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=Genera & higher=

WHO'S WHO

 * Alfaro Meek, 1912 (knife fish)
 * Amanda Macnae, 1954 (snail)
 * Andrzej Slipinski, 2007 (ladybird beetle)
 * Angela Audinet-Serville, 1838 (mantis), also Angela Lesson, 1843 (coelenterate) and Angela Gonzalez-Sponga, 1987 (opilionid)
 * Archimedes Lesueur, 1842 (bryozoan with a corkskrew-shaped support)
 * Archytas Jaennicke, 1867 (tachinid fly)
 * Balboa Distant, 1893 (seed bug)
 * Barbara Heinrich, 1923 (tortricid moth)
 * Brenda Oman, 1941 (leafhopper)
 * Caligula Moore, 1862 (silkmoth), also Caligula Aurivillius, 1879 (tiger moth)
 * Candace Stål (stink bug)
 * Camilla Haliday, 1836 (fly)
 * Celina Aubé, 1837-38 (diving beetle)
 * Clara Gill, 1862 (fish)
 * Clarissa Kirby, 1894 (wasp)
 * Claudia Stål, 1864 (bug)
 * Claudius Des Gozis, 1882 (beetle; synonymized)
 * Cletus Stål (leaf-footed bug)
 * Confucius Distant, 1907 (bug)
 * Cristina Loman, 1902 (opilionid)
 * Cynthia D. Don, 1829 (goat's-beard) and Cynthia Fabricius, 1807 (moth; many homonyms by later authors)
 * Damon Koch, 1850 (whip scorpion)
 * Daphne Linnaeus, 1753 (laurel), also a mollusc
 * Delilah Dillon & Dillon, 1945 (longhorn beetle)
 * Diana Risso, 1826 (fish), also Diana Laporte & Gory, 1837 (buprestid beetle; synonymized)
 * Doris (nudibranch)
 * Drusilla Leach, 1819 (rove beetle)
 * Electra Lamouroux, 1816 (bryozoan)
 * Emma Gray, 1843 (bryozoan)
 * Erica Linnaeus, 1753 (heather)
 * Esmeralda Thomson (longhorned beetle; now a subgenus)
 * Esperanza Barber, 1906 (stink bug)
 * Eugenia Linnaeus (fruit tree)
 * Evita Capps, 1943 (geometrid moth)
 * Fiona (mollusc)
 * Francesca (planthopper)
 * Gilda Giglio-Tos (mantis; synonymized)
 * Godiva MacNae, 1954 (nudibranch)
 * Goya Ragonot, 1888 (pyralid moth)
 * Greta (butterfly), also Greta Hemming (snail) - one of these is probably not valid
 * Griselda Heinrich, 1923 (tortricid moth)
 * Guillermo Slipinski, 2007 (ladybird beetle)
 * Hermione (stratiomyid fly)
 * Hilda Kirkaldy (planthopper)
 * Inga Busck, 1908 (oecophorid moth)
 * Iris (mantis)
 * Julia (mollusc)
 * Lara (riffle beetle)
 * Larisa Miller, 1979 (tortricid moth)
 * Lavinia (carp)
 * Livia Latreille, 1805 (psyllid bug)
 * Liza Jordan & Swain, 1884 (mullet)
 * Lucia Swainson, 1833 (butterfly)
 * Marietta Motschulsky (chalcidoid wasp)
 * Marisa (snail)
 * Mathilda (mollusc)
 * Melanie (mollusc)
 * Melba Casey (rove beetle)
 * Melissa Linnaeus, 1753 (lemon balm)
 * Mercedes Johnson, 1991 (butterfly)
 * Nat Slipinski, 2007 (ladybird beetle)
 * Natalia Gray, 1840 (echinoderm)
 * Norma Heinrich, 1923 (tortricid moth; synonymized)
 * Ophelia (annelid)
 * Patricia Fox (snail)
 * Pauline Siveter, 2012 (fossil crustacean; about as straightforward an honorific as one can get, named after the author's wife)
 * Penelope (bird)
 * Phoebe Audinet-Serville, 1835 (longhorn beetle)
 * Phyllis Gistel, 1847 (leaf beetle; synonymized)
 * Plato Coddington, 1986 (spider)
 * Priscilla Thomson, 1864 (longhorn beetle)
 * Prunella (dunnock), also Prunella Linnaeus, 1753 (dragon-head)
 * Rajendra Moore, 1879 (tiger moth)
 * Ramona Casey, 1886 (beetle)
 * Regina Baird & Girard, 1853 (snake)
 * Rita Bleeker, 1859 (catfish)
 * Robert Slipinski, 2007 (ladybird beetle)
 * Roger Slipinski, 2007 (ladybird beetle)
 * Sappho Reichenbach, 1849 (bird)
 * Sinatra Buffington, 2011 (wasp from the Pacific Islands)
 * Sonia Heinrich, 1926 (tortricid moth)
 * Sophia Adanson, 1763 (tansy-mustard)
 * Spartacus Distant, 1884 (leaf bug)
 * Susana Rohwer & Middleton 1932 (sawfly)
 * Sylvia (warblers)
 * Thais (snail)
 * Tina Powell, 1986 (moth)
 * Tobias Simon, 1895 (crab spider)
 * Tyson (percine fish)
 * Vanessa (butterfly)
 * Veronica Linnaeus, 1753 (speedwell)
 * Vladimir Triapitsyn, 2013 (chalcidoid wasp)
 * Waldo Nicoll, 1966 (parasitic clam)
 * Wioletta Slipinski, 2007 (ladybird beetle)
 * Zappa Murdy, 1989 (goby)

WHO'S WHO (Fictional & Mythological, etc.)

 * Adonis Linnaeus, 1753 (bird's-eye; Ranunculaceae), also Adonis Gronow, 1854 (fish)
 * Akela, Bagheera]], Messua]], & Nagaina]] Peckham & Peckham, 1986 (jumping spiders; after characters in Kipling's "Jungle Book")
 * Andromeda Linnaeus, 1753 (wild rosemary), also Andromeda Gistel, 1834 (buprestid beetle; synonymized)
 * Anubis Thomson, 1864 (longhorn beetle)
 * Aphrodite Leske, 1775 (Sea Mouse, a polychaete; many homonyms by later authors)
 * Aquarius Schellenberg, 1800 (water strider)
 * Astarte Sowerby, 1816 (clam), also Astarte de Blainville, 1828 (polychaete)
 * Baalzebub Coddington, 1986 (spider)
 * Batman Whitley, 1956 (fish; synonymized)
 * Ceres Gray, 1856 (snail)
 * Chronos Robson, 1914 (snail)
 * Cinderella Steyskal, 1949 (heleomyzid fly)
 * Croesus Leach, 1817 (sawfly)
 * Cyrano Needham & Gyger, 1939 (damselfly)
 * Daggoo, Queequeg, and Tashtego Sime & Wahl, 2002 (wasps; after the harpoonists in Melville's "Moby Dick")
 * Damocles (fossil shark; males had an elaborate projection from the back that ended poised over the head)
 * Demogorgon Kirby, 1891 (earwig; synonymized - the name should be familiar to anyone who has ever played Dungeons and Dragons)
 * Dracula Luer, 1978 (orchid; the flower supposedly resembles a bat)
 * Eros Newman, 1838 (lycid beetle)
 * Freya Thery, 1943 (buprestid beetle)
 * Gargantua Jullien, 1888 (bryozoan)
 * Hades Westwood, 1851 (metalmark butterfly)
 * Hermes Montfort, 1810 (snail; now a subgenus)
 * Iago Compagno & Springer, 1971 (shark)
 * Icarus Forbes, 1844 (snail; synonymized)
 * Kali Lloyd, 1909 (deepsea swallower fish)
 * Leia (fungus gnat)
 * Lucifer Doderlein, 1882 (fish)
 * Mars Jordan & Seale, 1906 (fish)
 * Mephisto Tyler, 1966 (spikefish)
 * Nemo McAlpine, 1983 (fly)
 * Nyx Heppner, 1982 (pyralid moth)
 * Oedipus (salamander)
 * Ophiuchus Distant, 1918 (leafhopper)
 * Orcus Mulsant, 1850 (ladybird beetle - the name should be familiar to anyone who has ever played Dungeons and Dragons)
 * Orion Guérin-Méneville, 1844 (longhorn beetle)
 * Osiris Smith, 1854(bee)
 * Pandora Bruguière, 1797 (clam)
 * Pegasus Linnaeus, 1758 (seamoth fish)
 * Phaeton Linnaeus, 1758 (tropicbird)
 * Pinocchio Pagliano & Scaramozzino, 1990 (pteromalid wasp; synonymized)
 * Pluto (aphid wasp)
 * Polyphemus (water flea)
 * Poseidon Herklots, 1851 (crustacean)
 * Prometheus Hübner, 1824 (moth)
 * Satan Hubbs & Bailey, 1947 (catfish)
 * Semiramis Becker, 1913 (bee fly)
 * Terpsichore (paradise flycatcher)
 * Theseus (stink bug)
 * Venus Linnaeus, 1758 (clam)
 * Yoda Priede et al., 2012 (acorn worm)
 * Zeus Linnaeus, 1758 (dory fish)

MEDICAL/ANATOMICAL TERMS

 * Amnesia Horn, 1876 (weevil; synonymized)
 * Anemia (fern), also Anemia Laporte, 1840 (darkling beetle; synonymized)
 * Anthrax Scopoli, 1763 (bee fly)
 * Caecum (mollusc)
 * Cerebrum Schroder Medioli & Scott, 1989 (protist)
 * Dialysis Walker (coenomyiid fly)
 * Edema Walker, 1855 (moth)
 * Emesis Fabricius, 1807 (metalmark butterfly)
 * Enema Hope, 1837 (scarab beetle; see also under species)
 * Fibula Leske, 1778 (echinoderm)
 * Glaucoma (protozoan)
 * Hippocampus (seahorse)
 * Malleus (hammer oyster)
 * Oestrus (bot fly)
 * Papilloma Wang, 1989 (wasp)
 * Patella (limpet)
 * Retina Walker, 1854 (moth)
 * Scabies Haas, 1911 (clam)
 * Sepsis Fallen, 1810 (dung fly)
 * Syngamia Guenee, 1854 (pyralid moth)
 * Syrinx Roding, 1798 (snail)
 * Systole Walker, 1832 (eurytomid wasp)
 * Thymus Girault, 1916 (eulophid wasp)
 * Tibia (conch)
 * Trachea (noctuid moth)
 * Trapezium Megerle, 1811 (clam)
 * Tumor Huang, 1990 (pteromalid wasp)
 * Ulna Capuse, 1973 (moth)

PLACE NAMES

 * Acadia Vockeroth (fungus gnat)
 * Acheron Lefebvre, 1842 (owlfly)
 * Alabama Grote, 1895 (moth)
 * Alamosa Hampson, 1901 (pyralid moth; synonymized)
 * Altoona Hulst, 1888 (pyralid moth; synonymized)
 * Andes Stål, 1866 (planthopper)
 * Appalachia (grasshopper)
 * Argentina Linnaeus, 1758 (fish)
 * Arivaca Shaffer, 1968 (pyralid moth)
 * Atlanta (snail)
 * Atascosa Hulst, 1890 (pyralid moth)
 * Asia Pergens, 1887 (coelenterate; not valid)
 * Australia Girault, 1928 (wasp)
 * Babylonia Schlüter, 1838 (mollusc)
 * Cadiz Andrews & Gilbert 1992 (leaf beetle)
 * Cayuga Hulst, 1888 (pyralid moth; synonymized)
 * China Burr, 1899 (orthopteran)
 * Cochabamba (leaf beetle)
 * Colombia Rang, 1835 (a mollusc)
 * Corcovado Lane, 1973 (longhorn beetle)
 * Cuba Dyar, 1919 (moth)
 * Florida Baird, 1858 (bird)
 * Gardena Dohrn (assassin bug)
 * Gaza (snail)
 * Gonzaga (lacewing)
 * Iberia Kirkaldy, 1907 (leafhopper)
 * Loyola (lacewing)
 * Maricopa Hulst, 1890 (pyralid moth)
 * Memphis (butterfly)
 * Mexico Spilman, 1972 (beetle)
 * Mineola Hulst, 1890 (pyralid moth; synonymized)
 * Narnia Stål, 1862 (leaf-footed bug)
 * Nirvana Kirkaldy (leafhopper)
 * Ocala Hulst, 1892 (pyralid moth)
 * Osceola Hulst, 1891 (pyralid moth; synonymized)
 * Panama Marsh, 1993 (wasp)
 * Patagonia (pyralid moth)
 * Peoria Ragonot, 1887 (pyralid moth)
 * Petaluma Hulst, 1888 (pyralid moth; synonymized)
 * Pima Hulst, 1888 (pyralid moth)
 * Reynosa Shaffer, 1968 (pyralid moth)
 * Sarasota Hulst, 1900 (pyralid moth)
 * Seneca Hulst, 1890 (pyralid moth; synonymized)
 * Sonoma Casey (rove beetle)
 * Sonora Baird & Girard, 1853 (snake)
 * Stromboli (mollusc)
 * Tacoma Hulst, 1888 (pyralid moth)
 * Tampa Ragonot, 1887 (pyralid moth)
 * Texas Kirkaldy, 1904 (bug)
 * Tonga Kirkaldy, 1900 (planthopper)
 * Tulsa Heinrich, 1956 (pyralid moth)
 * Uinta Hulst, 1888 (pyralid moth)
 * Unadilla Hulst, 1890 (pyralid moth)
 * Valdivia Ragonot, 1888 (pyralid moth)
 * Valencia Sauvage, 1880 (carp)

FAMILIAR IN OTHER CONTEXTS

 * Agape Felder, 1874 (tiger moth)
 * Alienates Barber, 1953 (gnat bug)
 * Aloha Kirkaldy, 1904 (bug)
 * Ambrosia Linnaeus, 1753 (ragweed)
 * Amphora Cumberland, 1826 (echinoderm, also a weevil, also a snail)
 * Anticlimax Pilsbry & McGinty, 1946 (fossil snail)
 * Apache Kirkaldy, 1901 (derbid planthopper)
 * Apocrypha Eschscholtz, 1831 (darkling beetle)
 * Are Walker, 1855 (tiger moth)
 * Aria (beam-tree)
 * Athletes Karsch, 1896 (silkmoth)
 * Aurora Ragonot, 1887 (pyralid moth; synonymized)
 * Balsa Walker, 1860 (noctuid moth)
 * Bandera Ragonot, 1887 (pyralid moth)
 * Banjos Bleeker, 1876 (percine fish)
 * Betelgeuse Shaw, 1988 (braconid wasp)
 * Bonus Moskalev, 1973 (limpet)
 * Box Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830 (fish)
 * Calypso (orchid; also a pteromalid wasp)
 * Camera Townes, 1962 (ichneumon wasp)
 * Campanile (mollusc)
 * Cannabis Blyth, 1850 (bird)
 * Car (weevil)
 * Cassis (helmet shell)
 * Chaos Linnaeus, 1767 (amoeba)
 * Chinchilla Girault, 1928 (Encyrtid wasp; synonymized)
 * Chorus Gray, 1847 (snail)
 * Circus (hawk)
 * Cis (fungus beetle)
 * Codon Linnaeus (borage) and Codon Fennah, 1962 (planthopper)
 * Conga Evans, 1955 (skipper)
 * Corona (snail)
 * Coyote Reeder & Roth, 1988 (snail subgenus)
 * Creator Alekseev (megaspilid wasp)
 * Crypsis (grass)
 * Cyclops (one-eyed copepod)
 * Cylinder Montfort, 1810 (snail; now a subgenus)
 * Decodes Obratsov, 1961 (tortricid moth)
 * Delta de Saussure, 1855 (wasp)
 * Dictator Thomson, 1878 (longhorn beetle)
 * Disaster Gilli, 1980 (buckthorn; synonymized) and Disaster Agassiz, 1836 (echinoid)
 * Discus (clam)
 * Draco Linnaeus, 1758 (gliding lizard)
 * Drinker Bakker (dinosaur)
 * Echidna Förster, 1777 (eel)
 * Echo Hartman, 1881 (snail; synonymized)
 * Electron (motmot)
 * Euphoria Burmeister, 1842 (scarab beetle)
 * Exotica (mollusc)
 * Formica Linnaeus (ant)
 * Gyros H. Edwards, 1881 (pyralid moth)
 * Helix Linnaeus, 1758 (snail)
 * Hero Alder & Hancock, 1855 (nudibranch)
 * Hiatus Cresson, 1906 (otitid fly)
 * Homunculus Ameghino, 1891 (fossil monkey)
 * Hypocrites Fåhraeus, 1872 (longhorn beetle)
 * Idea (danaid butterfly)
 * Index Boettger, 1877 (snail; now a subgenus)
 * Indicator (honeyguide birds; Greater Honeyguide is Indicator indicator)
 * Iron Eaton, 1883 (mayfly; now placed in Epeorus)
 * Kinesis Burr, 1907 (earwig)
 * Lapsus Pacheco, 1964 (mud beetle)
 * Lepton Zetterstedt, 1838 (braconid wasp; synonymized)
 * Lithium Finnamore, 1987 (aphid wasp)
 * Lo Seale in Jordan & Seale, 1906 (rabbitfish)
 * Mamma Moersch, 1852 (mollusc)
 * Motes (larrine wasp)
 * Nasturtium (watercress)
 * Nematodes (false click beetle)
 * Nemesis Risso, 1826 (copepod)
 * Onus Rafinesque, 1810 (fish)
 * Palmar Schaefer, 1949 (buprestid beetle)
 * Panacea Godman & Salvin, 1883 (nymphalid butterfly)
 * Pandemonium Van Valen, 1994 (fossil mammal)
 * Papa Reichenbach, 1850 (bird)
 * Par McAlpine, 2001 (fly)
 * Paratype Felder, 1874 (tiger moth)
 * Patina Rafinesque, 1815
 * Pepsis (tarantula hawk wasp)
 * Peregrinator Kirkaldy (assassin bug)
 * Philander Linnaeus (opossum)
 * Planes Rondani, 1863 (hoverfly; name preoccupied)
 * Platypus (bark beetle)
 * Podium Fabricius, 1804 (sphecid wasp)
 * Prays Hübner, 1825 (moth)
 * Provocator Watson, 1882 (snail)
 * Psyche Rang, 1825 (pteropod; synonymized)
 * Pupa Roding, 1798 (snail)
 * Purex Burr, 1911 (earwig)
 * Radius Montfort, 1810 (snail; synonymized)
 * Ragnarok Van Valen, 1978 (fossil mammal; "Ragnarok" is the Norse mythological apocalypse; synonymized)
 * Saga (katydid)
 * Salamis Boisduval (snail)
 * Samba Friese, 1908 (bee)
 * Saturnalia Langer et al., 1999 (dinosaur)
 * Sayonara Jordan & Steele, 1906 (fish)
 * Schema Becker, 1907 (shore fly)
 * Scissor Gunther, 1864 (fish)
 * Sea Hayward (snail)
 * Sierra Fowler, 1905 (fish)
 * Silo Curtis, 1830 (caddisfly)
 * Sirius Hedley, 1900 (snail)
 * Sonata Lee, 2010 (cicada)
 * Spandex Burr, 1915 (earwig; synonymized)
 * Sphinx Linnaeus, 1758 (sphinx moth)
 * Sponsor Gory & Laporte, 1839 (buprestid beetle)
 * Stratus Schaufuss (rove beetle)
 * Synecdoche (Achilid planthopper)
 * Terra Johnson & Matusik, 1988 (hairstreak butterfly)
 * Titan Matthews, 1858 (microscopic beetle; synonymized)
 * Torpedo Houttuyn, 1874 (ray)
 * Trivia Gray, 1837 (snail)
 * Troglodytes (wrens)
 * Tuba Lea, 1838 (snail; synonymized)
 * Turbo (snail)
 * Tuxedo Schuh, 2001 (plant bug)
 * Umbrella Lamarck, 1819 (gastropod; synonymized)
 * Vertigo Müller, 1774 (land snail)
 * Villa Lioy, 1864 (bee fly; see below for one noteworthy species)
 * Zen Jordan, 1903 (dory fish)

PLAYS ON WORDS/PHRASES (intentional or otherwise)

 * Amazona Linnaeus (parrot)
 * Amercedes Casey (weevil)
 * Anonymos Walt., 1788 (plants, later split up)
 * Architectonica (snail)
 * Arfia Van Valen, 1965 (dog-like fossil)
 * Arthritica (mollusc)
 * Bama McAlpine, 2001 (fly)
 * Bambiraptor Burnham et al., 2002 (diminutive dinosaur)
 * Bazinga Gershwin & Davie, 2013 (jellyfish; after the TV character Sheldon Cooper's catchphrase)
 * Bloodiella Nowicki (parasitic wasp)
 * Borogovia Osmólska, 1987 (dinosaur; after creature from Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky")
 * Bulbus Brown, 1839 (snail)
 * Bunnya Baker, 1941 (snail)
 * Cacophonia Gistl, 1848 (clam; synonymized)
 * Camelotia Galton, 1985 (dinosaur from England)
 * Centrifuga (mollusc)
 * Cincinnatia (mollusc)
 * Compacta Amsel, 1956 (pyralid moth)
 * Contorta Megerle in Villa, 1841 (snail; synonymized)
 * Cornucopiae Linnaeus, 1737 (grass; synonymized)
 * Cucarastichus LaSalle (cockroach hyperparasitic wasp)
 * Draculo Snyder, 1911 (dragonet fish)
 * Dyaria Neumoegen, 1893 (moth; Neumoegen greatly disliked his contemporary, Dyar)
 * Electrona (lanternfish)
 * Elephantella Rydb., 1900 (figwort)
 * Explorator Pacheco, 1964 (mud beetle)
 * Galaxias (deep-sea fish)
 * Gargoyleosaurus Carpenter, Miles, & Cloward, 1998 (dinosaur)
 * Hallucigenia Conway Morris, 1977 (Cambrian fossil)
 * Hawaiia Gude, 1911 (snail)
 * Hebejeebie Heads 2003 (plant; refers to "the anxiety the plants often caused taxonomists")
 * Hottipula Evenhuis, 1994 (fossil crane fly)
 * Hunkydora Fleming, 1948 (clam; a subgenus of Myadora)
 * Illinoia Wilson, 1910 and Iowana Hottes, 1954 (aphids)
 * Impatiens Linnaeus, 1753 (touch-me-not)
 * Indecentia Broun (weevil)
 * Interjectio Heinrich, 1956 (Pyralid moth)
 * Ittibittium Houbrick, 1993 (mollusks smaller than those in the genus Bittium)
 * Iyaiyai Evenhuis, 1994 (fossil fly)
 * Jamaicia (snail)
 * Japania Girault, 1911 (chalcidoid wasp)
 * Jujubinus Monterosato, 1884 (mollusc)
 * Leprechaunus Capener, 1950 (treehopper)
 * Lituania Jakimavicius, 1960 (braconid wasp)
 * Lumpus Rafinesque, 1815 (fish)
 * Manhatta Hulst, 1890 (pyralid moth)
 * Meomyia Evenhuis, 1983 (fly)
 * Meteoria (deep-sea fish)
 * Monogamus Lutzen, 1976 (snail)
 * Muscatheres Evenhuis, 1986 (fly; "there are only 3 Muscatheres known")
 * Mysteria Thomson, 1860 (longhorned beetle)
 * Notnops, Taintnops, and Tisentnops Platnick, 1994 (spiders; all originally placed in the genus Nops, but Platnick decided these were all distinct new genera)
 * Notoreas Meyrick, 1886 (moth)
 * Dolichisme, Ochisme, Peggichisme and Polychisme Kirkaldy, 1904 (bugs; "-chisme" is pronounced "kiss me")
 * Omyomymar Schauff, 1983 (parasitic mymarid wasp)
 * Paraguaya Girault, 1911 (chalcidoid wasp)
 * Parasitus Latreille, 1795 (mite)
 * Passadena Hulst, 1900 (pyralid moth)
 * Problema Skinner & Williams, 1924 (skipper)
 * Ptomaspis, Dikenaspis, Ariaspis, all by Denison, 1963 (fossil fish; remove the "-aspis" from all three names to get the joke)
 * Ptomomys, Dickomys, and Harryomys, the latter two coined by Wood (the first is pocket gophers, the latter are related fossil taxa)
 * Qiyia Chen et al., 2014 (leech-like fossil fly larva; "qiyi" is Chinese for "bizarre")
 * Sallya Hemming (snail)
 * Serendipidae Evenhuis, 1994 (fossil fly family)
 * Spastica Dejean, 1834 (blister beetle)
 * Stupidogobius Aurich, 1938 (goby)
 * Supercrambus Bleszynski, 1967 (pyralid moth)
 * This McAlpine, 1991 (fly; McAlpine had a poster on his office door with an illustration of the fly and a quote below "Look at This!")
 * Townesilitus Hesselbarth & Loan, 1983 (wasp)
 * Triumphis Gray, 1847 (snail)
 * Viviparidae (snail family)

INTERESTING HONORIFICS

 * Attenborosaurus Bakker, 1993 (plesiosaur, after David Attenborough)
 * Balnibarbi Fortey, 1974 (trilobite; after the inept technocracy in "Gulliver's Travels")
 * Belantsea Leseuer, 1818 (fossil fish; named for the legendary ancestor of the Crow tribal nation)
 * Buzzops Bakker (fossil turtle; named for the proprietor of a popular Rock River, Wyoming bar and cafe)
 * Casanovula Hoare & van Nieukerken, 2013 (subgenus of moths with elaborate sexual adornments in the males)
 * Cheguevaria Kazantsev, 2006 (firefly)
 * Cocacolaria Hoffman, 1987 (millipede)
 * Coquena Schlinger et al., 2013 (fly from Argentina; named after an Argentinian mythical protector of animals, who wears a hat and bright poncho - the flies are iridescent and have a hat-like knob on the head)
 * Charonosaurus Godefroit, Zan & Jin, 2000 (Cretaceous hadrosaur from China; name honors Charon, the ancient Greek ferryman of the newly deceased, as the fossils were discovered on the south bank of the Amur River, dividing not the land of the living from Hades, but China from Russia)
 * Crichtonsaurus Dong, 2002 (ankylosaur; after "Jurassic Park" author Michael Crichton)
 * Cuttysarkus Estes, 1964 (fossil lizard)
 * Dalailama Staudinger, 1896 (moth from Tibet)
 * Darthvaderum Hunt, 1996 (mite)
 * Dawkinsia Pethiyagoda et al., 2012 (fish; after Richard Dawkins)
 * Electrolux Compagno & Heemstra, 2007 (electric ray exhibiting "vigorous sucking action")
 * Elvisaurus Holmes, 1993 (dinosaur; not valid)
 * Excalibosaurus McGowan, 1986 (British ichthyosaur with a swordlike upper jaw)
 * Godzillius Yager, 1986 (remipede crustacean)
 * Grendelius McGowan, 1976 (ichthyosaur; synonymized)
 * Haihaoia (snail)
 * Hildoceras Hyatt, 1867 (fossil ammonite; found in Britain, these fossils can sometimes be found with the free end carved into a snake's head, to honor the local Saxon legend claiming that St. Hilda had killed all the snakes in the region, making them all coil up, turn to stone, and fall into the sea)
 * Houdinia Hoare et al., 2006 (moth; distinctive for having the thinnest caterpillars ever found)
 * Ibyka Skog & Banks, 1973 (fossil plant; "from the poet Ibykos whose murder was revealed by cranes. This plant was only discovered because of quarrying operations [involving a different sort of crane] for the construction of Gilboa dam")
 * Ichabodcraniosaurus Novacek, 1996 (dinosaur; originally found without a head - a head was found later, but no one is sure whether it's the correct head)
 * Jaggermeryx Miller & Gunnell, 2014 (fossil mammal with enlarged lips; after Mick Jagger)
 * Kuckuckia Hollenberg, 1971 (brown alga)
 * Laputa Whitley, 1930 (fish; after literary castle in the clouds)
 * Laputavis Dyke, 2001 (fossil bird; as above)
 * Loureedia Henriques, 2012 (velvet spider that lives underground; named after Velvet Underground lead singer)
 * Mandelia (South African sea slug; named for Nelson Mandela)
 * Mashimaro Kim & Heraty, 2012 (parasitic wasp; after Korean cartoon character whose name is intended to sound like "marshmallow")
 * Merlinia Fortey & Owens 1978 (trilobite)
 * Mestoronema Wagner, 1999 (fossil snail; after the evil snail king in a "Dr. Who" episode)
 * Milesdavis Lieberman, 1994 (trilobite)
 * Montypythonoides Smith & Plane, 1985 (fossil snake)
 * Morlockia Garcia-Valdecasas, 1984 (cave-dwelling crustacean; after the Morlocks, the cave-dwelling race in H.G. Well's "The Time Machine")
 * Nabokovia Hemming, 1960 (butterfly in group that Nabokov studied)
 * Ninjemys Gaffney, 1992 (giant fossil turtle; named after the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
 * Obamadon Longrich et al., 2012 (fossil lizard with nice teeth)
 * Orsonwelles Hormiga 2002 (spider)
 * Pleomothra Yager, 1989 (remipede crustacean; related to Godzillius)
 * Qantassaurus Rich & Vickers-Rich, 1999 (dinosaur; after Qantas Airlines)
 * Reginaia Campbell & Lydeard, 2012 (black pearly mussel; mussels are commonly called pigtoes, the freshwater pearly mussels are often called naiads. "The genus is a conflation of Regina, alluding to the Empress of Blandings, a black pig much chronicled by P. G. Wodehouse, and naia, and the sequence of the name puts the swine before the pearls.")
 * Samrukia Naish et al., 2011 (fossil Kazakh bird; after the Samruk, a magical bird of Kazakh folklore)
 * Sterculia Laporte, 1835 and Sterculia]] Linnaeus (rove beetle, and plant; after the Roman god of manure)
 * Tubbia (fish)
 * Vaderscincus Wells & Wellington (skink)
 * Vunicothoe Boyko, 2009 (copepod, related to the genus Nicothoe; "VU" stands for Velvet Underground, and also plays on the album "The Velvet Underground and Nico")
 * Wodyetia Irvine, 1978 (foxtail palm; after Wodyeti, last aboriginal to live in the Melville Range area in Queensland, Australia, who brought this plant to botanical attention)

Tolkeinia
Then there's a large set of honorifics, both at species and genus ranks, for characters and creatures from J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth books, as well as Tolkien himself:
 * XXXXX
 * [[Anisonchus eowynae Van Valen, 1978 (fossil mammal; synonym of A. athelas Van Valen, 1978)
 * XXXXXBalinia Hedqvist, 1978 (eulophid wasp; synonymized)
 * XXXXXBalrogia Hedqvist, 1977 (pteromalid wasp)
 * XXXXXBeorn Cooper, 1964 (fossil tardigrade)
 * XXXXXBeornia Hedqvist, 1975 (eulophid wasp)
 * XXXXXBofuria Hedqvist, 1978 (pteromalid wasp)
 * XXXXXBomburia Hedqvist, 1978 (pteromalid wasp), also Bomburia, Van Valen, 1978 (fossil mammal)
 * XXXXXBubogonia bombadili and Protoselene bombadili, Van Valen, 1978 (fossil mammals)
 * XXXXXClaenodon mumak Van Valen, 1978 (fossil mammal)
 * XXXXXDeltatherium durini Van Valen, 1978 (fossil mammal)
 * XXXXXDurinia Hedqvist, 1978 (eulophid wasp; synonymized)
 * XXXXXDvalinia Hedqvist, 1977 (pteromalid wasp)
 * XXXXXEarendil Van Valen, 1978 (fossil mammal)
 * XXXXXEntia Hedqvist, 1974 (eulophid wasp; synonymized)
 * XXXXXFimbrethil ambaronae Van Valen, 1978 (fossil mammal; synonymized)
 * XXXXXFrodospira Wagner, 1999 (fossil gastropod)
 * XXXXXGabrius tolkieni Schillhammer, 1997 (rove beetle)
 * XXXXXGalaxias gollumoides (swamp-dwelling fish with large eyes)
 * XXXXXGildoria Hedqvist (braconid wasp)
 * XXXXXGimlia Hedqvist, 1978 (eulophid wasp; synonymized)
 * XXXXXGollum Compagno, 1973 (shark)
 * XXXXXGollumiella Hedqvist, 1978 (eucharitid wasp)
 * XXXXXGollumjapyx smeagol Sendra & Ortuno, 2006 (Spanish japygid)
 * XXXXXGwaihiria Naumann (diapriid wasp)
 * XXXXXIngerophrynus gollum Grismer, 2007 (toad)
 * XXXXXKhamul gothmogi Gates, 2008 (eurytomid wasp; genus is after the one named Nazgul, epithet after the one named Balrog)
 * XXXXXLegolasia Hedqvist, 1974 (pteromalid wasp; synonymized)
 * XXXXXLeucothoe tolkieni Vinogradov, 1990 (amphipod)
 * XXXXXMacropsis sauroni Hamilton, 1972 (leafhopper)
 * XXXXXMacrostyphlus frodo and M. gandalf Morrone, 1994 (Andean weevils)
 * XXXXXMartesia tolkieni Kennedy, 1975 (burrowing clam)
 * XXXXXMimatuta morgoth Van Valen, 1978 (fossil mammal)
 * XXXXXMithrandir Van Valen, 1978 (fossil mammal)
 * XXXXXNazgulia Hedqvist, 1973 (pteromalid wasp)
 * XXXXXNiphredil radagasti Van Valen, 1978 (fossil mammal; now in genus Paleotomus)
 * XXXXXOinia Hedqvist, 1978 (eulophid wasp; synonymized)
 * XXXXXOsteoborus orc Webb, 1969 (fossil canid)
 * XXXXXOxyprimus galadrielae Van Valen, 1978 (fossil mammal)
 * XXXXXPericompsus bilbo Erwin, 1982 (beetle with big, hairy feet)
 * XXXXXPlatymastus palantir Van Valen, 1978 (fossil mammal)
 * XXXXXSauron Eskov, 1995 (spider; appropriately, from Mt. Saur in Kazakhstan)
 * XXXXXShireplitis bilboi, S. frodoi, S. meriadoci, S. peregrini, S. samwisei, and S. tolkieni Fernandez-Triana & Ward, 2013 (braconid wasps from New Zealand)
 * XXXXXSmaug Stanley et al., 2011 (South African lizard)
 * XXXXXSmeagol Climo, 1980 (gastropod; type genus of the family Smeagolidae)
 * XXXXXSmeagolia Hedqvist, 1973 (pteromalid wasp; synonymized)
 * XXXXXSyconycteris hobbit Ziegler, 1982 (blossom bat with hairy feet)
 * XXXXXTetramorium nazgul and T. smaug Hita Garcia & Fisher, 2012 (ants)
 * XXXXXThangorodrim thalion Van Valen, 1978 (fossil mammal; now in genus Oxyclaenus)
 * XXXXXTinuviel]] Van Valen, 1978 (fossil mammal)

ACRONYMS AND SUCH

 * Afipia (bacterium; acronym for Armed Forces Institute of Pathology)
 * Cedecea (bacterium; pseudo-acronym for Centers for Disease Control)
 * Csiro Medvedev & Lawrence, 1984 (Australian beetle; acronym for Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)
 * Foadia Pakaluk, 1985 (beetle; FOAD is a well-known, rude acronym - and the name was intentional)
 * Geocenamus Thorne, 1968 (nematode; stands for "Geographical Center of North America")
 * Inbiomyia Buck, 2005 (fly; honors the Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad in Costa Rica - which, sadly, appears to be on the verge of closing down)
 * Waddlia (bacterium; acronym for Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory)

FUN WITH LATIN

 * Aegrotocatellus Adrain & Edgecombe, 1995 (trilobite; literally "sick puppy", also see below under species)
 * Astrapotherium Burmeister, 1879 (fossil mammal; literally "lightning beast", but it was large, heavy, and slow)
 * Brontomerus Taylor, Wedel & Cifelli, 2011 (dinosaur; literally "thunder thigh")
 * Clitoria Linnaeus, 1753 (butterfly-pea)
 * Colepiocephale Sullivan, 2003 (dinosaur; literally "knucklehead")
 * Glans (snail)
 * Haimacystis Sumrall, Sprinkle, & Guensburg, 2001 (fossil crinoid; "Haimacystis is a compound of the Greek haima, flowing blood, and cystis, sac, referring to the blood dripping from superficial leg wounds suffered by one of the co-authors when the biggest slab of specimens described herein toppled over and almost crushed him.")
 * Labium Brulle, 1846 (wasp)
 * Longiphallus Riedel, 1958 (snail; subgenus of Oxychilus)
 * Ludodactylus Frey et al., 2003 (pterosaur; translates as "play pterodactyl", because it resembles the previously UNrealistic plastic toys that were based on the well-known Pteranodon, but possessed sharp teeth - which Pteranodon lacked)
 * Lycoperdon (puffball; literally "wolf-fart")
 * Mammillaria (cactus)
 * Megapnosaurus Ivie et al., 2002 (dinosaur; literally "big dead lizard" - even though it is somewhat small for a dinosaur - this genus was renamed by entomologists who noticed the original name, Syntarsus]], was already preoccupied by a beetle)
 * Meretrix Lamarck (clam; type species was originally named "Venus meretrix" by Linnaeus, meaning "Venus the prostitute")
 * Moorochloa Veldkamp, 2004 (grass; dedicated to the Committee on Botanical Nomenclature of Spermatophytes, which refused to conserve the well-known name Brachiaria, suggesting instead that a new genus should be described - the new name translates as "fool grass")
 * Peneothello (robin; "pene-" means "almost", and the bird is almost black)
 * Pulchrapollia Dyke & Cooper, 2000 (fossil parrot; translates to "Pretty Polly")
 * Proctaporia Morch, 1857 (nudibranch; synonymized)
 * Sanctacaris Briggs & Collins, 1988 (fossil chelicerate; literally "Santa claws")
 * Semen Hoffer, 1954 (encyrtid wasp)
 * ✅ Vagina Megerle, 1811 (clam; synonymized)

SIMPLY PLAYFUL, ACCIDENTAL HOMOPHONES, etc.

 * Abudefduf Forsskal, 1775 (sergeant-major fish)
 * Afgoiogfa Argaman (wasp; palindrome)
 * Antimargarita Powell, 1951 (snail)
 * Antiplanes Dall, 1902 (mollusc)
 * Arses Lesson, 1830 (monarch flycatcher)
 * Barrellus Nelson & Bellamy, 1996 (buprestid beetle)
 * Blaps Fabricius (darkling beetle)
 * Boops Gronow, 1854 (porgy fish)
 * Boopsis Pierantoni, 1923 (nudibranch; synonymized)
 * Bugeranus Gloger, 1842 (the wattled crane)
 * Cracca Linnaeus, 1753 (goat's rue)
 * Cryomyia Hull, 1973 (bee fly)
 * Cylistix Marseul, 1857 (hister beetle)
 * Dasypops Miranda Ribeiro, 1924 (amphibian)
 * Eboo Reid, 1993 (leaf beetle)
 * Euerythra Harvey, 1876 (arctiid moth)
 * Eurygenius Ferté-Senectère, 1849 (Pedilid beetle)
 * Exix Mason, 1981 (braconid wasp)
 * Fartulum Carpenter, 1857 (snail)
 * Fukuia Abbott & Hunter, 1949 (snail)
 * Glutops Burgess, 1878 (horse fly)
 * Gopherus Rafinesque, 1815 (desert tortoise)
 * Hornia Riley, 1878 (meloid beetle)
 * Hypsypops Gill, 1861 (garibaldi fish)
 * Inkaka Girault, 1939 (chalcidoid wasp)
 * Ips De Geer, 1775 (bark beetle)
 * Ittys Girault, 1911 (microscopic parasitic wasps)
 * Kaniwhaniwhanus Boothroyd, 1998 (midge)
 * Leylaiya Efflatoun, 1945 (bee fly)
 * Mangina Kaleka & Kirti, 2001 (moth; you don't want to google this genus name, ever)
 * Mimetaster (fossil arthropod)
 * Mnoonema Motschulsky, 1863 (pteromalid wasp)
 * Mooa Girault, 1930 (chalcidoid wasp; synonymized)
 * Moodnodes Neunzig, 1990 (pyralid moth)
 * Norape Walker, 1855 (megalopygid moth)
 * Numonia Ragonot, 1893 (pyralid moth)
 * Oobius Trjapitsyn (chalcidoid wasp)
 * Oops Agassiz, 1846 (arachnid) and Oops Germar, 1848 (beetle)
 * Oozetetes De Santis (chalcidoid wasp)
 * Oreohelix (snail)
 * Partystona (darkling beetle)
 * Pnyxia (fly)
 * Poospiza (warbling-finch)
 * Prospheres (buprestid beetle)
 * Pupsikus (nudibranch)
 * Schizogenius (carabid beetle)
 * Seleborca Andrassy, 1985 (nematode; split off from genus Acrobeles)
 * Soranus Rafinesque, 1815 (fish)
 * Sors McAlpine, 2007 (fly)
 * Stinga Evans, 1955 (skipper)
 * Superstitionia Stahnke, 1940 (scorpion)
 * Templemania Busck, 1940 (tortricid moth)
 * Texananus (leafhopper)
 * Ua Girault, 1929 (torymid wasp)
 * Xyzzors Inglis, 1966 (nematode)
 * Zigzagiceras Buckman, 1902, Zigzagites]] Buckman, 1922, Epizigzagiceras]] Frebold & Tipper, 1973, Procerozigzag]] Arkell, 1953, and Phaulozigzag]] Buckman, 1926 (fossil ammonites with zigzag suture lines)
 * Zingis Martens, 1878 (snail; now a subgenus)
 * Zyx Smit, 1953 (flea)
 * Zyxmyia Bowden, 1960 (bee fly)

RECORD-SETTERS

 * ✅ Aa Reichenbach, 1858 and Aa Baker, 1940 (orchid and mollusc, respectively; very first generic names alphabetically in their respective kingdoms)
 * Aaaba Bellamy, 2002 (buprestid beetle)
 * Aegilops Hall, 1850 (mollusc; longest word with all letters in alphabetical order)
 * ✅ Cicadellidae (leafhoppers; longest name with all letters twice)
 * Gammaracanthuskytodermogammarus Dybowski, 1926 (amphipod; tie for longest genus name at 31 characters; see below for binomial)
 * ✅ Iouea de Laubenfels, 1955 (extinct sponge)
 * Kimmeridgebrachypteraeschnidium Fleck & Nel, 2003 (fossil dragonfly; tie for longest genus name)
 * Schtschurowskia Regel & Schmalhausen, 1882 (umbellifer; longest string of consonants excluding "y")
 * ✅ Zyzzyzus (hydroid; absolute last genus name alphabetically...at present)