flowering plant | Queen Victoria | | |
| 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." | |
| 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. | |
| 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." | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| Alisphaera gaudii Kleijne et al., 2001 | Algae | Antoni Gaudí | "The coccolith structure reminds of Gaudí's architecture." | |
| Almafuerte Grismado & Carrión, 2017 | Spider | Pedro Bonifacio Palacios and Almafuerte (band) | A genus of South American ground spiders; ""Almafuerte" is the pseudonymous [sic] of Pedro Bonifacio Palacios (San Justo 1854 - La Plata 1917), an influential Argentine poet and teacher; the name is also shared with a famous Argentine heavy-metal band leaded [sic] by Ricardo Iorio." | |
| Alophomopsis spenceri Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Herbert Spencer | Subsequently transferred to the genus Eulophinusia. | |
| Alophomorphella edisoni Girault, 1915 | Wasp | Thomas Edison | Subsequently transferred to the genus Elachertus. | |
| 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." | |
| Amplaria muiri Shear & Krejca, 2007 | Millipede | John Muir | | |
| Anagyrus emersoni Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Ralph Waldo Emerson | "Respectfully dedicated to R. W. Emerson for his essay on "War."" Subsequently transferred to genus Psyllaephagus. | |
| Anagyrus mazzinini Girault, 1915 | Wasp | Giuseppe Mazzini | Subsequently transferred to genus Psyllaephagus. | |
| Anatoma tobeyoides Geiger & Jansen, 2004 | Sea snail | Mark Tobey | "The sculpture of fine, irregularly intersecting lines is reminiscent of the paintings of Mark Tobey." | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | [27][28] [29] |
| 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." | |
| 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) | |
| 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." | |
| 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. | |
| 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." | |
| 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. | |
| Aptostichus dorothealangeae Bond, 2012 | Spider | Dorothea Lange | Found in California's agricultural Central Valley | |
| Aptostichus muiri Bond, 2012 | Spider | John Muir | The species occurs in Yosemite National Park, which Muir was instrumental in founding | |
| 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). | |
| 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." | |
| 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." | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| Arthurdactylus conandoylei † Frey & Martill, 1994 | Pterosaur | Arthur Conan Doyle | Found in jungle similar to where The Lost World was set. | |
| Ascogaster lovelaceae Kittel, 2016 | Wasp | Ada Lovelace | Replacement name for Ascogaster breviventris Tobias, 2000, which was preoccupied by Ascogaster breviventris Granger, 1949. | |
| 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. | |
| Astrarchia stephaniae Finsch & A.B. Meyer, 1885 | Bird | Princess Stéphanie of Belgium | Genus Astrarchia was subsequently synonymised with Astrapia. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| Atoposoma arnoldi Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Matthew Arnold | Subsequently transferred to the genus Cirrospilus. | |
| Atoposoma gregi Girault, 1913 | Wasp | William Rathbone Greg | Subsequently transferred to the genus Cirrospilus. | |
| 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. | |
| Atoposoma mazzinini Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Giuseppe Mazzini | Subsequently transferred to the genus Cirrospilus. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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." | |
| 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. | |
| Baeturia laureli De Boer, 1986 | Cicada | Stan Laurel | | |
| 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. | |
| 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." | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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)). | |
| Belonogaster menelikii Gribodo, 1879 | Wasp | Menelik II | Described from two specimens collected in Shewa (Ethiopian Empire), where Menelik was Negus at the time. | |
| 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." | |
| 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. | |
| Blancoa Huber, 2000 | Spider | Andrés Eloy Blanco | "The generic name honors the Venezuelan poet Andrés Eloy Blanco, author of Angelitos Negros." | |
| 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." | |
| Borrowella Girault, 1923 | Wasp | George Borrow | | |
| 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." | |
| Boudiennyia Girault, 1937 | Wasp | Semyon Budyonny | | |
| 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." | |
| 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). | |
| 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." | |
| 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. | |
| 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." | |
| 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." | |
| 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". | |
| 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." | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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." | |
| 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. | |
| 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). | |
| 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." | |
| Carnegiea Britton & Rose | Cactus | Andrew Carnegie | | |
| Ceraphron aguinaldoi Dessart, 1981 | Wasp | Emilio Aguinaldo | This species is native to Luzon, birthplace of Aguinaldo. | |
| Cerapterocerus emersoni Girault, 1915 | Wasp | Ralph Waldo Emerson | | |
| Ceratoneuronomyia arnoldi Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Matthew Arnold | Subsequently transferred to the genus Tetrastichus. | |
| Ceratoneuropsis poincarei Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Henri Poincaré | | |
| 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. | |
| Cervus roosevelti Merriam, 1897 | Deer | Theodore Roosevelt | Subsequently demoted to subspecies status, as Cervus canadensis roosevelti. | |
| Chaenusa trumani Kula, 2008 | Wasp | Harry S. Truman | | |
| 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 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." | |
| 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.) | |
| Cheiracanthium tagorei Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 2003 | Spider | Rabindranath Tagore | A species of yellow sac spider native to Bangladesh. | |
| 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). | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| Chrysocharis dumasi Girault, 1915 | Wasp | Alexandre Dumas | Subsequently transferred to genus Chrysonotomyia. | |
| Chrysolina pascolii Bieńkowski, 2024 | Beetle | Giovanni Pascoli | A leaf beetle native to Sichuan, China, "named after Giovanni Pascoli (1855–1912), an Italian poet. The name for this species was suggested by my friend M. Daccordi, who presented me the type specimens." | |
| 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." | |
| Chrysopophagus mazzinini Girault, 1915 | Wasp | Giuseppe Mazzini | Subsequently transferred to genus Cheiloneurus. | |
| Cirratulus alfonsinae Saracho-Bottero & Elías, 2019 | Polychaete worm | Alfonsina Storni | A species from the coasts of Argentina, "dedicated to Alfonsina Storni (1892-1938). She was a teacher and was a poet, and her prose was feminist. Critics attribute [her] an originality that changed the meaning of Latin American lyrics. She had breast cancer and chose suicide. She threw herself from the breakwater of the Club Argentino de Mujeres, from the city of Mar del Plata, although a song dedicated in her honor portrayed her slowly entering the sea." | |
| 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. | |
| 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." | |
| 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. | |
| Clepsydra truganiniae Vyverman et al. | Diatom | Truganini | This species is endemic to lakes of Tasmania. | |
| Closterocerus curtisi Girault, 1915 | Wasp | George William Curtis | | |
| Closterocerus rostandi Girault, 1915 | Wasp | Edmond Rostand | | |
| Closterocerus zangwilli Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Israel Zangwill | "Dedicated to Israel Zangwill for his tragedy The War God." | |
| 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." | |
| 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. | |
| Cobitis aliyeae Freyhof, Bayçelebi & Geiger, 2018 | Fish | Fatma Aliye Topuz | A species of loach from Turkey. | |
| Coccidoxenus wundti Girault, 1915 | Wasp | Wilhelm Wundt | Subsequently transferred to genus Psyllaephagus. | |
| Coccophagus thoreauini Girault, 1915 | Wasp | Henry David Thoreau | Subsequently transferred to genus Encarsia. | |
| 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 actually a post-impressionist], living for several years in French Polynesia." | |
| Collastoma anderseni Roehl, 2017 | Flatworm | Hans Christian Andersen | | |
| Colletes gandhi Kuhlmann, 2003 | Bee | Mahatma Gandhi | This species is native to India. | |
| 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) | |
| 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." | |
| Corynebacterium curieae Cappelli et al., 2023 | Bacterium | Marie Curie | | |
| Corynebacterium lehmanniae Cappelli et al., 2023 | Bacterium | Inge Lehmann | | |
| Corynebacterium marquesiae Cappelli et al., 2023 | Bacterium | Branca Edmée Marques | | |
| Corynebacterium meitnerae Cappelli et al., 2023 | Bacterium | Lise Meitner | | |
| Cosmocomoidea renani Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Ernest Renan | Subsequently transferred to genus Lymaenon. | |
| Crambus bellinii Bassi, 2014 | Moth | Vincenzo Bellini | | |
| Crambus berliozi Bassi, 2012 | Moth | Hector Berlioz | | |
| 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) | |
| Cremastobaeus boolei Veenakumari, 2017 | Wasp | George Boole | | |
| 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." | |
| 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." | |
| 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. | |
| Cristatithorax hugoi Girault, 1915 | Wasp | Victor Hugo | Subsequently transferred to genus Cheiloneurus | |
| Crocidosema nitsugai Vargas, 2019 | Moth | Agustín Barrios | "dedicated to the memory of the great Paraguayan guitarist and composer Agustín Pío Barrios, also known as Nitsuga Mangoré, as an acknowledgement to his amazing musical contribution." | |
| 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." | |
| 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." | |
| 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. | |
| Cyclocephala freudi Endrödi, 1963 | Beetle | Sigmund Freud | | |
| Cyclocephala rorschachoides Ratcliffe, 1992 | Beetle | Hermann Rorschach | | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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." | |
| 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) | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| Dendrobium victoriae-reginae Loher | Orchid | Queen Victoria | | |
| 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." | |
| 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. | [142][143] [144] |
| 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). | |
| 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." | |
| 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. | |
| Dolecta akhmatovae Naydenov, Yakovlev, Penco & Sinyaev, 2020 | Moth | Anna Akhmatova | | |
| Dolecta bulgakovi Naydenov, Yakovlev, Penco & Sinyaev, 2020 | Moth | Mikhail Bulgakov | | |
| Dolecta chekhovi Naydenov, Yakovlev, Penco & Sinyaev, 2020 | Moth | Anton Chekhov | | |
| Dolecta dostoevskyi Naydenov, Yakovlev, Penco & Sinyaev, 2020 | Moth | Fyodor Dostoevsky | | |
| Dolecta esenini Naydenov, Yakovlev, Penco & Sinyaev, 2020 | Moth | Sergei Yesenin | The surname Есенин is sometimes romanized as Esenin. | |
| Dolecta gertseni Naydenov, Yakovlev, Penco & Sinyaev, 2020 | Moth | Alexander Herzen | The surname Ге́рцен is sometimes romanised as Gertsen. | |
| Dolecta gogoli Naydenov, Yakovlev, Penco & Sinyaev, 2020 | Moth | Nikolai Gogol | | |
| Dolecta lermontovi Naydenov, Yakovlev, Penco & Sinyaev, 2020 | Moth | Mikhail Lermontov | | |
| Dolecta nekrasovi Naydenov, Yakovlev, Penco & Sinyaev, 2020 | Moth | Nikolay Nekrasov | | |
| Dolecta ostrovskyi Naydenov, Yakovlev, Penco & Sinyaev, 2020 | Moth | Alexander Ostrovsky | | |
| Dolecta saltykovishchedrini Naydenov, Yakovlev, Penco & Sinyaev, 2020 | Moth | Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin | | |
| Dolecta stanyukovichi Naydenov, Yakovlev, Penco & Sinyaev, 2020 | Moth | Konstantin Stanyukovich | | |
| Dolecta tolstoyi Naydenov, Yakovlev, Penco & Sinyaev, 2020 | Moth | Leo Tolstoy | | |
| Dolecta turgenevi Naydenov, Yakovlev, Penco & Sinyaev, 2020 | Moth | Ivan Turgenev | | |
| 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. | |
| Draculoides bramstokeri Harvey & Humphreys, 1995 | Schizomid | Bram Stoker | | |
| 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." | |
| Dysanabatium johannesi † Bogri, Solodovnikov & Żyła, 20188 | Beetle | Johannes V. Jensen | A fossil rove beetle found in Eocene Baltic amber. | |
| Effigia okeeffeae † Nesbitt & Norell, 2006 | Archosaur | Georgia O'Keeffe | From the Triassic period. Closest living relatives are the crocodilians | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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". | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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" | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| Emersonella Girault, 1916 | Wasp | Ralph Waldo Emerson | | |
| Emersonia Girault, 1933 | Wasp | Ralph Waldo Emerson | Subsequently synonimised with genus Dipara. | |
| Emersonopsis Girault, 1917 | Wasp | Ralph Waldo Emerson | Subsequently synonimised with genus Paracrias. | |
| 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." | |
| Encyrtus newcombi Girault, 1915 | Wasp | Simon Newcomb | Subsequently transferred to genus Microterys. | |
| Encyrtus wundti Girault, 1915 | Wasp | Wilhelm Wundt | Immediately after its formal description, within the same paper, this species was transferred to genus Paraphaenodiscus. | |
| Entedonomorpha renani Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Ernest Renan | Subsequently transferred to genus Deutereulophus. | |
| Entedonomphale esenini Triapitsyn, 2005 | Wasp | Sergei Yesenin | The surname Есенин is sometimes romanized as Esenin. | |
| Entedonomphale lermontovi Triapitsyn, 2005 | Wasp | Mikhail Lermontov | | |
| Epiquadrastichus emersoni Girault, 1915 | Wasp | Ralph Waldo Emerson | Subsequently transferred to genus Neotrichoporoides. | |
| Epitetrastichus longfellowi Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | Subsequently synonymised with Aprostocetus hagenowii (Ratzeburg, 1852) | |
| 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. | |
| Erigone malvari Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 | Spider | Miguel Malvar | This species is endemic to the Philippines. | |
| 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. | |
| 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." | |
| 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. | |
| 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." | |
| 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." | |
| Eucteniza panchovillai Bond & Godwin, 2013 | Spider | Pancho Villa | Discovered in San Juan del Rio, Durango, birthplace of Villa | |
| 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." | |
| 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". | |
| Eudorcas thomsonii Günther, 1884 | Gazelle | Joseph Thomson | | |
| Eupelmus dumasi Girault, 1915 | Wasp | Alexandre Dumas | | |
| Eupelmus greelyi Girault, 1915 | Wasp | Adolphus Greely | | |
| Eupelmus renani Girault, 1915 | Wasp | Ernest Renan | | |
| Eupithecia nabokovi McDunnough, 1945 | Moth | Vladimir Nabokov | A North American geometer moth described from specimens collected by Nabokov. | |
| Euplectrotetrastichus spenceri Girault, 1915 | Wasp | Herbert Spencer | Genus Euplectrotetrastichus subsequently synonymised with Sigmophora. | |
| Euplocania teslai Vinasco-Mondragón, González-Obando & García Aldrete, 2022 | Barklouse | Nikola Tesla | | |
| 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. | |
| Euryischia sumneri Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Charles Sumner | "Dedicated with much respect to Charles Sumner for his orations on war." | |
| Euryischomyia washingtoni Girault, 1914 | Wasp | Booker T. Washington | | |
| Eurytoma lincolni Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Abraham Lincoln | | |
| Eurytoma mazzinii Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Giuseppe Mazzini | "Dedicated to Giuseppe Mazzini for his The Duties of Man." | |
| Eurytoma poincarei Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Henri Poincaré | | |
| 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) | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| Felis margarita Loche, 1858 | Cat | Jean Auguste Margueritte | | |
| Fernandocrambus chopinellus Błeszyński, 1967 | Moth | Frédéric Chopin | | |
| Foenatopus prousti Aguiar & Turrisi, 2010 | Wasp | Marcel Proust | | |
| Froudeana Girault, 1928 | Wasp | James Anthony Froude | Subsequently synonymised with Omphalodipara. | |
| 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?" | |
| Gabrius tolkieni Schillhammer, 1997 | Beetle | J. R. R. Tolkien | | |
| Gastrancistrus robertsoni Girault, 1915 | Wasp | Frederick William Robertson | | |
| 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" | |
| 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). | |
| 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). | |
| 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." | |
| 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. | |
| 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). | |
| 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)) | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| Gonatocerus poincarei Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Henri Poincaré | Subsequently transferred to the genus Lymaenon. | |
| Gonatocerus tolstoii Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Leo Tolstoy | "Dedicated to Leo N. Tolstoi for his work War and Peace." Subsequently transferred to the genus Lymaenon. | |
| 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." | |
| Gounodia Girault, 1940 | Wasp | Charles Gounod | Subsequently synonymised with Epistenoterys. | |
| 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. | |
| Grantanna Girault, 1939 | Wasp | Ulysses S. Grant | This genus was subsequently synonymised with Ufens Girault, 1911 | |
| 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. | [198][199] [200][201] |
| 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. | |
| Grotiusella pearsoni Girault, 1915 | Wasp | Karl Pearson | Genus Grotiusella was subsequently synonymised with Eulophinusia. | |
| Grotiusella thoreauini Girault, 1915 | Wasp | Henry David Thoreau | Genus Grotiusella was subsequently synonymised with Eulophinusia. | |
| 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) | |
| 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) | |
| 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." | |
| Gynacantha lyttoni Fraser, 1926 | Dragonfly | Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton | Subsequently synonymised with Gynacantha bayadera Selys, 1891. | |
| Gyrolasomyia washingtoni Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Booker T. Washington | | |
| 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." | |
| Heleioporus eyrei Gray, 1845 | Frog | Edward John Eyre | | |
| 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'." | |
| 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. | |
| 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." | |
| 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." | |
| Hemiargus bornoi Comstock & Huntington, 1943 | Butterfly | Louis Borno | This species was described from specimens collected in Haiti. Subsequently transferred to genus Pseudochrysops. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| Herpele fulleri Alcock, 1904 | Caecilian | Bampfylde Fuller | Subsequently transferred to newly created genus Chikila. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| Hogna bonifacioi Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 | Spider | Andrés Bonifacio | This species is endemic to the Philippines. | |
| Hogna rizali Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 | Spider | José Rizal | This species is endemic to the Philippines. | |
| 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" | |
| 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." | |
| 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." | |
| 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. | |
| Hydraena einsteini Perkins, 2011 | Beetle | Albert Einstein | | |
| 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." | |
| 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)." | |
| 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." | |
| Hymenobacter amundsenii Sedláček et al., 2019 | Bacterium | Roald Amundsen | The type strain was isolated from rock samples collected in Antarctica. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| Ichneumon potterae Kittel, 2016 | Wasp | Beatrix Potter | Replacement name for Ichneumon vittatus Gmelin, 1790, which was preoccupied by Ichneumon vittatus Geoffroy, 1785. | |
| 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. | |
| Idiomacromerus longfellowi Girault, 1917 | Wasp | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | Subsequently synonymised with Idiomacromerus terebrator. | |
| 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." | |
| 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. | |
| 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." | |
| 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. | |
| Iotreron eugeniae Gould, 1856 | Bird | Eugénie de Montijo | The White-headed fruit dove, endemic to the Solomon Islands. Genus Iotreron was subsequently synonymised with Ptilinopus. | |
| Ischnopelta coralinae Rosso & Campos, 2021 | True bug | Cora Coralina | A shield bug named "in honor to the poet Cora Coralina, codename for Anna Lins dos Guimarães Peixoto Bretas, born in Goiás (Goiás, Brazil). Her poetic work is rich in the daily life of the Brazilian interior, and her first book was published when she was almost 76 years old. She died at 95 years old. The specimens used for the description of the species are mostly from the poet's birth city and nearby locations." | |
| Ixchela juarezi Valdez-Mondragón, 2013 | Spider | Benito Juárez | A cellar spider from Mexico "dedicated to Benito Juárez García (1806–1872) in recognition of his role in the Mexican History; he was a Mexican lawyer and politician of Zapotec Indian origin and President of Mexico on several occasions, between 18 December 1857 and 18 July 1872. Born in Guelatao, municipality of the type locality of the species." | |
| Ixchela panchovillai Valdez-Mondragón, 2020 | Spider | Pancho Villa | A cellar spider from Mexico "dedicated to Doroteo Arango Arámbula, better known as "Francisco Villa", "Pancho Villa", or "Centauro del Norte"; a famous Mexican revolutionary who fought during the Mexican Revolution (1910-1917) in the North of Mexico." | |
| Ixchela zapatai Valdez-Mondragón, 2020 | Spider | Emiliano Zapata | A cellar spider from Mexico "dedicated to Emiliano Zapata Salazar, better known as "Emiliano Zapata, el Caudillo del Sur", a famous Mexican revolutionary who fought during the Mexican Revolution (1910-1917) in the Central-South region of Mexico." | |
| Janssoniella kawabatai Tselikh, 2020 | Wasp | Yasunari Kawabata | This species is native to Japan and South Korea. | |
| Kahlerosphaera hamvasi † Kozur, Moix & Ozsvárt, 2007 | Protist | Béla Hamvas | A fossil radiolarian from the Triassic of Turkey. | |
| Kalayaan bonifacioi Corpuz-Raros 1998 | Mite | Andrés Bonifacio | This species, endemic to the Philippines, "is named in honor of the late Supremo Andres Bonifacio, who founded the revolutionary movement, Kataas-Taasan Kagalanggalangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan or KKK, a major force behind the Philippine revolution against Spain." The name of the genus Kalayaan means "freedom" in Filipino language, and was created concurrently to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Philippine Declaration of Independence (12 June 1898). | |
| Kalayaan rizali Corpuz-Raros 1998 | Mite | José Rizal | This species, endemic to the Philippines, "is named in honor of the Philippines' National Hero, Dr Jose Protacio Rizal, whose nationalist writings and exposés on the abuses of Spanish authorities enlightened the Filipino people and emboldened armed revolutionaries to take more decisive actions in their struggle for independence from Spain." The name of the genus Kalayaan means "freedom" in Filipino language, and was created concurrently to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Philippine Declaration of Independence (12 June 1898). | |
| Kalanchoe × poincarei Raym.-Hamet & H.Perrier | Flowering plant | Raymond Poincaré | "This curious crassulacea, having been recognized as new on February 17, 1913, the day of the election of Mr. Raymond Poincaré to the presidency of the Republic, we are pleased to give the name of the eminent statesman to this new species from one of our richest colonies [Madagascar]." | |
| Kalanchoe salazari Raym.-Hamet | Flowering plant | António de Oliveira Salazar | A species of succulent plant native to Angola, described from a specimen housed at the herbarium of the University of Coimbra; "a new and well-characterised species that we are pleased to dedicate to the eminent professor of the University of Coimbra, President Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, whose political genius made a new sun rise on the destiny of Portugal." | |
| Kerygmachela kierkegaardi † Budd, 1993 | Early Arthropod | Søren Kierkegaard | An early arthropod from the Cambrian period. The fossils were found in Greenland and are housed at the University of Copenhagen Geological Museum. | |
| Khamul tolkeini Gates, 2008 | Wasp | J. R. R. Tolkien | "named in honor of J. R. R. Tolkein [sic] for his profound impact on the fantasy literature genre." The generic name Khamul is "named for the only Nazgl [sic] specifically named by J. R. R. Tolkein [sic], Khaml [sic], the Shadow of the East (aka Black Easterling)" | |
| Kora corallina Simone, 2012 | Snail | Cora Coralina | A species native to Brazil. "The specific epithet refers to the outline of the shell, resembling a coral polyp, from the Latin corallium. The name is also a regard to Cora Coralina, the pseudonym of Ana Lins dos Guimarães Peixoto Bretas (1889-1985), a famous Brazilian poet novelist." | |
| Kruschevia † Flower, 1961 | Worm | Nikita Khrushchev | A fossil from the Ordovician of New Mexico, USA. Named by Rousseau H. Flower to show his dislike of the Soviet Premier. "One body, which resembles a fossil wart, I have named for a certain international figure whose activities in Washington made me seriously late in arriving at the U.S. National Museum." (This refers to the State visit by Nikita Khrushchev to the United States in 1959). | |
| Kuskaella bajerae † Fanti & Damgaard, 2018 | Beetle | Matilde Bajer | A fossil soldier beetle found in Baltic amber from the Eocene of Kaliningrad Oblast. "This new species is named in memory of the Danish women's rights activist and pacifist Pauline Matilde Theodora Bajer" | |
| Lactobacillus curieae Lei, Sun, Xie & Wei, 2013 | Bacterium | Marie Curie | A lactic acid bacterium isolated from stinky tofu brine in China. "named after Marie Curie, a role model for female scientists." Subsequently transferred to genus Lentilactobacillus. | |
| Ladeaschistus borgesi Cioato, Bianchi, Eger & Grazia, 2015 | True bug | Jorge Luis Borges | "Named in honor of Jorge Luis Borges, one of the most important writers from South-America. This late Argentinean writer is a milestone of literary fiction with his metaphysical tales, essays, and poetry." | |
| Lamprolia victoriae Finsch, 1874 | Bird | Victoria, Princess Royal | "I have great pleasure in naming this most remarkable and brilliant new species Lamprolia victoriae, in honour of Her Imperial and Royal Highness Victoria, Crown-Princess of the German Empire and of Prussia." Known as the Taveuni silktail, this bird is endemic to the island of Taveuni in Fiji. | |
| Lathrolestes fiedleri Reshchikov, 2015 | Wasp | Arkady Fiedler | | |
| Leda whitmani † Dall, 1909 | Bivalve | Marcus Whitman | A fossil clam from the Pleistocene of Oregon, US. Genus Leda was subsequently synonymised with Nuculana. | |
| Leiochrodes georgi Pic, 1918 | Beetle | George V | 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 George V was an important figure. | |
| Leiochrodes haigi Pic, 1918 | Beetle | Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig | 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 Haig was an important figure. | |
| Leiochrodes kitchneri Pic, 1918 | Beetle | Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener | 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 Kitchener was an important figure. | |
| Leiorhagium korngoldi Haase & Bouchet, 1998 | Freshwater snail | Erich Wolfgang Korngold | "dedicated to Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897–1957), one of the favourite composers of the first author." | |
| Leiorhagium mussorgskyi Haase & Bouchet, 1998 | Freshwater snail | Modest Mussorgsky | "named after one of the first author's favourite composers, Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881)." | |
| Leistus becheti Allegro, 2007 | Beetle | Sidney Bechet | "I dedicate this species to the saxophonist Sidney Bechet, the pioneer of soprano sax players in jazz." | |
| Lelapsomorpha myersi Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Frederic W. H. Myers | | |
| Leninia † Fischer et al., 2013 | Ichthyosaur | Vladimir Lenin | "The museum where [the type specimen] is housed is located within the Lenin Memorial and Lenin school complex in Ulyanovsk; accordingly, the generic name reflects the geohistorical location of the find." | |
| Lepidoteuthis grimaldii Joubin, 1895 | Squid | Albert I, Prince of Monaco | The prince was born Albert Grimaldi. | |
| Lepithrix freudi Schein, 1959 | Beetle | Sigmund Freud | | |
| Lepralia 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 synonymised with Cheiloporina circumcincta. | |
| Leptacis kierkegaardi Buhl, 1997 | Wasp | Søren Kierkegaard | The specimens used to describe this species (collected in New Guinea) were deposited in the University of Copenhagen Zoological Museum, Denmark. | |
| Leucothoe tolkieni Vinogradov, 1990 | Crustacean | J. R. R. Tolkien | | |
| Leviathan melvillei † Lambert et al., 2010 | Whale | Herman Melville | An extinct whale: Melville is the author of Moby Dick. | |
| Limitolagus roosevelti † Fostowicz-Frelik, 2013 | Rabbit | Theodore Roosevelt | A fossil species of rabbit from the Eocene-Oligocene boundary of Wyoming, US, named "after Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States of America and a keen naturalist." | |
| Lincolna Girault, 1940 | Wasp | Abraham Lincoln | | |
| Lincolnanna Girault, 1939 | Wasp | Abraham Lincoln | This genus was subsequently synonymised with Pterisemoppa Girault, 1933. | |
| Liolaemus gardeli Varrastro, Maneyro, da Silva & Farias, 2017 | Lizard | Carlos Gardel | "This new species is named after the famous Uruguayan tango singer, Carlos Gardel, who died in a plane crash in 1935. Gardel's birthplace was widely disputed and claimed by Uruguay, France, and Argentina, but recent research has confirmed that Gardel is the illegitimate son of a Uruguayan farmer. According to historical data from the book, Carlos Gardel – el silencio de Tacuarembó, authored by Selva Ortiz (1994), Gardel was born in the Tacuarembó Department (Uruguay), in the same region of the type locality of this newly described species." (NOTE: Gardel's birthplace is still controversial) | |
| Liphanthus yrigoyeni Packer, 2019 | Bee | Hipólito Yrigoyen | A species from Argentina; "An alternative name for Iturbe, the type locality, is Hipólito Yrigoyen, after Juan Hipólito del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Yrigoyen Alem, a progressive politician and two-time president of Argentina." | |
| Lithodes grimaldii A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1894 | Crustacean | Albert I, Prince of Monaco | The prince was born Albert Grimaldi. Known as porcupine crab, this species of king crab was described from specimens collected by one of the prince's research yachts, the Hirondelle. Immediately after its formal description, in the appendix of the same paper, it was transferred to the newly created genus Neolithodes. | |
| Litomylus osceolae † Van Valen, 1978 | Condylarth (an extinct order of mammals) | Osceola | A fossil mammal from the Paleocene of New Mexico. Subsequently transferred to the genus Hemithlaeus. | |
| Lophyrus victoria Fraser, 1844 | Pigeon | Queen Victoria | A species of crowned pigeon from New Guinea, named "In honour of Her Most Gracious Majesty, the Patroness of the Society" (Zoological Society of London). Subsequently transferred to genus Goura. | |
| Lumieria Benedetti & Pinto-da-Rocha, 2022 | Harvestman | Lumière brothers | "derived from Auguste Marie Louis Nicholas Lumière (1862–1954) and Louis Jean Lumière (1864–1948), the Lumière brothers, who were the inventors of [the] cinematograph, being frequently referred like the parents of the "Cinema"." | |
| Luthulenchelys McCosker, 2007 | Fish | Albert Luthuli | A genus of snake eels from the coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, named "in honour of Chief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli of KwaZulu-Natal, Africa's first winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and former President of the African National Congress" | |
| Lycoriella pearyi Menzel & Vilkamaa, 2021 | Fly | Robert Peary | A dark-winged fungus gnat native to Greenland, "named after the polar explorer Robert Edwin Peary (1856–1920), one of the pioneers in the study of Greenland." | |
| Lyngbya shackletoni West & G.S. West, 1911 | Bacterium | Ernest Shackleton | A freshwater cyanobacterium native to Antarctica, described from specimens collected at Hut Point Peninsula by the Nimrod Expedition, led by Shackleton. Subsequently transferred to the genus Porphyrosiphon. | |
| Macellicephala grimaldii Fauvel, 1913 | Polychaete worm | Albert I, Prince of Monaco | The prince was born Albert Grimaldi. This species of scale worm was described from specimens collected in the Bay of Biscay by two of the prince's research yachts, the Hirondelle and the Princesse Alice. | |
| Macrobiotus sklodowskae Michalczyk, Kaczmarek & Węglarska, 2006 | Tardigrade | Marie Curie | A species from Cyprus described by Polish scientists and named "in recognition of the outstanding Polish scientist Maria Skłodowska-Curie (1867–1934) who co-discovered radium, polonium and natural radiation, the first woman to win the Nobel Prize and the first scientist to win two Nobel Prizes (1903 and 1911)." | |
| Macrocyphon deporti Pic, 1918 | Beetle | Joseph-Albert Deport | 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 Deport's invention, the Canon de 75 modèle 1897, had been widely used by the French Army. | |
| Macrocyphon 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. | |
| Macrocyphon ronarchi Pic, 1918 | Beetle | Pierre Alexis Ronarc'h | 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 Ronarc'h was an important figure. | |
| Macropoliana haileselassiei Eitschberger & Melichar, 2016 | Moth | Haile Selassie | A species native to Ethiopia and named "to commemorate the last regent of Ethiopia and the last Emperor of Abyssinia, who was born on 23.VII.1892 and died in captivity under mysterious circumstances on 27.VIII.1975 after doing nothing about the 1974 famine in the country and being deprived of power. He is said to have been the 225th successor of King Solomon." | |
| Macrostylis roaldi Riehl & Kaiser, 2012 | Crustacean | Roald Amundsen | "dedicated to the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, eponym of the type locality (Amundsen Sea), in order to mark the 100th anniversary of Amundsen as the first person to reach the geographic South Pole on December 14th 1911." | |
| Mahidolia H. M. Smith, 1932 | Fish | Mahidol Adulyadej | A genus of gobies described from specimens collected in Thailand (then known as Siam). "The genus is named in honor of His Royal Highness Prince Mahidol of Songkla, deceased, in appreciation of his substantial interest in the fishes and fisheries of Siam. This interest was manifested in various ways, notably by the setting aside of a large fund for sending young Siamese abroad for special training in fishery work." | |
| Marginella roosevelti Bartsch & Rehder, 1939 | Sea snail | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Described from specimens collected by the 1938 Presidential Cruise aboard USS Houston. Subsequently transferred to genus Prunum. | |
| Malthodes henningseni † Fanti & Damgaard, 2018 | Beetle | Poul Henningsen | A fossil soldier beetle found in Baltic amber from the Eocene of Kaliningrad Oblast, "named in memory of the Danish author, critic, architect and designer Poul Henningsen [...], in recognition of his cultural contributions." | |
| Martesia tolkieni Kennedy, 1974 | Bivalve | J. R. R. Tolkien | | |
| Marxella Girault, 1932 | Wasp | Karl Marx | | |
| Marxiana Girault, 1932 | Wasp | Karl Marx | | |
| Mathilda (Fimbriatella) amundseni † Marincovich, 1993 | Sea snail | Roald Amundsen | A fossil species from the Paleocene of Prince Creek Formation in Arctic Alaska, "named in honor of the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, whose conquest of the Northwest Passage in the ship Gjøa ended in 1905 along the Arctic coast not far from Ocean Point." (the type locality) | |
| Mayopyge zapata † Adrain & Fortey 1997 | Trilobite | Emiliano Zapata | "The pygidial spines droop in the style of a moustache." | |
| Membraniporella 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. | |
| Memorocyphon gallienii Pic, 1918 | Beetle | Joseph Gallieni | 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 Gallieni was an important figure. | |
| Menura alberti Bonaparte, 1850 | Bird | Albert, Prince Consort | | |
| Merriamium roosevelti de Laubenfels, 1939 | Sponge | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Described from specimens collected by the 1938 Presidential Cruise aboard USS Houston. Subsequently transferred to genus Lissodendoryx. | |
| Mesabolivar borgesi Huber, 2018 | Spider | Jorge Luis Borges | This species is native to Argentina. | |
| Mesenteripora grimaldii Jullien, 1903 | 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 Hirondelle. | |
| Metallonella longfellowi Girault, 1915 | Wasp | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | Subsequently transferred to genus Mesorhopella. | |
| Micromaldane shackletoni Darbyshire, 2013 | Polychaete worm | Ernest Shackleton | A species from the Falkland Islands, "named after Sir Ernest Shackleton, Antarctic explorer, for whom the Shackleton Scholarship Fund is commemorated, in recognition of the Fund's support of this work." | |
| Microplitis kovalevskayae Kittel, 2016 | Wasp | Sofya Kovalevskaya | Proposed as replacement name for Microplitis bicoloratus Chen, 2004, which was preoccupied by Microplitis bicoloratus Xu & He, 2003. However, it was later found that Microplitis bicoloratus Chen, 2004 is a junior synonym of Microplitis prodeniae Rao & Kurian, 1950, making Kittel's replacement name unnecessary. | |
| Mimatuta makpialutae † Van Valen, 1978 | Condylarth (an extinct order of mammals) | Red Cloud | A fossil mammal from the Paleocene of Wyoming, named after Red Cloud's Lakota name, Makhapialuta. | |
| Mirocossus chukovskyi Yakovlev, 2022 | Moth | Korney Chukovsky | A species from Bioko island, Equatorial Guinea, described by a Russian scientist. "The new species is named after the famous Russian children's poet, essayist, literary critic, and translator Korney I. Chukovsky (1882-1969). In one of his most popular children’s poems, "Doktor Aybolit [Dr. Ouch, [it] hurts!]" there are lines "We live in Zanzibar, In the Kalahari and the Sahara, On Mount Fernando Po, Where Hippo Po walks Along the wide Limpopo", reading which for the first time, the author of the article (at the age of five) became interested in the geography and nature of Africa, to the study of which he later devoted his life." | |
| Mischocyttarus verissimoi Silveira, 2015 | Wasp | José Veríssimo | A paper wasp native to Brazil and Colombia, named "in homage to José Veríssimo Dias de Matos (1857–1916), a Brazilian writer and former director of the Pará State Board of Education who had a very important role in the reorganization of the Museu Paraense in 1891." | |
| Mitra berlineri † Maury, 1917 | Sea snail | Emile Berliner | A fossil species from the Pliocene of the Dominican Republic. "I take the greatest pleasure in naming this splendid Mitra in honor of Mr. Emile Berliner, of Washington, D.C., as a slight token of appreciation of his generous gift of the Sarah Berliner Foundation, which has made this work possible." | |
| Monetianthus † E.M.Friis et al. | Flowering plant | Claude Monet | A genus of fossil aquatic plants related to water lilies, from the Cretaceous of Portugal, whose name derives "From the French impressionist artist Claude Monet, in appreciation of his paintings of water lilies." | |
| Muntiacus rooseveltorum Osgood, 1932 | Deer | Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Kermit Roosevelt | | |
| Mymar tyndalli Girault, 1912 | Wasp | John Tyndall | Subsequently synonymised with Mymar taprobanicum Ward, 1875. | |
| Myrmarachne coppeti Berland & Millot, 1941 | Spider | Jules Marcel de Coppet | A species of jumping spider that mimics ants, described from a specimen collected in Senegal, where Coppet had been colonial governor-general (as part of French West Africa). Subsequently synonymised with Myrmarachne elongata. | |
| Nabokovia Hemming, 1960 | Butterfly | Vladimir Nabokov | A nomen novum for a genus Nabokov previously named | |
| Nannenus maughami Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2012 | Spider | W. Somerset Maugham | A species of jumping spider native to Sumatra, Indonesia. | |
| Nanocthulhu lovecrafti Buffington, 2012 | Wasp | H. P. Lovecraft | The genus name invokes Lovecraft's character Cthulhu | |
| Navicula (Pinnularia) shackletoni West & G.S. West | Diatom | Ernest Shackleton | A freshwater species native to Antarctica, described from specimens collected at Cape Royds by the Nimrod Expedition, led by Shackleton. The subgenus Pinnularia was subsequently elevated to genus status. | |
| Neanastatus reymondi Girault, 1915 | Wasp | Paul du Bois-Reymond | | |
| Neanthes roosevelti Hartman, 1939 | Polychaete worm | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Described from specimens collected by the 1938 Presidential Cruise aboard USS Houston. | |
| Neapterolelaps lodgei Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Oliver Lodge | "Respectfully dedicated to Sir Oliver J. Lodge for his interest in and contributions to a difficult field of Psychology, one of the highest importance to mankind but of the least acknowledged." | |
| Nearretocera johnstoni Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Mary Johnston | "This beautiful species is respectfully dedicated to Mary Johnston for her war-incriminating novel Cease Firing." | |
| Neobisium chaimweizmanni Ćurčić & Dimitrijević, 2002 | Pseudoscorpion | Chaim Weizmann | "After the name of a famous chemist and statesman, otherwise the first President of Israel." | |
| Neobisium davidbengurioni Ćurčić & Dimitrijević, 2002 | Pseudoscorpion | David Ben-Gurion | "After the name of a noted politician and publicist, David BenGurion, otherwise the first Prime Minister of Israel." | |
| Neobisium goldameirae Ćurčić & Dimitrijević, 2002 | Pseudoscorpion | Golda Meir | "After the name of the Mother of Israel, Ms. Golda Meir, a noted Israeli politician and the former Prime Minister of the country." | |
| Neobisium marcchagalli Ćurčić & Ćurčić, 2002 | Pseudoscorpion | Marc Chagall | "After the name of Marc Chagall, a famous Russian-Jewish painter." | |
| Neomegamphopus roosevelti Shoemaker, 1942 | Crustacean | Franklin D. Roosevelt | An amphipod described from specimens collected by the 1938 Presidential Cruise aboard USS Houston. "I take great pleasure in naming this species for the Hon. Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, in appreciation of his interest in the biological bollections of the U.S. National Museum". | |
| Neomerinthe hemingwayi Fowler, 1935 | Fish | Ernest Hemingway | A species of scorpionfish from the Atlantic Ocean, known as spiny-cheek scorpionfish. It is the type species of its genus. "For Ernest Hemingway, author and angler of great game fishes, in appreciation of his assistance in my work on Gulf Stream fishes." | |
| Neozygina zapatai Dietrich & Dmitriev, 2007 | Leafhopper | Emiliano Zapata | A species native to Jalisco, Mexico, "named in memory of Emilano Zapata Salazar (1879–1919), hero of the Mexican Revolution." | |
| Nephelomys ricardopalmai Ruelas, Pacheco, Inche & Tinoco, 2021 | Rodent | Ricardo Palma | A rice rat from Peruvian Amazonia, named "in honor of the Peruvian politician, journalist, and writer Ricardo Palma Soriano (1833–1919). Among his main achievements, Ricardo Palma is recognized for the foundation of the Academia Peruana de la Lengua, for his traditional writing about the Peruvian customs represented in his well-known Tradiciones Peruanas, and for the reconstruction of the National Library after the War of the Pacific (1879–1883) as part of the post-war national reconstruction, for which he was named as "El Bibliotecario mendigo" ("The beggar Librarian"). In this war, the original manuscript of his novel Los Marañones was burned [...], which was said to narrate the Spanish explorer's adventures and rebel conquistador [sic] Lope de Aguirre in the Peruvian Amazonian." | |
| Neptunides stanleyi Janson, 1984 | Beetle | Henry Morton Stanley | A flower chafer beetle first collected near Boyoma Falls (then known as Stanley Falls), in the present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo. "I propose naming this fine species after the illustrious leader of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition and explorer of Central Africa." Subsequently transferred to genus Taurhina. | |
| Nietzscheana Zubov, 2014 | Beetle | Friedrich Nietzsche | This genus was subsequently synonymised with the species Saperda alberti. | |
| Noctua fransenii Schlegel, 1866 | Owl | Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte | "The epithet, conferred on this very rare species, is attached to the name of His Excellency the present Minister of the Colonies, Mr. Fransen van de Putte, who was kind enough to authorise the continuation of the exploration of New Guinea and of the research aimed at making the natural history of our Archipelago known." Subsequently synonymised with Ninox rufa subsp. humeralis. | |
| Notiomaso shackletoni Lavery & Snazell, 20134 | Spider | Ernest Shackleton | A money spider from the Falkland Islands, whose name refers "to the links between the Shackleton family and the Falkland Islands. Sir Ernest Shackleton (1874–1922) visited the islands during his epic rescue of the crew of the Endurance in 1915." | |
| Notothenia scotti Boulenger, 1907 | Fish | Robert Falcon Scott | Known as crowned rockcod, this is a species of cod icefish from the Southern Ocean, first collected by the Discovery Expedition, led by Scott. It was subsequently transferred to the genus Trematomus. | |
| Nyctalus joffrei Thomas, 1915 | Bat | Joseph Joffre | "The species is named in honour of General Joffre, Commander-in-Chief of the French Army." This species was named during World War I, in which Joffre was an important figure. Known as Joffre's pipistrelle, it has since been moved to the genus Mirostrellus. It is found in Southeast Asia, from Nepal to Vietnam. | [312][313] [314] |
| Odontophorus balliviani Gould, 1846 | Fowl | José Ballivián | The stripe-faced wood quail, native to Bolivia and Peru, was named after General Ballivián, who was President of Bolivia at the time of publication. | |
| Odontophotopsis hammetti Pitts, 2010 | Wasp | Dashiell Hammett | A velvet ant from the Colorado Desert, California, "Named after Samuel Dashiell Hammett (1894–1961), who was a well-known American author of hardboiled detective novels and short stories, and creator of the famous protagonist, Sam Spade." | |
| Odynerus (Ancistrocerus) kitcheneri Dusmet, 1917 | Wasp | Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener | "Dedicated to the English Field Marshal Lord Kitchener, who died on 5 June 1916, when the cruiser Hampshire sank." This species was named during World War I, in which Kitchener was an important figure. Subsequently, subgenus Ancistrocerus was elevated to the rank of genus. | |
| Odynerus (Hoplomerus) goltzi Dusmet, 1917 | Wasp | Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz | "Dedicated to the German General Von Goltz, reorganizer of the Turkish army." This species was named during World War I, in which Goltz was an important figure. Subsequently transferred to subgenus Monoplomerus. | |
| Odynerus (Hoplomerus) wilhelmi Dusmet, 1917 | Wasp | Wilhelm II, German Emperor | This species was named during World War I, in which Wilhelm II was an important figure. Subsequently transferred to subgenus Spinocoxa. | |
| Odynerus (Lionotus) alberti Dusmet, 1917 | Wasp | Albert I of Belgium | This species was named during World War I, in which Albert I was an important figure. Subsequently transferred to genus Antepipona. | |
| Odynerus (Lionotus) brussiloffi Dusmet, 1917 | Wasp | Aleksei Brusilov | "Dedicated to the Russian General Brussiloff, who in 1916 conquered Bukovina and part of Volhynia." This species was named during World War I, in which Brusilov was an important figure. Subsequently transferred to genus Leptochilus. | |
| Odynerus (Lionotus) falkenhayni Dusmet, 1917 | Wasp | Erich von Falkenhayn | "Dedicated to the German Marshal Falkenhayn, who conquered Romania at the end of 1916." This species was named during World War I, in which Falkenhayn was an important figure. Subsequently reclassified as a subspecies of Leptochilus medanae. | |
| Odynerus (Lionotus) frenchi Dusmet, 1917 | Wasp | John French, 1st Earl of Ypres | "Dedicated to General John French, who commanded for a long time the English armies in France." This species was named during World War I, in which French was an important figure. Subsequently transferred to genus Pseudoleptochilus. | |
| Odynerus (Lionotus) hindenburgi Dusmet, 1917 | Wasp | Paul von Hindenburg | "Dedicated to the German Marshal Hindenburg, victor of Augustów [sic; probably meant Tannenberg] and the Masurian Lakes and conqueror of Poland." This species was named during World War I, in which Hindenburg was an important figure. Subsequently transferred to genus Pseudosymmorphus. | |
| Odynerus (Lionotus) hoetzendorfi Dusmet, 1917 | Wasp | Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf | "Dedicated to General Conrad von Hötzendorf, Chief of Staff of the Austrian armies." This species was named during World War I, in which Hötzendorf was an important figure. Subsequently transferred to genus Microdynerus. | |
| Odynerus (Lionotus) koenigi Dusmet, 1917 | Wasp | Paul König | "Dedicated to Herr König, commander of the merchant submarine Deutschland, which on 10 July 1916 arrived in the United States, crossing the Atlantic for the first time." Subsequently transferred to genus Allodynerus. | |
| Odynerus (Lionotus) mackenseni Dusmet, 1917 | Wasp | August von Mackensen | "Dedicated to the German General Mackensen, conqueror of Poland and Serbia." This species was named during World War I, in which Mackensen was an important figure. Subsequently transferred to genus Chlorodynerus. | |
| Odynerus (Lionotus) muelleri Dusmet, 1917 | Wasp | Karl von Müller | "Dedicated to Captain Müller, who, with the German cruiser Emden made a remarkable campaign in the Indian Ocean." This species was named during World War I, in which Müller was an important figure. Subsequently transferred to genus Stenodynerus. | |
| Odynerus (Lionotus) romanoffi Dusmet, 1917 | Wasp | Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1856–1929) | "Dedicated to H.H. the Grand Duke Nicholas Michailovitch [sic] Romanoff of Russia, for some time commander in chief of the Russian Armies." This species was named during World War I, in which Duke Nicholas was an important figure. Subsequently transferred to genus Antepipona. | |
| Odynerus (Lionotus) weddigeni Dusmet, 1917 | Wasp | Otto Weddigen | "Dedicated to the German lieutenant Weddigen who, with the submarine U-9, sank, on 22 September 1914, the British cruisers Aboukir, Hogue and Crecy [sic]" This species was named during World War I, in which Weddigen was an important figure. Subsequently transferred to genus Leptochilus. | |
| Odynerus (Microdynerus) leopoldi Dusmet, 1917 | Wasp | Prince Leopold of Bavaria | "Dedicated to Prince Leopold of Bavaria, conqueror of Warsaw." This species was named during World War I, in which Prince Leopold was an important figure. Subsequently synonymised with Microdynerus abdelkader. | |
| Odynerus (Microdynerus) ludendorffi Dusmet, 1917 | Wasp | Erich Ludendorff | "Dedicated to the German General Ludendorff, Marshal Hindenburg's Chief of Staff." This species was named during World War I, in which Ludendorff was an important figure. Subsequently reclassified as Microdynerus (Alastorynerus) ludendorffi. | |
| Odynerus (Microdynerus) russky Dusmet, 1917 | Wasp | Nikolai Ruzsky | "Dedicated to the Russian General Russky, victor of the battles of Lemberg on September 1914." This species was named during World War I, in which Ruzsky was an important figure. Subsequently synonymised with Microdynerus timidus. | |
| Oedichirus hochimini Rougemont, 2018 | Beetle | Ho Chi Minh | This species is native to Vietnam. | |
| Ogyges sandinoi Cano, 2014 | Beetle | Augusto César Sandino | "The name of this species is in honor of Augusto César Sandino, a Nicaraguan hero, born in the Segovia Mountains." All the specimens used to describe this species were collected from a mountain in Nueva Segovia Department, Nicaragua. Sandino was actually born further South, but it was in Las Segovias that he started recruiting his army. | |
| Oligosita poincarei Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Henri Poincaré | | |
| Ommatophoca rossii Gray, 1844 | Seal | James Clark Ross | Described from specimens collected by the Ross expedition. | |
| Onchopora grimaldii Jullien, 1903 | 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 Hirondelle. | |
| Onychodus jandemarrai † Andrews et al., 2006 | Fish | Jandamarra | A fossil lobe-finned fish from the Devonian of Kimberley (Western Australia). "Jandemarra was the name of the Aboriginal warrior who fought for Aboriginal rights in the Kimberleys and lived in caves in the Devonian reefs." | |
| Opacuincola johannstraussi Haase, 2008 | Freshwater snail | Johann Strauss II | "This species is named after the King of Waltz, the composer Johann Strauß II (1825-1899). This dedication has been inspired by the name of the type locality [a stream in Ballroom Cave, Aorere Valley, New Zealand ]." | |
| Opacuincola eduardstraussi Haase, 2008 | Freshwater snail | Eduard Strauss | "Eduard Strauß (1835-1916) was the youngest, also composing and conducting brother of Johann Strauß II. This species is named after Eduard because of its similarity to O. johannstraussi." | |
| Opacuincola josefstraussi Haase, 2008 | Freshwater snail | Josef Strauss | "Josef Strauß (1827-1870) was the middle of the Strauß brothers, composing and conducting as well. This name has again been chosen because the species occurs in Ballroom Cave and because it is sympatric with O. johannstraussi." | |
| Opheliminus longfellowi Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | Ganus Opheliminus was subsequently synonimised with Sympiesis. | |
| Opisthoproctus grimaldii Zugmayer, 1911 | Fish | Albert I, Prince of Monaco | The prince was born Albert Grimaldi. Known as mirrorbelly, this species of barreleye was described from specimens first collected by one of the prince's research yachts, the Princesse Alice. Subsequently transferred to the genus Monacoa. | |
| Opius (Tolbia) karlmayi Fischer, 2014 | Wasp | Karl May | "Named on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the death of youth writer Karl May (died 1912)." | |
| Orbiniella griegi Meca & Budaeva, 2024 | Polychaete worm | Edvard Grieg | A species found on the coasts of Norway and Iceland, and "named in honour of Edvard Grieg, the Norwegian musician born and raised in Bergen, the city where the present study [i.e. the paper containing the species' description] was conducted." | |
| Orcevia nietzschei Yu, Maddison & Zhang, 2023 | Spider | Friedrich Nietzsche | "in honor of the German philosopher Friedrich W. Nietzsche, whose works have exerted a profound influence on contemporary philosophy and have given tremendous inspiration to the first author." | |
| Orcus nietzschei Łączyński, 2012 | Ladybird | Friedrich Nietzsche | "This species is dedicated to the memory of a great German philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche, who devoted his life to understanding the nature of will and morality." | |
| Ornismya anna Lesson, 1829 | Bird | Anna Masséna, Duchess of Rivoli | This species has since been moved to the genus Calypte. | |
| Oxyacodon josephi † Van Valen, 1978 | Condylarth (an extinct order of mammals) | Chief Joseph | A fossil mammal from the Paleocene of Wyoming. Subsequently transferred to the genus Hemithlaeus. | |
| Oxyethira (Loxotrichia) gracilianoi Souza & Santos, 2017 | Caddisfly | Graciliano Ramos | A Brazilian microcaddisfly "named in memory of Graciliano Ramos (1852–1953). Graciliano was author of such Brazilian classic literature as Caetés (1933) and Vidas Secas (1938). Graciliano was born in the city of Quebrangulo, type locality of this new species." | |
| Oxynoemacheilus theophilii Stoumboudi, Kottelat & Barbieri, 2006 | Fish | Theophilos Hatzimihail | This freshwater stone loach was described from specimens collected in the Greek island of Lesbos, where Theophilos was born. | |
| Paedasterias joffrei Koehler 1920 | Starfish | Joseph Joffre | "It pleased me, in writing my memoir at the beginning of 1919, to recall, in the name applied to the first new species described here, the absolute and complete victory won by France and her Allies [...]. I have also taken the liberty of dedicating two other new species to the two great men of war to whom we owe the victory, I have named Marechal Joffre and Marechal Foch [see Podasterias fochi], those two beautiful glories of France, whose valour fills every Frenchman's heart with admiration and gratitude." Subsequently, genus Paedasterias was synonymised with Lysasterias. | |
| Pamphobeteus matildeae Sherwood et al., 2023 | Spider | Matilde Hidalgo | A tarantula from Ecuador named "in honour of Matilde Hidalgo Navarro [...], physician, politician, poet, and activist who was a trailblazer for women's rights in Ecuador. She was the first woman to cast a vote in a national election in Latin America, the first Ecuadorian woman to receive a doctorate in medicine, and the first woman to hold an elected office in Ecuador." | |
| Pamphobeteus nellieblyae Sherwood, Gabriel, Brescovit & Lucas, 2022 | Spider | Nellie Bly | A tarantula from Ecuador named "in honour of Elizabeth Jane Cochrane (1864–1922), who was better known as Nellie Bly (her nom de plume), the first woman to circumnavigate the globe. Bly emulated the trip of fictional explorer Phileas Fogg in Jules Verne's Around the World in Eighty Days and managed to complete the journey in just 72 days, which was, at the time, a world record." | |
| Pancorius tagorei Prószyński, 1992 | Spider | Rabindranath Tagore | An Indian jumping spider native to West Bengal, Tagore's home state. | |
| Papilio (Ornithoptera) victoriae Gray, 1856 | Butterfly | Queen Victoria | A large butterfly found in the Solomon Islands and Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea. Subsequently transferred to the genus Troides, and then back to Ornithoptera, which was elevated to genus level. | |
| Paradisornis rudolphi Finsch & A.B. Meyer, 1885 | Bird | Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria | The blue bird-of-paradise, endemic to Papua New Guinea, was named "In honour of His Imperial and Royal Highness the Lord Archduke Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, the high and mighty protector of ornithological research throughout the world" | |
| Paraenasomyia johnsoni Girault, 1922 | Wasp | Jack Johnson (boxer) | dedicated to "A man allied with Heaven, pugilistic, fashionable, dissipated, improvident, and non-poetical." | |
| Paraleptomastix thoreauini Girault, 1915 | Wasp | Henry David Thoreau | Subsequently transferred to genus Neocladia. | |
| Paranthemus spenceri Girault, 1915 | Wasp | Herbert Spencer | Genus Paranthemus was subsequently synonymised with Cales. | |
| Parasecodella dickensi Girault, 1915 | Wasp | Charles Dickens | | |
| Pardosa mabinii Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 | Spider | Apolinario Mabini | This species is endemic to the Philippines. | |
| Pardosa royi Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 2003 | Spider | Prafulla Chandra Roy | A wolf spider native to Bangladesh, where Roy was born. | |
| Pardosa sacayi Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 | Spider | Macario Sakay | This species is endemic to the Philippines. Subsequently synonymised with Venatrix magkasalubonga. | |
| Parectromoidella thackerayi Girault, 1915 | Wasp | William Makepeace Thackeray | "Dedicated to the author of Vanity Fair." | |
| Paroecanthus roosevelti Rehn, 1917 | Cricket | Theodore Roosevelt | "We take pleasure in dedicating this very interesting form to Theodore Roosevelt, in token of our appreciation of his scholarship as a zoologist and a historian and ability as a statesman. The name Roosevelt long will be associated with the Madeiran region as a result of the work of the Expediçao Cientifica Roosevelt-Rondon." Subsequently transferred to the genus Angustitrella. | |
| Paruscanoidea dickensi Girault, 1915 | Wasp | Charles Dickens | | |
| Passadena mistralae Cepeda, 2018 | Moth | Gabriela Mistral | A species of snout moth from Chile, whose name "honors Chilean Gabriela Mistral (1889–1957), the first Latin American woman awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature." | |
| Pediobopsis spenceri Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Herbert Spencer | | |
| Peloridinannus moe Weirauch & Frankenberg, 2015 | True bug | Moe Howard | One of three schizopterid bugs named concurrently after the 1934–1946 Three Stooges (see also List of organisms named after famous people (born 1900–1949)). | |
| Petaloconchus laddfranklinae † Maury, 1917 | Sea snail | Christine Ladd-Franklin | A fossil species from the Pliocene of the Dominican Republic. Ladd-Franklin was the first chair of the awarding committee of the Sarah Berliner Research Fellowship, which funded the expedition. | |
| Pheidole roosevelti Mann, 1921 | Ant | Theodore Roosevelt | | |
| Pheretima aguinaldoi Hong & James, 2010 | Earthworm | Emilio Aguinaldo | This species is endemic to the Philippines. | |
| Philodina shackletoni Iakovenko et al., 2015 | Rotifer | Ernest Shackleton | "Named in honor of the leading Antarctic explorer, Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, who in 1909 established his base on Cape Royds where the species was discovered." | |
| Phintella conradi Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2012 | Spider | Joseph Conrad | A species of jumping spider native to Sumatra, Indonesia, "named after Joseph Conrad (Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, 1857–1924) – a Polish novelist who wrote in English, and for many years was a Merchant Navy captain sailing around the Malay Archipelago, as described in his novels." | |
| Pholcus hochiminhi Yao, Pham & Li, 2015 | Spider | Ho Chi Minh | A cellar spider native to Vietnam. | |
| Pholcus lanieri Huber, 2011 | Spider | Sidney Lanier | A cellar spider native to Georgia, USA. | |
| Photinus diegoriverai Zaragoza-Caballero & Domínguez-León, 2023 | Firefly | Diego Rivera | This species is native to Mexico. | |
| Phyllium bonifacioi Lit & Eusebio, 2014 | Leaf insect | Andrés Bonifacio | This species, native to the Philippines, was dedicated in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of Bonifacio's birth on November 30, 2013. | |
| Picassocrinus † Cole et al., 2017 | Sea lily | Pablo Picasso | A fossil genus of crinoids from the Ordovician of Zaragoza, Spain, named "in recognition of the Spanish abstract artist Pablo Picasso and in reference to the atypical plating of the posterior interray" | |
| Piestopleura milnei Buhl, 1997 | Wasp | A. A. Milne | | |
| Pimoa gandhii Hormiga, 1994 | Spider | Mahatma Gandhi | The holotype was collected in Pahalgam, India. | |
| Pipistrellus kitcheneri Thomas, 1915 | Bat | Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener | This species was named during World War I, in which Kitchener was an important figure. Known as the red-brown pipistrelle, it has since been moved to the genus Hypsugo. It is endemic to the island of Borneo. | |
| Pipistrellus sturdeei † Thomas, 1915 | Bat | Doveton Sturdee | This species was named during World War I, in which Sturdee was an important figure. Known as Sturdee's pipistrelle or Bonin pipistrelle, the only documented specimen ever found (in Hahajima island, Japan) is the one that Thomas used to describe the species, which has since been declared officially extinct. Later scholarship has placed doubt on the validity of this single specimen's origin and taxonomy. | |
| Pisaboa fombonai Huber, 2020 | Spider | Rufino Blanco Fombona | "This species is named for Rufino Blanco Fombona (1874–1944), Venezuela-born writer, nominated six times for the Nobel Prize in Literature between 1928 and 1935." | |
| Platymantis quezoni Brown et al., 2015 | Frog | Manuel L. Quezon | A forest frog from Quezon, Philippines, named "honoring Manuel Luis Molina Quezon. Quezon served as president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines during the American colonial period from 1935 through the conclusion of the Second World War. An exemplary statesman, he led the struggle for Philippine independence from American rule. Suggested common name: Quezon Limestone Forest Frog." | |
| Platyptilia stanleyi Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2016 | Moth | Henry Morton Stanley | A large plume moth from Rwenzori Mountains, Uganda, "named after the famous British traveler, journalist and explorer of Africa, Henry Morton Stanley, the first European who visited the Rwenzori Mountains in 1876." | |
| Pleisticanthoides piccardorum Ng & Richer de Forges, 2012 | Crustacean | Auguste Piccard and Jacques Piccard | "The name honors the Piccard family, Auguste Piccard (1884–1962), the inventor of the bathyscaphe, and his son, Jacques Ernest-Jean Piccard (1922–2008), who, together with U.S. Navy officer Don Walsh, were the first men to dive to a record depth of 10,915 m in the Mariana Trench in the Trieste on January 23, 1960." | |
| Podasterias fochi Koehler 1920 | Starfish | Ferdinand Foch | "It pleased me, in writing my memoir at the beginning of 1919, to recall, in the name applied to the first new species described here, the absolute and complete victory won by France and her Allies [...]. I have also taken the liberty of dedicating two other new species to the two great men of war to whom we owe the victory, I have named Marechal Joffre [see Paedasterias joffrei] and Marechal Foch, those two beautiful glories of France, whose valour fills every Frenchman's heart with admiration and gratitude." Subsequently synonymised with Diplasterias brucei. | |
| Poecilia limantouri Jordan & Snyder, 1899 | Fish | José Yves Limantour | "We take pleasure in dedicating this pretty fish to Señor Jose Yves de Limantour, the accomplished minister of the "Hacienda" for Mexico, in recognition of favors received through his courtesy." Subsequently synonymized with Poecilia mexicana. | |
| Poecilimon ataturki Ünal, 2000 | Katydid | Mustafa Kemal Atatürk | "This interesting new species is named in honor of the first president of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who founded the modern Turkish Republic in 1923." The species is native to western Turkey. | |
| Pogonophryne scotti Regan, 1914 | Fish | Robert Falcon Scott | Known as saddleback plunderfish, this is a species of Antarctic fish that was first collected by the Terra Nova Expedition, led by Scott, and was named in his memory. | |
| Polycystoides tennysoni Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Alfred, Lord Tennyson | Subsequently transferred to genus Psilocera. | |
| Polynema draperi Girault, 1912 | Wasp | John William Draper | "Dedicated to John William Draper, the physiologist, who has shown so clearly that civilisations, societies and all human populations are as immutably ruled by natural law as is the development of the individual human or the evolution of a species of bird or plant. The works of this man are neglected by nations at their peril." | |
| Polynema lodgei Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Oliver Lodge | "This truly remarkable species, a striking example of the development of a similar wing pattern in unrelated genera, is respectfully dedicated to Sir Oliver W. [wrong initial] Lodge for his part in the development of a difficult part of human psychology, namely, that relating to telepathy and prevision." Subsequently transferred to genus Agalmopolynema. | |
| Polynema mendeleefi Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Dmitri Mendeleev | "Respectfully dedicated to the Russian chemist who propounded the periodic law in chemistry." Subsequently transferred to genus Palaeoneura. | |
| Polynema nordaui Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Max Nordau | Subsequently transferred to genus Palaeoneura. | |
| Polynema poincarei Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Henri Poincaré | "This remarkable species is dedicated to the great French mathematician, Jules Henri Poincaré." Subsequently transferred to genus Palaeoneura. | |
| Polynema spenceri Girault, 1912 | Wasp | Herbert Spencer | "Respectfully dedicated to Herbert Spencer, great philosopher and forceful exponent of reason as based on experience." Subsequently transferred to genus Palaeoneura. | |
| Polynema thoreauini Girault, 1915 | Wasp | Henry David Thoreau | Subsequently transferred to genus Palaeoneura. | |
| Polynema zangwilli Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Israel Zangwill | Subsequently transferred to the genus Palaeoneura. | |
| Polynema zolai Girault, 1915 | Wasp | Émile Zola | "Respectfully dedicated to Émile Zola for his La Débâcle, wherein the horrors of war are ably pictured to us." Subsequently transferred to the genus Palaeoneura. | |
| Polynemoidea lincolni Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Abraham Lincoln | Subsequently transferred to genus Pseudanaphes. | |
| Polytelis alexandrae Gould, 1863 | Parrot | Alexandra of Denmark | An Australian species known as princess parrot, and named "in honour of that Princess who, we may reasonably hope, is destined at some future time to be queen of these realms and their dependencies, of which Australia is by no means the most inconspicuous." | |
| Pomboa Huber, 2000 | Spider | Rafael Pombo | "The generic name honors the Colombian poet Rafael Pombo, loved by children for his "El Renacuajo paseador" ("The Strolling Frog")." | |
| Potentilla regis-borisii Stoj. | Flowering plant | Boris III of Bulgaria | A species of cinquefoil endemic to the Balkan peninsula, described during Tsar Boris III's reign in Bulgaria and named in his honour. Subsequently transferred to genus Drymocallis. | |
| Potteromyces † Strullu-Derrien & Hawksworth, 2023 | Fungi | Beatrix Potter | "In honor of Helen Beatrix Potter (1866–1943) the well-known children’s author, conservationist, and amateur naturalist, who used her artistic abilities to draw and document a variety of Fungi. She made detailed observations and was one of the first mycologists to study the growth of fungi from spores in culture and to understand that lichens were an association between an alga and a fungus. She also had a keen interest in fossils. She was a critical observer of fungi microscopically making novel and at the time controversial observations. Her contribution really merits acknowledgment in the fungal kingdom." | |
| Pristimantis teslai Páez & Ron, 2019 | Frog | Nikola Tesla | "The specific epithet [...] is a patronym for Nikola Tesla, a revolutionary inventor of the late 19th and early 20th century. It is named after him in recognition of his contributions to physics and his dedication to the ideal of providing free wireless electric power" The common name "Tesla's rain frog" was proposed for this species, native to Ecuador. | |
| Pristionchus maxplancki Kanzaki et al., 2013 | Roundworm | Max Planck | "The specific name [...] commemorates the German physicist Max Planck, the honorary namesake of the Society that sponsored this work." | |
| Pristomerus nedkellyi Klopfstein, 2016 | Wasp | Ned Kelly | This species is native to Australia. | |
| Proplina sibeliusi † Stinchcomb, 1986 | Monoplacophoran, a primitive class of molluscs | Jean Sibelius | A fossil species from the Early Ordovician of Missouri, US. "The species name is in honor of J. Sibelius, Finnish composer, whose first symphony and other works have evoked personal feelings comparable to those evoked by local Ozark landscapes developed on the gnarled, stromatolitic cherts of the Gasconade Formation where the form has been collected." | |
| Protelenomus lutulii Veenakumari, 2019 | Wasp | Albert Luthuli | A species from South Africa named "after Albert John Lutuli, the first African, and the first person from outside Europe and the Americas, to receive the Nobel Peace Prize." | |
| Protopliomerella okeeffeae † McAdams & Adrain, 2011 | Trilobite | Georgia O'Keeffe | | |
| Protula alberti Fauvel, 1909 | Polychaete worm | Albert I, Prince of Monaco | This species was described from specimens collected in the Azores by two of the prince's research yachts, the Hirondelle and the Princesse Alice. | |
| Prunum gregorioi Espinosa & Ortea, 2018 | Sea snail | Gregorio Fuentes | A species native to Cuba, "named in honour of Gregorio Fuentes, emigrant from the Canary Islands (Charco de San Ginés, Lanzarote, 1897), who became skipper of the yacht El Pilar [sic, actually a fishing boat named Pilar], owned by the writer Ernest Hemingway, and his companion in fishing and adventures in the Gulf of Mexico and the coasts of Cuba. He died in Cojímar, Cuba, on 13 January 2002 at the age of 104." Another species was concurrently named Dentimargo elpilar after the boat. | |
| Prunum rosasi Espinosa & Ortea, 2018 | Sea snail | Juventino Rosas | "Dedicated to the Mexican composer Juventino Rosas, on the 150th anniversary of his birth in Guanajuato, author of the famous waltz "Sobre las olas", a work inspired by the sounds of water, as its author sailed over the waves of the Gulf of Batabanó [the type locality] on his way to Mérida, Mexico." | |
| Pseudancistrus carnegiei Eigenmann, 1916 | Fish | Andrew Carnegie | A freshwater catfish found in rivers of Colombia, whose description was published in the Annals of Carnegie Museum. Subsequently transferred to genus Dolichancistrus. | |
| Pseudoligosita arnoldi Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Matthew Arnold | | |
| Pseudomacromia 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). Subsequently transferred to genus Zygonyx, and the hyphen of the specific name was eliminated, making the current accepted name Zygonyx regisalberti. | |
| Pseudopaludicola coracoralinae de Andrade et al., 2020 | Frog | Cora Coralina | A swamp frog from Brazil, whose name "honors Anna Lins dos Guimarães Peixoto Bretas, better known by her pseudonym Cora Coralina. She was a simple woman, a Brazilian candy maker, writer and poetess. She was born and raised on the banks of the Vermelho River, in the municipality of Goiás, GO [near the type locality], and lived apart from urban centers. [...] She is considered one of the most influential Brazilian writers." | |
| Pseudoparamys cezannei † Hartenberger, 1987 | Rodent | Paul Cézanne | Subsequently transferred to genus Corbarimys. | |
| Pseudotanais amundseni Błażewicz, Jakiel, Bamber & Bird, 2021 | Crustacean | Roald Amundsen | A deep-sea tanaid found near Antarctica; "The name of the species, whose type locality is the Amundsen Sea, is given in honour of Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen, the Norwegian Polar pioneer." | |
| Pseudotanais chanelae Jakiel, Palero & Błażewicz, 2020 | Crustacean | Coco Chanel | A deep-sea tanaid found in the Kuril–Kamchatka Trench, "dedicated to Coco Chanel, the French fashion icon, founder of the Chanel brand." | |
| Pseudotanais chaplini Jakiel, Palero & Błażewicz, 2019 | Crustacean | Charlie Chaplin | A deep-sea tanaid found in the Clipperton fracture zone of the Pacific Ocean, "dedicated to the great actor and film director of the silent film epoch Charles "Charlie" Chaplin." | |
| Pseudotanais chopini Jakiel, Palero & Błażewicz, 2019 | Crustacean | Frédéric Chopin | A deep-sea tanaid found in the Clipperton fracture zone of the Pacific Ocean, described by scientists of the University of Łódź, Poland, and "dedicated to Frédéric Chopin, a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist." | |
| Pseudotanais curieae Jakiel, Palero & Błażewicz, 2020 | Crustacean | Marie Curie | A deep-sea tanaid found in the Kuril–Kamchatka Trench, described by scientists of the University of Łódź, Poland, and "dedicated to Maria Skłodowska-Curie, a Polish physicist and chemist; the first woman who was Nobel Prize Laureate in two categories." | |
| Pseudotanais georgesandae Jakiel, Palero & Błażewicz, 2019 | Crustacean | George Sand | The sister species to P. chopini, "named in recognition of Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin known as George Sand, a French novelist and essayist, well known for her partnership with the composer and pianist Frédéric Chopin." | |
| Pseudotanais kobro Jakiel, Palero & Błażewicz, 2019 | Crustacean | Katarzyna Kobro | A deep-sea tanaid found in the Clipperton fracture zone of the Pacific Ocean, described by scientists of the University of Łódź, Poland. | |
| Pseudotanais palmeri Błażewicz, Jakiel, Bamber & Bird, 2021 | Crustacean | Nathaniel Palmer | A deep-sea tanaid found near Antarctica, "The species, whose type locality is the Palmer Bay, (South Orkney Islands) was named in honour of Nathaniel Brown Palmer, the sailing captain and ship designer." | |
| Pseudotanais scotti Błażewicz, Jakiel, Bamber & Bird, 2021 | Crustacean | Robert Falcon Scott | A deep-sea tanaid found in Southern Thule, "named in honour of Capitan Robert Falcon Scott, an officer of the British Royal Navy, the explorer of the Antarctic and leader of the Discovery Expedition." | |
| Pseudotanais shackletoni Błażewicz, Jakiel, Bamber & Bird, 2021 | Crustacean | Ernest Shackleton | A deep-sea tanaid found in South Georgia, "named in honour of Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, the polar explorer and leader of heroic cruise of HMS Endurance [sic]." | |
| Pseudotrogulus trotskyi DaSilva & Pinto-da-Rocha, 2010 | Harvestman | Leon Trotsky | "In honor of Leon Trotsky (1879-1940), one of the Russian socialist revolution leaders, who definitively changed 20th century history. He was killed by order of Josef Stalin who transformed the Soviet Union into a dictatorial bureaucracy." | |
| Psiliglossa zeppelini Dusmet, 1917 | Wasp | Ferdinand von Zeppelin | "Dedicated to Count Zeppelin, builder of the airships that have taken his name." | |
| Psittacula gulielmi III Schlegel, 1866 | Parrot | William III of the Netherlands | "The New Guinea expedition having taken place under the auspices of His Majesty King William III, we have made it our duty to dedicate to this sovereign, who has so many titles to our gratitude, one of the most beautiful discoveries made during this important undertaking." The specific name was subsequently amended to gulielmitertii, and transferred to genus Cyclopsitta. | |
| Pterocheilus besseleri Dusmet, 1917 | Wasp | Hans Hartwig von Beseler | "Dedicated to the German General Besseler, conqueror of Antwerp and of Nowo-Georgiewsk." This species was named during World War I, in which Beseler was an important figure. Subsequently synonymised with Onychopterocheilus hasdrubal. | |
| Pterocheilus joffrei Dusmet, 1917 | Wasp | Joseph Joffre | "Dedicated to Marshal Joffre, commander-in-chief for two years of the French armies." This species was named during World War I, in which Joffre was an important figure. | |
| Pteropus livingstonii Gray, 1866 | Bat | David Livingstone | A fruit bat from the Comoros, described from a specimen that had been shot by Livingstone. | |
| Ptiloris victoriae Gould, 1850 | Bird | Queen Victoria | "I cannot possibly have a better opportunity than now presents itself of paying a just tribute of respect to our most gracious Queen, by bestowing upon this lovely denizen of the Australian forests the specific appellation of Victoriae" | |
| Pycnomma roosevelti Ginsburg, 1939 | Fish | Franklin D. Roosevelt | A species of Caribbean goby collected during the 1938 Presidential Cruise aboard USS Houston. Subsequently transferred to genus Chriolepis. | |
| Quetzalcoatlus northropi † Lawson, 1975 | Pterosaur | Jack Northrop | Quetzalcoatlus northropi is one of the largest flying creatures known to have ever existed. Its genus was named after the Aztec feathered serpent god, Quetzalcoatl; the specific epithet honors Jack Northrop, the aeronautical engineer who first experimented with flying wing aircraft designs in the 1940s. The issue of the journal Science in which the discovery was reported featured a cover depicting one of Northrop's flying wing aircraft designs, a Quetzalcoatlus, a Pteranodon, and a condor, one of the largest extant flying animals, which looked tiny in comparison. | [395][396] [397] |
| Ragnarok wovokae † Van Valen, 1978 | Arctocyonian (an extinct order of mammals) | Wovoka | A fossil mammal from the Paleocene of Wyoming. The genus Ragnarok was created concurrently and referred to "The twilight of the gods, from the Eddas, with reference to the extinction of the dinosaurs, which occurred while Ragnarok lived and in which it probably assisted." (the Alvarez hypothesis about an asteroid impact had not been formulated yet). This genus was subsequently synonymised with Baioconodon Gazin, 1941. | |
| Rangifer pearyi J. A. Allen, 1902 | Reindeer | Robert Peary | Described from specimens collected by Peary in Ellesmere Island. Subsequently demoted to the status of subspecies of Rangifer arcticus, as Rangifer arcticus pearyi. | [398][399] [400] |
| Rebutia einsteinii Frič | Cactus | Albert Einstein | | |
| Renaniana Girault, 1931 | Wasp | Ernest Renan | | |
| Rentapia Chan et al., 2016 | Frog | Rentap | A genus of toads from Southeast Asia, named "to honor the legendary Iban warrior Libau Rentap, a great war chief, freedom fighter, and Malaysian national hero." | |
| Retepora grimaldii Jullien, 1903 | 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 Hirondelle. Subsequently transferred to the genus Reteporella. | |
| Rhabdopleura grimaldii Jullien, 1890 | Pterobranch | 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. It is currently considered a nomen dubium. | |
| Rhachomyces schweitzeri Balazuc | Fungus | Albert Schweitzer | A parasitic fungus found on Perigona beetles in Gabon, where Schweitzer founded his hospital. | |
| Rhacophorus rizali Boettger, 1897 | Frog | José Rizal | "This successful writer in the fields of linguistics, history, geography and literature, who was of Tagalog descent, has also remained a respected sculptor, and who as a doctor, especially as an ophthalmologist, developed a recognised activity, collected for years in the fields of zoology and ethnography for the Dresden Museum during his political imprisonment in Mindanao. As one of the intellectual instigators of the revolution now taking place in the Philippines, he was shot by the Spaniards on 30 December 1896, and the future will be shaped by his efforts and his work!" Subsequently synonymised with Rhacophorus pardalis. This was one of the species Rizal collected. | |
| Rhagonycha nielsenae † Fanti & Damgaard, 2018 | Beetle | Nielsine Nielsen | A fossil soldier beetle found in Baltic amber from the Eocene of Kaliningrad Oblast, "named in memory of Nielsine Mathilde Nielsen (Svendborg, 10 June 1850 - Copenhagen, 8 October 1916), the first female academic and physician in Denmark." | |
| Rhicnopeltomyia douglassi Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Frederick Douglass | Subsequently transferred to the genus Chrysonotomyia. | |
| Rhicnopeltomyia washingtoni Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Booker T. Washington | Subsequently transferred to the genus Neochrysocharis. | |
| Riselloidea tagorei † Das, Bardhan & Lahiri, 1999 | Sea snail | Rabindranath Tagore | A fossil species from the Jurassic of Kutch district, India. | |
| Rissoella ameliae Ortea & Espinosa, 2004 | Sea snail | Amelia Peláez | A species native to Cuba, named "in honour of painter Amelia Peláez (1896-1968), born in Yaguajay, Sancti Spiritus, an undisputed master of Cuban plastic arts, whose work deserves to be rediscovered as the basis of a female genre of painting that began to have international transcendence." | |
| Rochlingia † Guthörl, 1934 | Palaeodictyoptera, an extinct order of insects | Hermann Röchling | The genus was named after German industrialist and Nazi supporter Hermann Röchling. | |
| Rochlingia hitleri † Guthörl, 1934 | Palaeodictyoptera, an extinct order of insects | Adolf Hitler | | |
| Rooseveltia frankliniana O.F.Cook | Palm | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Genus and species described from specimens collected in Cocos Island during the 1938 Presidential Cruise. Subsequently synonymised with Euterpe precatoria (a species of açaí). | |
| Rubus × mussolinii Hruby | Flowering plant | Benito Mussolini | Hybrid blackberry from northeastern Libya. | |
| Saffordophyllum newcombae † Flower, 1961 | Coral | Ethel Newcomb | A fossil from the Ordovician of New Mexico, USA. "I have named the species for Ethel Newcomb, concert pianist, artist, and teacher, superfluous as any such trivial memorial may seem." | |
| Saldula ourayi Drake & Hottes, 1949 | True bug | Chief Ouray | "Named in memory of the famous Indian Chief Ouray, who was a sincere friend of the pioneers and early settlers of the Rocky Mountain region." (which this species is native to). Subsequently synonymised with Saldula dispersa. | |
| Saturnia isabellae Graells, 1849 | Moth | Isabella II of Spain | This species, known as Spanish moon moth, was first identified in Spain during Isabella II's reign (subsequently it has also been found in France and Switzerland). The queen reportedly thanked the entomologist for the tribute, wearing a specimen of the species mounted on an emerald necklace at a reception in the Royal palace. Subsequently transferred to the monotypic genus Graellsia, named after the discoverer of this species. | |
| Scinax garibaldiae Lourenço, Lingnau, Haddad & Faivovich, 2019 | Frog | Anita Garibaldi | This tree frog is native to Brazil. | |
| Scinax pixinguinha Lacerda et al., 2021 | Frog | Pixinguinha | This tree frog is native to Brazil; "Alfredo da Rocha Viana Filho (1897–1973), popularly known as Pixinguinha, was a Brazilian musician and the most famous Choro player. Choro or Chorinho is a Brazilian genre of popular music originated in the 19th century. In Portuguese Choro or Chorinho means "cry" or "little cry," respectively. Ironically, Chorinho is a contagious music commonly played during joyous moments in Brazil. Brazilians usually say Pixinguinha was a kind of magician who learned how to convert tears of Choro (cry) into tears of happiness. Because 72% of the Atlantic Forest original cover has been deforested, discoveries of new species also has the power to momentarily change part of our conservationist sadness into happiness and motivation. Thus, the specific epithet of S. pixinguinha is a noun in apposition in honor of the talented Brazilian musician – Pixinguinha." Subsequently transferred to genus Ololygon. | |
| Scirtes guillaumati Pic, 1918 | Beetle | Adolphe Guillaumat | 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 Guillaumat was an important figure. | |
| Scirtes townshendi Pic, 1918 | Beetle | Charles Townshend (British Army officer) | 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 Townshend was an important figure. | |
| Scoterpes jackdanieli Shear, 2010 | Millipede | Jack Daniel | A millipede collected from Lynchburg, Tennessee, home of Daniel and his eponymous whiskey distillery, "a favorite libation of the author". | |
| Scrupocellaria grimaldii Jullien, 1903 | 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 Hirondelle. Subsequently synonymised with Scrupocellaria inermis. | |
| Secodes sumneri Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Charles Sumner | "Respectfully dedicated to Charles Sumner, for his addresses on war and the war systems of nations." Subsequently transferred to genus Euderus. | |
| Sedum carnegiei Raym.-Hamet | Flowering plant | Andrew Carnegie | A stonecrop from Tibet, described from a specimen that had been collected years prior and was growing in the Herbarium of the Carnegie Museum; "I am happy to dedicate this plant to Mr. Carnegie as proof of my sincere admiration." | |
| Shackletoniella Strunecky, Raabova & Bernardova 2019 | Bacterium | Ernest Shackleton | "derived from the name of Sir Ernest Shackleton, a polar explorer who led British expeditions to the Antarctic including scientific investigations." This genus was applied to Phormidium antarcticum, a freshwater cyanobacterium originally described from specimens collected at Pony Lake by the Nimrod Expedition, led by Shackleton. It is also found in the Arctic. | |
| Shireplitis tolkieni Fernández-Triana & Ward, 2013 | Wasp | J. R. R. Tolkien | Other species of Shireplitis are named after various Lord of the Rings characters. | |
| Siriella roosevelti Tattersall, 1941 | Crustacean | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Described from specimens collected by the 1938 Presidential Cruise aboard USS Houston. "a new species [...] which I take pleasure in associating with the President of the United States as a mark of appreciation of his interest in marine biological research." | |
| Slodowskani Kittel, 2016 | Wasp | Marie Curie | Replacement name for the genus Leptops Heinrich, 1968, which was preoccupied by Leptops Schoenherr, 1834. Named after the scientist's hyphenated surname, Marie Skłodowska-Curie, misspelt as "Marie Slodowska-Curie" in the paper. | |
| Smittia grimaldii Jullien, 1903 | 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 Hirondelle. Subsequently synonymised with Porella compressa. | |
| Sonitha picassoi Zolotuhin & Prozorov 2010 | Moth | Pablo Picasso | "The species is named in honour of the famous Spanish painter, sculptor and designer Pablo Ruiz Picasso because of the wing pattern - somewhat reminiscent of the artist's style" | |
| Sonoma twaini Ferro, 2016 | Beetle | Mark Twain | "named for the character Mark Twain, developed by Samuel Langhorne Clemens, an author, lecturer, philosopher, humanitarian, champion of science, and humorist. Clemens lived in California for awhile, but traveled nowhere near where this species occurs—the author forgives the oversight." | |
| Spathomeles rizali Strohecker, 1964 | Beetle | José Rizal | A species of handsome fungus beetle native to Mindanao, Philippines. | |
| Sperosoma grimaldii Koehler, 1897 | Sea urchin | 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. | |
| Sphaeralcyon scotti López-González & Gili, 2005 | Coral | Robert Falcon Scott | A soft coral from the Southern Ocean, "named in honour of Captain Robert F. Scott, one of the most relevant explorers in polar areas, and leader of the British National Antarctic Expedition of 1901–1904 onboard the RRS Discovery." | |
| Sphaeralcyon shackletoni López-González & Gili, 2005 | Coral | Ernest Shackleton | A soft coral from the Southern Ocean, "named in honour of Sir Ernest H. Shackleton, one of the most remembered explorers in polar areas, and leader of the Endurance Expedition (1914–1916) among other polar explorations." | |
| Sphaerodactylus roosevelti Grant, 1931 | Lizard | Theodore Roosevelt Jr. | This species is endemic to Puerto Rico, where Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was governor at the time of its naming. | |
| Sphaeropthalma chandleri Pitts, 2010 | Wasp | Raymond Chandler | A velvet ant from the Colorado Desert, California, "Named after Raymond Thornton Chandler (1888–1959), who was an American crime writer that greatly influenced the modern private eye story and created the famous protagonist, Philip Marlowe." | |
| Sphiximorpha garibaldii Rondani, 1860 | Fly | Giuseppe Garibaldi | A hoverfly described from a specimen found in Parma, Italy; "This species was collected at the time when the Italian volunteers, led by Giuseppe Garibaldi, were defeating the Austrian soldiers near Varese, hence decorated by me with the name of Victor." | |
| Spiniphiline persei Caballer & Ortea, 2015 | Sea slug | Saint-John Perse | Species described from specimens collected in Guadeloupe, named "to honour the local Marie-René-Auguste-Alexis Leger, born in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, on 31 May 1887, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1960, whose pseudonym was Saint-John Perse." | |
| Spintharus manrayi Chomitz & Agnarsson, 2018 | Spider | Man Ray | "The species epithet honours the artist Man Ray, a relative of the first author of the species." | |
| Spirodiscus grimaldii Fauvel, 1909 | Polychaete worm | Albert I, Prince of Monaco | The prince was born Albert Grimaldi. This species was described from specimens collected in the Azores by two of the prince's research yachts, the Hirondelle and the Princesse Alice. | |
| Staphylococcus schweitzeri Tong et al., 2015 | Bacterium | Albert Schweitzer | A bacterium isolated from the nares of a Red-tailed monkey from Gabon, Africa, and "named after Albert Schweitzer, founder of a hospital in Lambaréné, Gabon, and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate in 1952." | |
| Statira 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. | |
| Statira 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. | |
| Statira castelnaui Pic, 1918 | Beetle | Édouard de Castelnau | 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 Castelnau was an important figure. | |
| Statira 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. | |
| Statira 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. | |
| Statira francheti 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 an important figure. | |
| Statira 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. | |
| Statira 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. | |
| Statira pershingi Pic, 1918 | Beetle | John J. Pershing | 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 Pershing was an important figure. | |
| Statira 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. | |
| Statira venizelosi Pic, 1918 | Beetle | Eleftherios Venizelos | 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 Venizelos was an important figure. "Under the name of Venizelosi I pay homage to Greece, freed from harmful influences and reconquered to its glorious past" | |
| Statira 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. | |
| Stefanikia † Čerňanskýa & Smith, 2017 | Lizard | Milan Rastislav Štefánik | A genus of lizards from the Eocene of Germany, named "To recognize the contribution made by Dr. Milan Rastislav Štefánik (21 July 1880–4 May 1919), a Slovak scientist – astronomer, traveler, aviator, general and politician – one of the founders of the former Czecho-Slovakia. He tragically died in a plane crash at young age." The lead author is Slovak. | |
| Steganopus graui † Campbell, 1979 | Bird | Miguel Grau | A fossil species of phalarope from the Pleistocene epoch, found in the Talara Tar Seeps of northwestern Peru, and "named for Admiral Miguel Grau, Peruvian patriot and hero of the War of the Pacific with Chile." | |
| Stenomorpha roosevelti Smith, Miller & Wheeler, 2011 | Beetle | Theodore Roosevelt | "This species is named in honor of the 26th President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, for his contributions to conservation." | |
| Stenotarsus kafkai Arriaga-Varela et al., 2013 | Beetle | Franz Kafka | "Dedicated to the eminent Czech author Franz Kafka, who imagined what it would be like to wake up as an insect." | |
| Stentorceps abbotti Nielsen & Buffington, 2011 | Wasp | Edwin Abbott Abbott | "Named in honour of E.A. Abbott, the author of Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (Abbott 1884). This story is about a two-dimensional world populated by geometric figures, with circles as rulers. The distinctive flat, circular dorsal terminus of the corniculum of S. abbotti resembles one of the leaders of Flatland." | |
| Stethynium maxwelli Girault, 1915 | Wasp | James Clerk Maxwell | Subsequently transferred to genus Parastethynium. | |
| Stethynium mayeri Girault, 1912 | Wasp | Julius von Mayer | "Respectfully dedicated to [Julius] Robert Mayer, who with Hermann Helmholtz discovered the law of the conservation of energy." Subsequently transferred to the genus Allanagrus. | |
| Stictane berliosi Spitsyn & Bolotov, 2020 | Moth | Hector Berlioz | | |
| Streptelasma tennysoni † Pestana, 1960 | Coral | Alfred, Lord Tennyson | A fossil species of horn coral from the Ordovician of California, US. | |
| Struthiolarella shackletoni † Zinsmeister & Camacho, 1980 | Sea snail | Ernest Shackleton | A fossil species from the Eocene of Seymour Island, Antarctica. | |
| Sundacossus gauguini Yakovlev, 2008 | Moth | Paul Gauguin | "named in honor of the great French artist Paul Gauguin who praised Polynesian nature." (Though this species is from the island of Sumba in the Malay Archipelago, not Polynesia). | |
| Sympiesonecremnus boasi Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Franz Boas | "Dedicated to Franz Boas for his book The Mind of Primitive Man". Subsequently transferred to the genus Sympiesis. | |
| Sympiesomorphelleus suttneri Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Bertha von Suttner | "Respectfully dedicated to Bertha von Suttner for her Die Waffen nieder!." Subsequently transferred to the genus Elachertus. | |
| Sympiesomorphelleus thoreauini Girault, 1915 | Wasp | Henry David Thoreau | Subsequently transferred to the genus Elachertus. | |
| Syndesmya grimaldii Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1906 | Bivalve | 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 Abra. | |
| Syntomosphyrum gregi Girault, 1913 | Wasp | William Rathbone Greg | Subsequently transferred to the genus Aprostocetus. | |
| Tagoria Yakovlev & Zolotuhin, 2021 | Moth | Rabindranath Tagore | A genus of moths native to India and Nepal, "named after the Nobel laureate, Rabindranath Tagore (1861−1941), who was a Bengali polymath–poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter." This genus was subsequently found to be a homonym of the jumping spider genus Tagoria Schenkel, 1963 (named for its affinity to Agorius), which was not in use anyway because it had been synonymised with Synagelides; nevertheless, a replacement was needed, and the nomen novum is Tagoriana Rivaz Hernández & Deshmukh, 2022. | [452][453] [454][455] |
| Tanais grimaldii Dollfus, 1897 | Crustacean | 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. | |
| Tennysoniana Girault, 1920 | Wasp | Alfred, Lord Tennyson | | |
| Teresirogas prestonae Quicke & van Achterberg, 2014 | Wasp | Margaret Preston | An Australian brightly colored parasitoid wasp "Named after the influential Australian modernist artist, Margaret Preston (1875–1973), well known for her highly colourful paintings." | |
| Tessmannella kiplingi Buffington & van Noort, 2012 | Wasp | Rudyard Kipling | A species native to the Republic of the Congo, "Named in honor of Rudyard Kipling, author of Just So Stories and others about Africa." | |
| Tetrastichus cobdeni Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Richard Cobden | Subsequently transferred to the genus Aprostocetus. | |
| Tetrastichus poincarei Girault, 1913 | Wasp | Henri Poincaré | | |
| Thericium ataturki † Landau, Harzhauser, İslamoğlu & Marques da Silva 2013 | Sea snail | Mustafa Kemal Atatürk | A fossil species from the Miocene of Southern Turkey. | |
| Thoreauea J.K. Williams | Flowering plant | Henry David Thoreau | A genus of plants of the dogbane family, native to Mexico. "It is an honor to name this new genus after Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862), noted essayist and naturalist [...] His loving, and often unrecognized, commitment to botany inspired me to undertake the subject." | |
| Thoreauella Girault, 1930 | Wasp | Henry David Thoreau | | |
| Thoreauia Girault, 1916 | Wasp | Henry David Thoreau | | |
| Thorichthys panchovillai Del Moral-Flores, López-Segovia & Hernández-Arellano, 2017 | Fish | Pancho Villa | A freshwater cichlid fish native to the Coatzacoalcos River basin, Mexico. | |
| Thouarella amundseni Núñez-Flores, Gomez-Uchida & López-González, 2021 | Coral | Roald Amundsen | A soft coral from the coast of Antarctica. | |
| Tolkienia † Lieberman & Kloc, 1997 | Trilobite | J. R. R. Tolkien | A genus of Devonian trilobites that has been found in Spain, France and the United States. | |
| Trachinocephalus gauguini Polanco, Acero & Betancur, 2016 | Fish | Paul Gauguin | This species of lizardfish is endemic to the Marquesas Islands, where Gauguin lived for the last two years of his life and was buried. | |
| Tragelaphus scriptus meneliki Neumann, 1902 | Antelope | Menelik II | Known as Menelik's bushbuck, this subspecies is endemic to Ethiopia. | |
| Trichaporoidella maupaussanti Girault, 1915 | Wasp | Guy de Maupassant | Subsequently transferred to genus Neotrichoporoides. | |
| Trigoniophthalmus lermontovi Kaplin, 2015 | Bristletail | Mikhail Lermontov | "Since the species was collected near the place of the duel of M. Yu. Lermontov, it was named in honor of this great Russian poet and writer in connection with his 200th birthday anniversary. " | |
| Triplocania einsteini González-Obando, Carrejo-Gironza & García Aldrete, 2021 | Barklouse | Albert Einstein | "This species is dedicated to Albert Einstein, theoretical physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921, author of the Theory of Relativity." | |
| Tritropis grimaldii Chevreux, 1891 | Crustacean | 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 Rhachotropis. | |
| Trochilus herrani Delattre & Bourcier, 1846 | Hummingbird | Pedro Alcántara Herrán | Known as rainbow-bearded thornbill, this hummingbird native to Colombia, Ecuador and northern Peru was "Dedicated to General Herrán, former president of the Republic of New Granada; a man of rare dedication and a friend of Europeans who can spread useful knowledge and the development of natural sciences in his country." Subsequently transferred to genus Chalcostigma. | |
| Trogolaphysa mariecurieae Ferreira, Oliveira & Zeppelini, 2022 | Springtail | Marie Curie | "Species named after Dr. Marie Skłodowska-Curie for her enormous contribution to science." | |
| Troides alexandrae Rothschild, 1907 | Butterfly | Alexandra of Denmark | Recorded as the largest butterfly in the world, Queen Alexandra's birdwing is restricted to the forests of Oro Province in eastern Papua New Guinea. "On account of the relationship of this new species with Troides victoriae [protonym Papilio (Ornithoptera) victoriae, also in this list], we think the name alexandrae to be very appropriate." Subsequently transferred to the genus Ornithoptera. | |
| Trophon shackletoni Hedley, 1911 | Sea snail | Ernest Shackleton | A species native to the Southern Ocean, described from specimens collected at Cape Royds by the Nimrod Expedition, led by Shackleton. "As the handsomest novelty in the collection, it is dedicated to the intrepid leader of the Expedition." Subsequently transferred to the genus Trophonella. | |
| Tropidophis cacuangoae Ortega-Andrade et al., 2022 | Snake | Dolores Cacuango | A wood snake native to Ecuador, named "honoring Dolores Cacuango, an Ecuadorian benchmark of feminism and human rights of the early twentieth century. She claimed the identity and rights of the Ecuadorian indigenous people, leading them to defend themselves from abuse and discrimination. Also, she demanded the teaching of Quechua and founded the first bilingual schools in Ecuador and the Ecuadorian Indigenous Federation." | |
| Trypanosoma livingstonei Teixeira & Camargo, 2013 | Protist | Mary Moffat Livingstone | "The name was given because Trypanosoma livingstonei n. sp. was first discovered in bats captured in Chupanga, Mozambique, a small village in the margin of the Zambezi River, where Mary Livingstone, the wife of David Livingstone, died of "fevers" in 1862; her grave remains in an small cemetery from a Portuguese Mission practically destroyed by the Mozambique wars." | |
| Tschaidicancha chaplini Benedetti & Pinto-da-Rocha, 2022 | Harvestman | Charlie Chaplin | "dedicated to the English actor, composer, director and producer Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin (1889–1977), a worldwide icon in the era of silent film through his screen persona "The Tramp"." | |
| Tylenchorhynchus quaidi Golden, Maqbool & Handoo, 1987 | Roundworm | Muhammad Ali Jinnah | A plant parasitic nematode from Pakistan; "The species name is given in honor of the founder of Pakistan, Quaidi-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah." | |
| Typhloponemys schweitzeri Pace, 2009 | Beetle | Albert Schweitzer | A rove beetle from Gabon, "dedicated to the memory of Dr. Albert Schweitzer, a famous German physician, musicologist and theologian, Nobel Peace Prize winner, 1952. In Gabon he founded the famous leprosarium of Lambaréné." | |
| Ummidia colemanae Godwin & Bond, 2021 | Spider | Bessie Coleman | A trapdoor spider from Texas, named "in honor of Texas native Bessie Coleman (1892–1926), the first African American and Native American woman to obtain her pilot's license." | |
| Ummidia macarthuri Godwin & Bond, 2021 | Spider | Douglas MacArthur | A trapdoor spider from Arkansas, "named in honor of Arkansas native General Douglas MacArthur." | |
| Uriolelaps poei Girault, 1915 | Wasp | Edgar Allan Poe | Genus Uriolelaps was subsequently synonymised with Dipara. | |
| Urothoe grimaldii Chevreux, 1895 | Crustacean | 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. | |
| Vampirococcus lugosii Moreira et al., 2021 | Bacterium | Bela Lugosi | "after Bela Lugosi (1882–1956), who played the role of the vampire in the iconic 1931 film Dracula. [It is an] epibiotic bacterium that preys on anoxygenic photosynthetic gammaproteobacterial species of the genus Halochromatium." | |
| Vetelia gandhii † Esteban & Nasif, 1996 | Armadillo | Mahatma Gandhi | A fossil species of dasypodidae from the Miocene of Catamarca Province, Argentina. | |
| Victoria Lindl. | Flowering plant | Queen Victoria | | |
| Volvarina hemingwayi Espinosa & Ortea, 2015 | Sea snail | Ernest Hemingway | A species native to Cuba, "named in honour of the American writer Ernest Hemingway, Nobel laureate in Literature, a great friend of Cuba, its people and its sea, where his surname is synonymous with all that is great and with the spirit of adventure." | |
| Wendyichthys lautreci † Lund & Poplin, 1997 | Fish | Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec | A fossil species from the Carboniferous of Montana, US. | |
| Whittieria Girault, 1938 | Wasp | John Greenleaf Whittier | | |
| Xymmer phungi Satria et al., 2016 | Ant | Phan Đình Phùng | "named after a Vietnamese revolutionary leader, Mr. Phan Dinh Phung, who was born in 1847 in Ha Tinh Province [where the type locality is] and led rebel armies against French colonial forces." | |
| Zamenhofella Girault, 1941 | Wasp | L. L. Zamenhof | Subsequently synonymised with the genus Austroencyrtus Girault, 1923. | |
| Zercon shevtchenkoi Faleńczyk-Koziróg, Shevchyk, Pylypenko & Kaczmarek, 2018 | Mite | Taras Shevchenko | "The new species is dedicated to the Ukrainian poet Taras Hryhorowycz Shevchenko (1814-1861) whose grave is located in Kaniev." (Close to the type locality). | |
| Zonophryxus grimaldii Koehler, 1911 | Crustacean | Albert I, Prince of Monaco | The prince was born Albert Grimaldi. This parasitic isopod, which affects the shrimp Heterocarpus grimaldii (also in this list), was described from specimens collected by one of the prince's research yachts, the Princesse-Alice. | |
| Zonothrips smutsi Faure, 1957 | Thrips | Jan Smuts | This species is native to South Africa. Subsequently transferred to genus Hydatothrips. | |
| Zovax vangoghi Błeszyński, 1965 | Moth | Vincent van Gogh | | |