List of organisms named after famous people (born before 1800)

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 before 1 January 1800. It also includes ensembles in which at least one member was born before that date; but excludes companies, institutions, ethnic groups or nationalities, and populated places. It does not include organisms named for fictional entities, for biologists, paleontologists or other natural scientists,^{[note 1]} nor for associates or family members of researchers who were not otherwise notable (exceptions are made, however, for natural scientists who are much more famous for other aspects of their lives, such as, for example, writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe).

Organisms named after famous people born later can be found in:

• List of organisms named after famous people (born 1800–1899)
• List of organisms named after famous people (born 1900–1949)
• List of organisms named after famous people (born 1950–present)

The scientific names are given as originally described (their basionyms); subsequent research may have placed species in different genera, or rendered them taxonomic synonyms of previously described taxa. Some of these names may be unavailable in the zoological sense or illegitimate in the botanical sense due to senior homonyms already having the same name.

List (people born before 1800)[edit]

Taxon	Type	Namesake	Notes	Taxon image	Namesake image	Ref
Abditusdyadus khayyammii † Ghavidel-Syooki & Piri-Kangarshahi, 2021	Cryptospore	Omar Khayyam	A cryptospore from the Ordovician of Razavi Khorasan, Iran, whose name "Refers to Omar Khayyam Neyshaburi, a Persian mathematician, astronomer, and poet (born on May 18, 1048, ACE in Neyshabur [, Razavi Khorasan province]; died on December 4, 1131 ACE in the same city)."			[2]
Abelopsocus Schmidt & New, 2008	Barklouse	Abel Tasman	"The generic name is a combination of the name Abel, after the Dutch seafarer, explorer, and merchant Abel Tasman, and Psocus, a genus of Psocidae."			[3]
Aberrapex sanmartini Menoret, Mutti & Ivanov, 2017	Tapeworm	José de San Martín	A parasite of the Southern eagle ray, collected from the coast of Argentina and "named after José de San Martín, one of the leaders of South America's successful struggle for independence from Spain."			[4]
Ablerus grotiusi Girault, 1913	Wasp	Hugo Grotius				[5]
Acanthobothrium atahualpai Marques, Brooks & Barriga, 1997	Tapeworm	Atahualpa	A parasite of stingrays found in Southern Ecuador.			[6]
Acaphyllisa rakoczii Ripka, 2009	Mite	Francis II Rákóczi	A shrub-infesting mite found in Hungary, "named in honour of Ferenc Rákóczi II (1676–1735), ruling prince of Transylvania and commander of Hungarian insurgent forces (1704–1711)."			[7]
Adaina atahualpa Gielis, 2011	Moth	Atahualpa	A plume moth native to Colombia and Ecuador.			[8]
Adelomelon caupolicani † Nielsen & Frassinetti, 2007	Sea snail	Caupolicán	A fossil species from the Miocene of southern Chile.			[9]
Adelomelon colocoloi † Nielsen & Frassinetti, 2007	Sea snail	Colocolo	A fossil species from the Miocene of southern Chile.			[9]
Adelphenaldis grimmorum Fischer, 2014	Wasp	Brothers Grimm	"Named on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, best known for their fairy tales (Jacob Grimm died 20 September 1863)." Subsequently transferred to the genus and subgenus Aspilota (Eusynaldis).			[10][11]
Aeolidiopsis elcanoi Ortea & Moro, 2020	Sea slug	Juan Sebastián Elcano	"Named in honor of Juan Sebastián Elcano, who captained the voyage back from the Philippines of the Nao Victoria, on which he completed the first circumnavigation of the world, on the 500th anniversary of the feat (1519-1521) that began with Ferdinand Magellan. His name is also that of the Spanish Navy training ship, to which we also want to pay a well-deserved tribute with this new species that, due to its uniqueness, will once again travel around the world." Immediately after its formal description, within the same paper, this species was transferred to the newly-created monotypic genus Magallanes (honouring Magellan), also in this list.			[12]
Aeschylia Girault, 1929	Wasp	Aeschylus				[13]
Aesopichthys † Poplin & Lund, 2000	Fish	Aesop	A fossil genus from the Carboniferous of Montana, US, "Named for the Greek teller of fables, Aesop, universally known for his hump, evoking that of the fish here described, and ιχθύς, fish."			[14][15]
Agathidium cortezi Miller & Wheeler, 2005	Beetle	Hernán Cortés	"This species is named after the great Spanish explorer and conquistador Hernan Cortez [sic] who explored much of Mexico, conquered the local regime, and whose deeds and motivations remain somewhat controversial." This species is native to Oaxaca, Mexico.			[16]
Agathidium pocahontasae Miller & Wheeler, 2005	Beetle	Pocahontas	"This species is named pocahontasae after a county in [West] Virginia from which numerous type specimens were collected and after the young woman Pocahontas, who may have saved the struggling Jamestown Colony by marrying John Rolfe, thereby establishing a peace between Jamestown colonists and the tribes of Powhatan."			[16]
Alaptus newtoni Girault, 1912	Wasp	Isaac Newton				[17]
Alcathoe cuauhtemoci Krogmann & Riefenstahl, 2004	Moth	Cuauhtémoc	A clearwing moth from Mexico, "dedicated to the last Aztec emperor, Cuauhtémoc, executed by the Spanish conquerors under Hernán Cortés in 1525 and still venerated by the Mexicans."			[18]
Alibashites ferdowsii † Korn et al., 2015	Ammonite	Ferdowsi	A fossil from the Permian of the Aras river valley, on the border between Iran and Azerbaijan, named "After Hakim Abu'l-Qasim Ferdowsi Tusi (940-1020), important and influential Persian poet and author of the epic Shahnameh."			[19]
Aligheria Girault, 1928	Wasp	Dante Alighieri	Subsequently synonymised with Callimomoides.			[15]
Aligherinia Girault, 1922	Wasp	Dante Alighieri	Subsequently synonymised with Eupelmophotismus.			[13]
Alophophion mancocapaci Alvarado, 2014	Wasp	Manco Cápac	"The species epithet mancocapaci refers to Manco Capac, the first ruler of the Tawantinsuyu." This, and all thirteen Alophophion species named after the thirteen Sapa Incas, were collected in Peru.			[20]
Alophophion sinchirocai Alvarado, 2014	Wasp	Sinchi Roca	"The species epithet sinchirocai refers to Sinchi Roca, the second ruler of the Tawantinsuyu."			[20]
Alophophion lloqueyupanquii Alvarado, 2014	Wasp	Lloque Yupanqui	"The species epithet lloqueyupanquii refers to Lloque Yupanqui, the third ruler of the Tawantinsuyu."			[20]
Alophophion maytacapaci Alvarado, 2014	Wasp	Mayta Cápac	"The species epithet maytacapaci refers to Mayta Capac, the fourth ruler of the Tawantinsuyu."			[20]
Alophophion capacyupanquii Alvarado, 2014	Wasp	Cápac Yupanqui	"The species epithet capacyupanquii refers to Cápac Yupanqui, the fifth ruler of the Tawantinsuyu."			[20]
Alophophion incarocai Alvarado, 2014	Wasp	Inca Roca	"The species epithet incarocai refers to Inca Roca, the sixth ruler of the Tawantinsuyu and first inca."			[20]
Alophophion yahuarhuacaci Alvarado, 2014	Wasp	Yawar Waqaq	"The species epithet yahuarhuacaci refers to Atahualpa [sic; likely an editing error, meant to say Yáhuar Huácac], the seventh ruler of the Tawantinsuyu and first inca [sic; likely an editing error, meant to say second inca, or be omitted altogether]."			[20]
Alophophion wiracochai Alvarado, 2014	Wasp	Viracocha Inca	"The species epithet wiracochai refers to Wiracocha, the eighth ruler of the Tawantinsuyu."			[20]
Alophophion pachacutii Alvarado, 2014	Wasp	Pachacuti	"The species epithet pachacutii refers to Pachacuti, the ninth ruler of the Tawantinsuyu."			[20]
Alophophion yupankii Alvarado, 2014	Wasp	Topa Inca Yupanqui	"The species epithet yupankii refers to Túpaq Inka Yupanki, the tenth ruler of the Tawantinsuyu."			[20]
Alophophion huaynacapaci Alvarado, 2014	Wasp	Huayna Capac	"The species epithet huaynacapac refers to Huayna Cápac, the eleventh ruler of the Tawantinsuyu."			[20]
Alophophion huascari Alvarado, 2014	Wasp	Huáscar	"The species epithet huascari refers to Huascar, the twelfth ruler of the Tawantinsuyu."			[20]
Alophophion atahualpai Alvarado, 2014	Wasp	Atahualpa	"The species epithet atahualpai refers to Atahualpa, the last ruler of the Tawantinsuyu."			[20]
Alsasuacaris nostradamus † Bakel, Jagt, Fraaije & Artal, 2011	Crustacean	Nostradamus	A fossil cyclid from the Cretaceous of Northern Spain. "Nostradamus, Latinised name of Michel de Nostredame (1503–1566), French seer, well known for his prophecies published in his book Les Prophéties. His name [...] has been chosen because the presence of cyclids in the Alsasua area was predicted by one of us (RHBF) one year prior to the discovery of the holotype of the new taxon."			[21]
Alvania josephineae † Landau, Ceulemans & Van Dingenen, 2018	Sea snail	Empress Joséphine	A fossil species from the Miocene of western France.			[22]
Alvania napoleoni † Landau, Ceulemans & Van Dingenen, 2018	Sea snail	Napoleon	A fossil species from the Miocene of western France.			[22]
Ami yupanquii Pérez-Miles, Gabriel & Gallon, 2008	Spider	Topa Inca Yupanqui	"The specific epithet is a patronym in honor of the Inca leader, Tupac Yupanqui, who unified the agricultural populations of Ecuador" The holotype for this species was collected near Puyo, Ecuador. This species was subsequently transferred to the genus Neischnocolus Petrunkevitch, 1925.			[23][24]
Ammophila cleopatra Menke, 1964	Wasp	Cleopatra VII				[25]
Amoturella saintpierrei Girault, 1913	Wasp	Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre				[26]
Anabaena hatueyi Komárek, 2005	Bacterium	Hatuey	This species of freshwater cyanobacterium is endemic to Cuba.			[27]
Anacroneuria amaru Stark, 2004	Stonefly	Túpac Amaru	This species is native to Bolivia.			[28]
Anacroneuria cusi Stark, 2004	Stonefly	Titu Cusi	This species is native to Bolivia.			[28]
Anacroneuria huayna Stark, 2004	Stonefly	Huayna Capac	This species is native to Peru.			[28]
Anagyrus cellinini Girault, 1915	Wasp	Benvenuto Cellini	Subsequently transferred to genus Psyllaephagus.			[29][30]
Anagyrus channingi Girault, 1913	Wasp	William Ellery Channing	Subsequently transferred to genus Psyllaephagus.			[26][30]
Anagyrus grotii Girault, 1915	Wasp	Hugo Grotius	Subsequently transferred to genus Psyllaephagus.			[29][30]
Anagyrus hegeli Girault, 1915	Wasp	Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel	Subsequently transferred to genus Psyllaephagus.			[29][30]
Anagyrus penni Girault, 1913	Wasp	William Penn	Subsequently transferred to genus Psyllaephagus.			[26][30]
Anagyrus saintpierrei Girault, 1913	Wasp	Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre				[26]
Anaphes kantii Girault, 1912	Wasp	Immanuel Kant	"Dedicated to Immanuel Kant for his The General Natural History and Theory of the Heavens." Subsequently transferred to genus Erythmelus.			[17][31]
Anaphes laplacei Girault, 1912	Wasp	Pierre-Simon Laplace	Subsequently transferred to other genera, currently under the genus Ceratanaphes.			[17][32]
Anaphes painei Girault, 1912	Wasp	Thomas Paine	Subsequently transferred to genus Erythmelus.			[17][31]
Anaphes saintpierrei Girault, 1913	Wasp	Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre				[33]
Angeliconana Girault, 1922	Wasp	Fra Angelico	Subsequently synonymised with Copidosoma.			[13][30]
Anisogomphus koxingai Chao, 1954	Dragonfly	Koxinga				[34]
Anselmella Girault, 1925	Wasp	Anselm of Canterbury				[13]
Antechinus rosamondae Ride, 1964	Marsupial mammal	Rosamund Clifford	"A triple allusion to red hair, spinifex [which the animal lives and hides among] and Woodstock [a station in Western Australia, the type locality]. Fair Rosamond was by tradition, red-haired and very beautiful. Mistress of Henry II, she was kept hidden in "a house of wonderful working, so that no man or woman might come to her..." This maze was at the Royal Manor of Woodstock in Oxfordshire." Subsequently transferred to genus Dasykaluta.			[35]
Anthobium confucii Shavrin & Smetana, 2018	Beetle	Confucius	A rove beetle native to China, "named in honour of the great ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius."			[36]
Apenes toussainti Ball & Shpeley, 2009	Beetle	Toussaint Louverture	A species of ground beetle native to Hispaniola, named "to honor the memory of the enlightened, self-educated Toussaint L'Ouverture (1743[?]–1803), formerly a slave, who became the most influential leader of the revolution that overthrew the erstwhile ruling European powers, and led to the foundations of an independent Haiti."			[37]
Aphelinoidea painei Girault, 1912	Wasp	Thomas Paine	"Respectfully dedicated to Thomas Paine, one of the manly defenders of truth and reason and author of the Rights of Man and The Age of Reason."			[38]
Aphelinus grotiusi Girault, 1913	Wasp	Hugo Grotius	Subsequently transferred to the genus Centrodora.			[5][39]
Aphelinus miltoni Girault, 1915	Wasp	John Milton	Subsequently transferred to the genus Centrodora.			[29][40]
Apistogramma atahualpa Römer 1997	Fish	Atahualpa	A freshwater cichlid native to Peru, named after Atahualpa, the last ruling Inca, who was strangled in 1533 on the order of Spanish conquistador Pizarro; this murder is a "perfect metaphor for the continuing destruction of the cultures of the indigenous peoples of South America and destruction of their environment by 'modern' man."			[41][42]
Apistogramma huascar Römer, Pretor & Hahn, 2006	Fish	Huáscar	A freshwater cichlid native to Peru, named for the Inca prince Huáscar, brother of the last Inca ruler Atahualpa (commemorated in the name of A. atahualpa, above), referring to "large phenotypical similarity" between the two species, and to their common origin from the region of the Inca state Tahuantinsuyu.			[43][42]
Apocyclops ramkhamhaengi Chullasorn, Kangtia, Pinkaew & Ferrari, 2008	Crustacean	Ram Khamhaeng	A copepod native to Thailand.			[44]
Apousiella mozarti † García-Alcalde, 2022	Brachiopod	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	A fossil species from the Devonian of Spain, "dedicated to the great composer Wolfgang Amadeus C. Mozart, for the endless pleasure of his music."			[45]
Aprostocetus platoni Girault, 1915	Wasp	Plato				[46]
Apseudogramma popei Girault, 1915	Wasp	Alexander Pope				[47]
Araneus washingtoni Levi, 1971	Spider	George Washington	The holotype was collected in Mount Washington; "The species is named after George Washington, as is the mountain".			[48]
Araucarites pachacuteci † Martínez	Conifer	Pachacuti	A fossil araucarian from the Cretaceous of Cusco Department, Peru, named "in honour [of] Pachakutiq Inka Yupanki (Quechua) [...] the ninth Sapa Inca (1418–1471/1472?) of the kingdom of Cusco which he transformed into the Inca Empire."			[49]
Archytas Jaennicke, 1867	Fly	Archytas				[13]
Argia iralai Calvert, 1909	Damselfly	Domingo Martínez de Irala	This species is native to Paraguay.			[50]
Arsinoitherium † Beadnell, 1902	Embrithopod (an extinct order of mammals)	Arsinoe II				[15]
Asaphomorphella rousseaui Girault, 1913	Wasp	Jean Jacques Rousseau	"Respectfully dedicated to Jean Jacques Rousseau for his extract from the Project of Perpetual Peace, by the Abbé Saint-Pierre." Subsequently synonymised with Ophelosia bifasciata.			[26][51]
Asphondylia sanctipetri Urso-Guimarães & de Souza Amorim, 2002	Fly	Saint Peter	A gall midge from Brazil, "named after Saint Peter, very popular in the Brazilian countryside, because the holotype emerged [on] Saint Peter's day."			[52]
Aspilota hypatiae Kittel, 2016	Wasp	Hypatia	Replacement name for Aspilota parallela Fischer, 1976, which was preoccupied by Aspilota parallela Fischer, 1971.			[53]
Astata cleopatra Puławski, 1959	Wasp	Cleopatra VII	Described from specimens collected in Egypt.			[54]
Astata nephertiti Puławski, 1959	Wasp	Nefertiti	Described from specimens collected in Egypt. Subsequently transferred to genus Dryudella.			[54]
Astyanax leonidas Azpelicueta, Casciotta & Almirón, 2002	Fish	Leonidas I	"The specific epithet leonidas refers to the Spartan King Leonidas who heroically fought a million-man Persian army with only three hundred soldiers. The battle, in which Leonidas lost his life, took place in the narrow pass of Thermopylae. This epithet is dedicated to all the academic teachers of Argentina that stand in defense of a free and independent education." This species, endemic to rivers of northern Argentina, has been subsequently transferred to the genus Psalidodon.			[55][56]
Ataulfo O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895	Spider	Athaulf	Subsequently synonymised with the species Stemmops bicolor.			[57]
Atoposoma grotiusi Girault, 1913	Wasp	Hugo Grotius	Subsequently transferred to the genus Cirrospilus.			[5][58]
Atranus dariushi Muilwijk & Seiedy & Wrase, 2021	Beetle	Darius the Great	A ground beetle from Iran, whose name "refers to Dariush, king of Persia, of the house of the Achaemenids."			[59]
Attila Lesson, 1830	Bird	Attila	A genus of birds in the tyrant flycatcher family, with large heads and hooked bills; they are markedly predatory and aggressive for their size – hence their scientific and common names, which refer to Attila the Hun.			[60][61]
Augochloropsis cleopatra (Schrottky, 1902)	Bee	Cleopatra VII				[62]
Austrotinodes gusmaoi Dumas, de Souza & Rocha, 2017	Caddisfly	Bartolomeu de Gusmão	"Dedicated to the Brazilian priest and inventor Bartolomeu Lourenço de Gusmão, who was born [in] Santos, São Paulo state in 1685 and died in 1724. Bartolomeu de Gusmão was the first Brazilian inventor and scientist, famous for the creation in 1709 of the hot air balloon." This species is native to São Paulo state in Brazil.			[63]
Automeris ahuitzotli Lemaire & Wolfe, 1993	Moth	Ahuitzotl	"This species is named in memory of Aztec Emperor Ahuitzotl, third Royal son of Montezuma I. Ahuitzotl greatly expanded the Aztec empire, and for the first time extended Aztec control to the Pacific coastal regions of Oaxaca and Guerrero, where this species occurs."			[64]
Averrhoa L.	Flowering plant	Averroes	The starfruit is a member of this genus.			[65]
Avicennia L.	Flowering plant	Avicenna				[66]
Bachiana Strand, 1928	Wasp	Johann Sebastian Bach	Subsequently synonymised with Endasys.			[13]
Bachiana Girault, 1940	Wasp	Johann Sebastian Bach	Subsequently replaced by nomen novum Arzonella.			[13]
Bacillus aryabhattai Shivaji et al., 2009	Bacterium	Aryabhata	A bacterium isolated from cryotubes used to collect air samples from the upper atmosphere at altitudes between 27 and 41 km., "named after the renowned Indian astronomer of the 5th century AD". Research was funded by ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation). Subsequently transferred to genus Priestia.			[67][68]
Badezorus ferdowsii Linnavuori, 1997	True bug	Ferdowsi	A leaf bug from Iran.			[69]
Balboa Distant, 1893	True bug	Vasco Núñez de Balboa				[13]
Barichneumon cariae Kittel, 2016	Wasp	Artemisia II of Caria	Replacement name for Barichneumon rufipes (Habermehl, 1920), which had originally been described as Cratichneumon rufipes Habermehl, 1920, but upon being transferred to the genus Barichneumon in 1965, became a junior homonym of Barichneumon rufipes (Cameron, 1907).			[53]
Bassocaecilius Schmidt & New, 2008	Barklouse	George Bass	"The generic name is a combination of the name Bass, after the British naval surgeon and explorer George Bass, and Caecilius, a genus of Caeciliusidae." This genus is endemic to Tasmania.			[3]
Batis perkeo Neumann, 1907	Bird	Perkeo of Heidelberg	The pygmy batis, the smallest species of its genus, was named by a German ornithologist after a famous German dwarf.			[60]
Becquerelia (plant) Brongn.	Flowering plant	Antoine César Becquerel	"Dedicated to the archfamous investigator of the physical world Becquerel, companion of the Academy of Sciences, who through many ingenious experiments has exposed the hidden powers of nature." 64 years later, Adolphe Brongniart's grandson gave the same name to a genus of fossil insects, after Antoine César Becquerel's grandson, Henri Becquerel. (see List of organisms named after famous people (born 1800–1899))			[70]
Beethovena Girault, 1932	Wasp	Ludwig van Beethoven				[15]
Beethovenia † García-Alcalde, 2015	Brachiopod	Ludwig van Beethoven	A fossil genus found in the Devonian of Western Europe. "Dedicated to the greatest of the great musicians, for his unrepeatable symphonic repertoire, Ludwig van Beethoven."			[71]
Beethovenia bachi † García-Alcalde, 2015	Brachiopod	Johann Sebastian Bach	A fossil species from the Devonian of Northern Spain. "Dedicated to the sublime German composer Johann Sebastian Bach for his counterpoint mastery that has created so much musical beauty."			[71]
Beethovenia beethoveni † García-Alcalde, 2015	Brachiopod	Ludwig van Beethoven	A fossil species from the Devonian of Northern Spain, the type species of the genus Beethovenia. "Dedicated to the extraordinary German composer Ludwig van Beethoven, for the energy and extraordinary vitality of his music."			[71]
Bembidion cortes Erwin, 1982	Beetle	Hernán Cortés	A ground beetle native to Mexico and Central America, named "after the sea-faring explorer from Spain who touched the Middle American coast and Caribbean islands in so many places"			[72]
Berwaldia Larsson, 1981	Fungus	Franz Berwald	A parasitic microsporidium found in Daphnia pulex collected from a pool in Sweden.			[73]
Bishopina mozarti Bonaduce et al. 1976	Crustacean	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Subsequently synonymised with Neocyprideis timorensis (Fyan, 1916).			[15]
Blastobotrys davincii Visagie et al., 2022	Yeast	Leonardo da Vinci	"named after Leonardo da Vinci, the famous Italian painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect. The species was first detected during a culture-independent survey of fungi associated with his famous self-portrait." Several surveys from around the world reported the same yeast species from a wide range of substrates; apart from Leonardo's iconic drawing, stored in Turin, it was also identified from strains collected from mummies of the Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo, cave paintings of the Maijishan Grottoes, China, and bat caves in the West Coast of the United States, among other origins.			[74]
Bleda Bonaparte, 1857	Bird	Bleda	A genus of songbirds in the bulbul family, known as bristlebills. They are found in the forest understorey of western and central Africa.			[75]
Blighia K. D. Koenig	Flowering plant	William Bligh				[15]
Bobbodus xerxesi † Hampe et al., 2013	Fish	Xerxes I	A fossil species of cartilaginous fish from the Permian of central Iran, named as "A tribute to famous Achaemenian king Xerxes I, who enforced the extension of Persepolis and constructed, among others, the Gate of All Nations and the Hall of a Hundred Columns, the largest and most imposing elements of the central palace there and which deeply impressed the first author."			[76]
Boccacciomymar Triapitsyn & Berezovskiy, 2007	Wasp	Giovanni Boccaccio	"The generic name is based on the author of the Decameron, Giovanni Boccaccio. In the wake of what is said to be an almost inevitable worldwide pandemic of bird flu in humans, his masterpiece book may in fact be as contemporary to us as ever. The last name "Boccaccio" is combined with the common ending for many fairyfly genera, "-mymar"." One species in this genus was concurrently named Boccacciomymar decameron.			[77]
Bolivina lafayettei † McLean, 1956	Protist	Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette	A fossil foraminiferan from the Yorktown Formation (Miocene) of Virginia, "Named in honor of General Lafayette who fought as a volunteer for the cause of American Liberty."			[78]
Boreogomphodon jeffersoni † Sues & Olsen, 1990	Cynodont	Thomas Jefferson	A fossil traversodont from the Triassic of Virginia, US; "The specific epithet honors Thomas Jefferson who first described fossil vertebrates from Virginia."			[79]
Bougainvillea Comm. ex Juss.	Flowering plant	Louis Antoine de Bougainville	This genus was first described by Philibert Commerçon, a botanist accompanying French Navy admiral Louis Antoine de Bougainville during his voyage of circumnavigation of the Earth.			[80]
Brachylaemus yupanquii Freitas, Kohn & Ibáñez, 1967	Fluke	Lloque Yupanqui	This species was described from specimens collected in Peru. Genus Brachylaemus was subsequently synonymised with Brachylaima.			[81]
Brachypanorpa jeffersoni Byers, 1976	Scorpionfly	Thomas Jefferson	"This species is named in honor of Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), third president of the United States. The type locality is Mt. Jefferson, North Carolina, and one of the other two known localities (Mt. Rogers-White Top) is in the Jefferson National Forest. Thomas Jefferson was not only an eminent statesman but a scholar with broad interests, among them the natural history of his country. It seems especially appropriate, as we note the nation's bicentennial anniversary, to honor Jefferson, the major author of the Declaration of Independence."			[82]
Brachypanorpa sacajawea Byers, 1990	Scorpionfly	Sacagawea	"This species is named for the Shoshone "Bird Woman" Sacajawea (ca. 1790-1884), who with husband and infant son accompanied the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1805–1806 from Fort Mandan (North Dakota) to the mouth of the Columbia River on the Pacific coast, then back. She is said to have had familiarity with many animal and plant species encountered by the explorers. Her knowledge of the mountains of western Montana and northern Idaho aided the expedition in crossing the Bitterroot Range at Lolo Pass to gain access to a tributary of the Snake River and thence to the Columbia." These are the areas in which the specimens were found.			[83][13]
Brahea Mart.	Palm	Tycho Brahe				[84]
Branchinecta cervantesi Margalef, 1947	Crustacean	Miguel de Cervantes	A species of freshwater fairy shrimp described from specimens collected in La Mancha, Spain, "dedicated to Cervantes, on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of his birth." Subsequently synonymised with Branchinecta orientalis			[85]
Brigittea avicenna Zamani & Marusik, 2021	Spider	Avicenna	A species from Iran "named after Ibn Sina, also known as Avicenna (ca 980–June 1037), a Persian polymath who is regarded as the father of early modern medicine"			[86]
Buddhaites † Diener 1895	Ammonite	Buddha	A fossil found in the Himalayas. The type species is named Buddhaites rama, for the deity Rama.			[87]
Bunaea cleopatra Aurivillius, 1893	Moth	Cleopatra VII	Subsequently transferred to genus Pseudobunaea.			[88][89]
Bythaelurus bachi Weigmann et al., 2016	Shark	Johann Sebastian Bach	"The new species is named in honor of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), a musical genius and one of the greatest composers of all time."			[90]
Bythaelurus vivaldii Weigmann & Kaschner, 2017	Shark	Antonio Vivaldi	"The new species is named in honor of Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741), a genius composer of [the] Baroque era, to express its relationship to Bythaelurus bachi, named after sublime genius Johann Sebastian Bach."			[91]
Bythocypris pythagorasi † Trabelsi et al., 2021	Crustacean	Pythagoras	A fossil ostracod from the Cretaceous of Tunisia. "Named for the Greek philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras of Samos, after whom the Pythagorean theorem of Euclidean geometry was named, to refer to the geometric (triangular) shape that characterizes the species."			[92]
Cacicus montezuma Lesson, 1831	Bird	Moctezuma II	"This beautiful cacique lives in Mexico [...] [and] it recalls the name of a Mexican cacique that history has made famous." Subsequently transferred to genus Psarocolius.			[93]
Caenaugochlora beethoveni Engel, 1995	Bee	Ludwig van Beethoven				[94]
Calamotropha dagamae Bassi, 2014	Moth	Vasco da Gama	This species is native to Mozambique, where da Gama was the first European explorer to arrive in 1498, marking the start of Portuguese colonisation of the country.			[95]
Caligula (moth) Moore, 1862	Moth	Caligula				[13]
Caligula (plant) Klotszch	Flowering plant	Caligula	Subsequently synonymised with the species Agapetes odontocera.			[96]
Caloboletus guanyui N.K. Zeng, H.Chai & S.Jiang	Fungus	Guan Yu	A mushroom-producing fungus from China and Japan, "named for Guan Yu, a historic Chinese hero, said to have a reddish face, and thus sharing the same color of pores of the species when young."			[97]
Campoletis bingenae Kittel, 2016	Wasp	Hildegard of Bingen	Replacement name for Campoletis imperfecta (Viereck, 1925), which had originally been described as Sagaritis imperfectus Viereck, 1925, and was transferred to the genus Campoletis in 1945; when Omorgus imperfectus Kokujev, 1915 was transferred to the same genus in 1965, becoming Campoletis imperfecta (Kokujev, 1915), Campoletis imperfecta (Viereck, 1925) became a junior homonym.			[53]
Camponotus ashokai Karmaly & Narendran, 2006	Ant	Ashoka				[98]
Camponotus christophei Wheeler & Mann, 1914	Ant	Henri Christophe	This species is native to Haiti.			[99]
Camponotus toussainti Wheeler & Mann, 1914	Ant	Toussaint Louverture	This species is native to Haiti.			[99]
Campyloneuropsis rhianos Linnavuori, 1997	True bug	Rhianus				[100]
Cancer diogenes Linnaeus, 1758	Crustacean	Diogenes	A large hermit crab named after Diogenes of Sinope, who was said to live in a clay jar (pithos). Subsequently transferred to the genus Petrochirus.			[15]
Capoeta birunii Zareian & Esmaeili, 2017	Fish	Al-Biruni	A freshwater scraper fish found in the Zayandeh River basin in Iran.			[101]
Capoeta ferdowsii Jouladeh-Roudbar et al., 2017	Fish	Ferdowsi	A freshwater scraper fish found in the Zohreh and Fahlian rivers in Iran.			[102]
Capoeta pyragyi Jouladeh-Roudbar et al., 2017	Fish	Magtymguly Pyragy	A freshwater scraper fish found in the Tireh and Sezar rivers (Tigris basin), Iran.			[102]
Captaincookia N.Hallé	Flowering plant	James Cook	Captaincookia is synonym for Ixora			[13]
Carabus jeffersoni † Scudder, 1900	Beetle	Thomas Jefferson	A fossil ground beetle from the Eocene Florissant Formation, Colorado, US. "Dedicated to the honored memory of President Thomas Jefferson, one of the earliest writers on American paleontology."			[103]
Carebara abuhurayri Sharaf & Aldawood, 2011	Ant	Abu Hurairah	A species native to Al-Bahah Province, Saudi Arabia, "named after Abuhurayra, the companion of the Prophet, Mohammed, may peace and blessing be upon him, and whose tribe inhabited Al Bahah region."			[104]
Carlyleia Girault, 1916	Wasp	Thomas Carlyle				[15]
Casanovula Hoare, 2013	Moth	Giacomo Casanova	A subgenus of Pectinivalva, named "after the famous Italian adventurer and philanderer Giacomo Casanova, in reference to the unusual sexual ornamentation of the males of some species".			[105]
Castrillonia vivaldiana † García-Alcalde, 2015	Brachiopod	Antonio Vivaldi	A fossil orthid from the Devonian of Spain, "Dedicated to the immortal Venetian Baroque composer and performer, for his immense symphonic works."			[106]
Caupolicana Spinola, 1851	Bee	Caupolicán	A genus described from specimens collected in Chile, named "in honor of Caupolicán, the most famous of Chileans who dared to resist the invasions of foreigners and who sacrificed himself for the independence of his tribe."			[107]
Ceratoneuronella aligherini Girault, 1915	Wasp	Dante Alighieri				[46]
Chaetonotus napoleonicus Balsamo, Todaro & Tongiorgi, 1992	Hairyback worm	Napoleon	"after the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, who was held in exile on the island of Elba." (the type locality)			[108]
Chaetozone monteverdii Grosse, Capa & Bakken, 2021	Polychaete worm	Claudio Monteverdi	"This species is named after Claudio Monteverdi, an Italian composer, author of the operatic scena Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda, amongst other pieces."			[109]
Charops cavendishae Kittel, 2016	Wasp	Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne	Replacement name for Charops ater (Szépligeti, 1910), which had originally been described as Agrypon atrum Szépligeti, 1910, but upon being transferred to the genus Charops in 1961, became a junior homonym of Charops ater Szépligeti, 1908.			[53]
Charybdis (Goniosupradens) mathiasi † Müller, 1984	Crustacean	Matthias I of Hungary	A fossil species of swimming crab from the Miocene of Hungary, named after "the Hungarian king Mathias, whose favorite spot was Visegrád, the first known locality of the species."			[110]
Chasicotatus spinozai † Scillato-Yané, Krmpotic & Esteban, 2010	Armadillo	Baruch Spinoza	A fossil species from the Miocene of Argentina.			[111]
Cherokeea attakullakulla Quinter & Sullivan, 2014	Moth	Attakullakulla				[112]
Chirotica dumeeae Kittel, 2016	Wasp	Jeanne Dumée	Replacement name for Chirotica orientalis Kanhekar, 1989, which was preoccupied by Chirotica orientalis Horstmann, 1983.			[53]
Chirotica eimmartae Kittel, 2016	Wasp	Maria Clara Eimmart	Replacement name for Chirotica nigriventris Townes, 1983, which was preoccupied by Chirotica nigriventris Horstmann, 1983.			[53]
Chlerogella cyranoi Engel, 2010	Bee	Cyrano de Bergerac	A species with an elongated head, named "honoring Hector Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac (1619–1655), French dramatist who was famously known for his overly large nose."			[113]
Chlerogella tychoi Engel, 2010	Bee	Tycho Brahe	A species with an elongated head, named "honoring Danish nobleman and astronomer Tycho Brahe, the Latinized name adopted by Tyge Ottesen Brahe de Knudstrup (1546–1601). During his life Tycho painstakingly catalogued celestial movements, data later used by individuals such as his assistant Johannes Kepler. As a student Tycho lost part of his nose in a duel and he apparently wore a prosthetic nose made of silver and gold, although speculation and evidence exists to suggest it was perhaps made of copper."			[113]
Chriacus metocometi † Van Valen, 1978	Arctocyonian (an extinct order of mammals)	Metacomet				[114]
Chriacus oconostotae † Van Valen, 1978	Arctocyonian (an extinct order of mammals)	Oconostota				[114]
Chrysolina confucii Lopatin, 2007	Beetle	Confucius	A leaf beetle native to Sichuan, China.			[115]
Chrysophanus rauparaha Fereday, 1877	Butterfly	Te Rauparaha	Known as Rauparaha's copper or mokarakare, this species of butterfly, endemic to New Zealand, was first identified from specimens collected in Kaiapoi, and named "after the Māori chief Te Rauparaha, of the history of whose life the siege and capture of Kaiapoi Pā occupies a prominent part." Subsequently transferred to the genus Lycaena.			[116]
Cingulina archimedea Melvill, 1896	Sea snail	Archimedes	"The miniature screw-like appearance suggested the trivial name, after Archimedes, the celebrated Syracusan mathematician, inventor of the screw, who is reported to have taken for his model thereof the well-known Mediterranean shell Turritella terebra, L."			[117]
Claudius Cope, 1865	Turtle	Claudius				[13]
Clavilithes atahuallpai † Hanna & Israelsky, 1925	Sea snail	Atahualpa	A fossil species from the Miocene of Peru, "named after Atahuallpa, the last king of the Incas."			[118]
Cleopatra Troschel, 1856	Snail	Cleopatra VII				[119]
Cleopatrodon † Bown & Simons, 1987	Ptolemaiidan (an extinct order of mammals)	Cleopatra VII				[15]
Closterocerus saintpierrei Girault, 1913	Wasp	Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre	"This species is respectfully dedicated to the Abbe Saint-Pierre for his The Project of Perpetual Peace."			[120]
Coccophagus swifti Girault, 1915	Wasp	Jonathan Swift	Subsequently transferred to the genus Encarsia.			[29][121]
Coiba jeffersoni Kula 2009	Wasp	Thomas Jefferson	"named in honor of Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States of America, for his contributions as a politician, architect, and naturalist."			[122]
Coleolaelaps ferdowsi Joharchi, 2012	Mite	Ferdowsi	This species of mite, native to Iran, is parasitic of beetle larvae of genus Polyphylla. "The species is named in memory of Hakim Abol Qasem Ferdowsi Tousi, one of the greatest Persian poets, author of the Shahnameh ("The Epic of Kings"), the Persian national epic."			[123]
Colona Cav	Flowering plant	Christopher Columbus	"In memory of the famous Christopher Columbus, or rather Colón, as he and his descendants wanted to be known in Spain; who, by a remarkable feat, discovered the New World, completely unknown to the ancients, and so increased the empire of Flora in a wonderful manner. But if botanists make certain plants distinguished by the names of Cookii, Bougainvillea, and other navigators; this new race must be consecrated to the superior title of Columbus, the leader of the navigators of the modern age."			[124]
Confucius Distant, 1907	True bug	Confucius				[13]
Confuciusornis † Hou, Zhou, Gu & Zhang, 1995	Bird	Confucius	A genus of primitive birds from the Jurassic of China. The name means "Confucius's bird".			[125][13]
Cookia Lesson, 1832	Sea snail	James Cook	A genus from New Zealand, of which Cook's expeditions reportedly collected the first known specimens.			[126]
Copernicia Mart.	Palm	Nicolaus Copernicus				[127]
Cosmocomoidea grotiusi Girault, 1913	Wasp	Hugo Grotius	Subsequently transferred to the genus Agalmopolynema.			[33][128]
Cosmolaelaps sejongi Keum, Jung & Joharchi, 2017	Mite	Sejong the Great	"The species is named in memory of Sejong the Great [...], the fourth king of the Joseon dynasty in [the] Republic of Korea, who encouraged creativity and advancements in scientific technology and under whom the Hangeul (Korean alphabet) was created." This species is native to South Korea.			[129]
Cotesia parthenayae Kittel, 2016	Wasp	Catherine de Parthenay	Proposed as replacement name for Cotesia nonagriae (Viereck, 1913), which had been originally described as Apanteles (Stenopleura) nonagriae Viereck, 1913, but, upon being transferred to the genus Cotesia, had become a junior homonym of Cotesia nonagriae (Olliff, 1893). However, Cotesia nonagriae (Viereck, 1913) has been found to be a junior synonym of Cotesia flavipes Cameron 1891, making Kittel's replacement name unnecessary.			[53][130]
Cowperia Girault, 1919	Wasp	William Cowper				[13]
Crambus bachi Bassi, 2012	Moth	Johann Sebastian Bach				[131]
Crambus frescobaldii Bassi, 2012	Moth	Girolamo Frescobaldi				[131]
Crambus mozarti Bassi, 2012	Moth	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart				[131]
Crambus rossinii Bassi, 2012	Moth	Gioachino Rossini				[131]
Crassatellites pizarroi † Hanna & Israelsky, 1925	Bivalve	Francisco Pizarro	A fossil species from the Miocene of Peru, "named for Francis Pizarro, the Spanish conqueror of Peru." Subsequently synonymised with Hybolophus nelsoni.			[118][132]
Cremastobaeus mahaviraii Veenakumari, 2017	Wasp	Mahavira	This species is native to India.			[133]
Cremastobaeus valmikii Veenakumari, 2017	Wasp	Valmiki	This species is native to India.			[133]
Crocidura attila Dollman, 1915	Shrew	Attila				[15]
Crossopriza ibnsinai Huber, 2022	Spider	Avicenna	A cellar spider native to Central Asia. "The name honors Ibn Sina (also known as Avicenna; ~980–1037), a Persian polymath, physician, astronomer, and thinker."			[134]
Crossopriza khayyami Huber, 2022	Spider	Omar Khayyam	A cellar spider native to Western Asia. "The name honors Omar Khayyam (1048–1131), a Persian polymath, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and poet."			[134]
Cryptus bryanae Kittel, 2016	Wasp	Margaret Bryan	Replacement name for Cryptus intermedius Ratzeburg, 1852, which was preoccupied by Cryptus intermedius Schiødte, 1839.			[53]
Culicoides huaynacapaci Felippe-Bauer, 2008	Fly	Huayna Capac	A species of biting midge native to Peru.			[135]
Cycladophora goetheana Haeckel 1887	Protist	Johann Wolfgang von Goethe	Subsequently transferred to genus Podocyrtis.			[15]
Cyclammina garcilassoi † Frizzell, 1943	Protist	Inca Garcilaso de la Vega	A fossil foraminiferan from the Cretaceous of Peru.			[136]
Cyclocephala casanova Ratcliffe & Cave, 2009	Beetle	Giacomo Casanova				[13]
Cyclophora serveti Redondo & Gastón, 1999	Moth	Michael Servetus	A species of geometer moth (inchworm) native to Spain, "dedicated to the Aragonese humanist Miguel Servet, an active connoisseur of the most diverse areas of human knowledge. He achieved his greatest glory in medicine with the first description, in the West, of the lesser circulation of the blood." The type locality is Torralba de los Frailes in Zaragoza province, Aragón.			[137]
Czarnoclymenia ibnrushdi † Korn, 1999	Ammonite	Averroes	A fossil clymeniid from the Devonian of Morocco, named "After Ibn Rushd (lat. Averroes), *1126 Córdoba, †1198 Marrakech; Arabian physician, philosopher, and commentator on Aristotle (Averroism – theory of the beginningless existence of the world)."			[138]
Dahlibruchus nezahualcoyotli Romero Nápoles & Romero Ramírez, 2011	Beetle	Nezahualcoyotl	"The specific epithet refers to Acolmiztli Nezahualcóyotl (1402-1472), King of Tezcoco, known commonly as the Poet King." This species is native to Mexico, and the holotype was found in Texcotzingo, the royal gardens of Nezahualcoyotl.			[139]
Dalejinna telemanni † García-Alcalde, 2015	Brachiopod	Georg Philipp Telemann	A fossil orthid from the Devonian of Spain, "Dedicated to the great 17th century composer Georg Philipp Telemann, probably the most prolific composer in history, particularly for his vibrant and emotive trumpet music."			[106]
Dasyurus spartacus Van Dyck, 1987	Marsupial mammal	Spartacus				[15]
Davincia Girault, 1924	Wasp	Leonardo da Vinci				[13]
Demosthenesia A.C.Sm.	Flowering plant	Demosthenes				[140]
Dentalina oviedoi † Frizzell, 1943	Protist	Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés	A fossil foraminiferan from the Cretaceous of Peru, named "in honor of Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo, contemporary of the Conquest of Peru, whose manuscript reports have been widely quoted."			[136]
Descampsia Risbec, 1955	Wasp	Jean-Baptiste Descamps				[13]
Descampsina Mesnil, 1956	Fly	Jean-Baptiste Descamps				[13]
Desisopsis magallanesorum Vives, 2012	Beetle	Ferdinand Magellan	A longhorn beetle native to Mindanao, Philippines, dedicated "in memory of the great explorer Fernão de Magalhães and all of his family members that joined him in the expedition of 1519-1522 and the exploration of the Philippines."			[141]
Diadegma chateletae Kittel, 2016	Wasp	Émilie du Châtelet	Replacement name for Diadegma truncatum (Viereck, 1925), which had originally been described as Campoplex (Hyposoter) truncatus Viereck, 1925, but upon being transferred to the genus Diadegma in 1979, became a junior homonym of Diadegma truncatum (Thomson, 1887).			[53]
Dipoena ohigginsi Levi, 1963	Spider	Bernardo O'Higgins	This species is native to Chile, and the holotype was found in O'Higgins Region.			[142]
Discheramocephalus capac Darby, 2016	Beetle	Huayna Capac	This species is native to Peru.			[143]
Discomorpha atahualpai Borowiec, 2006	Beetle	Atahualpa	This species is native to Peru.			[144]
Discorbis huascari † Frizzell, 1943	Protist	Huáscar	A fossil foraminiferan from the Cretaceous of Peru, "named for the heir of the Inca dynasty, son of Huayna Capac, executed by Atahuallpa prior to the conquest of Peru."			[136]
Dolecta karamzini Naydenov, Yakovlev, Penco & Sinyaev, 2020	Moth	Nikolay Karamzin				[145]
Dolecta pushkini Naydenov, Yakovlev, Penco & Sinyaev, 2020	Moth	Alexander Pushkin				[145]
Doliops elcanoi Vives, 2011	Beetle	Juan Sebastián Elcano	"We name this species after the great Basque seafarer, Juan Sebastián Elcano (1476-1526), who joined Ferdinand Magellan in his naval expedition, being the first naval officer to circumnavigate the Earth."			[146]
Doliops urdanetai Vives, 2011	Beetle	Andrés de Urdaneta	"We name this species after the great Spanish seafarer and member of the Dominican Order, Friar Andrés de Urdaneta y Cerain (Ordícia, 1508 – Ciudad de México, 1568). He was the first to establish the maritime route to return from the Philippines to Mexico, 'El Tornaviaje'"			[146]
Doronomyrmex pocahontas Buschinger, 1979	Ant	Pocahontas	"The new species was found and identified while I was staying at Pocahontas Bungalows near the east entrance to Jasper Park, Alberta. Pocahontas is the name of a North American Indian princess (1595-1617) who was born in Virginia [...]. The word means "the playful one" and is descriptive of the problems that I had in identifying the males." Genus Doronomyrmex was subsequently synonymised with Leptothorax.			[147]
Dracula vlad-tepes Luer & R.Escobar	Orchid	Vlad the Impaler				[148][149]
Drosophila cuauhtemoci Felix et al., 1976	Fly	Cuauhtémoc	A small fruit fly native to Mexico, "named in honor of Cuauhtémoc, the last emperor of the Aztecs and a national hero of Mexico."			[150]
Drosophila ruminahuii Vela & Rafael, 2004	Fly	Rumiñahui	A small fruit fly native to Ecuador, "named in honor of Rumiñahui, an indigenous hero who bravely fought against the Spaniards in the 1500's."			[151]
Dyadospora ferdowsii † Ghavidel-Syooki & Piri-Kangarshahi, 2021	Cryptospore	Ferdowsi	A cryptospore from the Ordovician of Razavi Khorasan, Iran, whose name "Refers to Abul-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tusi, a Persian poet and the author of the Shahnameh book, the longest epic poem in the world created by a single poet, and the national epic of Greater Iran (born in 940 ACE in Tus, near Mashhad [in Razavi Khorasan province]; died in 1020 ACE in the same place)."			[2]
Dysdera kourosh Bellvert, Zamani & Dimitrov, 2024	Spider	Cyrus the Great	A woodlouse hunting spider from Iran, named "after Cyrus the Great – Kourosh in Persian, which translates as Lord of the Sun – the founder of the first Persian empire."			[152]
Egilona O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895	Spider	Egilona	Subsequently synonymised with Ceratinopsis.			[57]
Elasmopus yupanquii Alves, Johnsson & Senna, 2016	Crustacean	Cápac Yupanqui	"The species name refers to the emperor Cápac Yupanqui, who was the forerunner king of the first people of the Inca civilization."			[153]
Elasmopus incarocai Alves, Johnsson & Senna, 2016	Crustacean	Inca Roca	"The species name refers to the emperor Inca Roca, the first king of Inca civilization."			[153]
Elasmopus yahuarhuaci Alves, Johnsson & Senna, 2016	Crustacean	Yawar Waqaq	"The species name refers to the Yahuar Huac [sic]—the third [sic, actually second] Inca King, whose name means tears of blood. This name alludes to the red color of the living species."			[153]
Elasmopus viracochai Alves, Johnsson & Senna, 2016	Crustacean	Viracocha Inca	"The species name refers to the emperor Viracocha, who was the fourth [sic, actually third] King of the Inca civilization."			[153]
Elasmopus pachacuteci Alves, Johnsson & Senna, 2016	Crustacean	Pachacuti	"The species name refers to the Pachacútec, the fifth [sic, actually fourth] King of Inca civilization, who was the most powerful emperor of them"			[153]
Electrophorus voltai de Santana et al., 2019	Electric eel	Alessandro Volta	Capable of discharges of up to 860 V, this species is the strongest bioelectricity generator known to science.			[154]
Elephantis Castelin, Marquet & Klotz, 2013	Crustacean	Elephantis	"Elephantis is a humorous name after an ancient Greek erotical poetess in reference to the enlarged sexual appendages of males."			[155]
Elephas columbi † Falconer, 1857	Mammoth	Christopher Columbus	The Columbian mammoth inhabited the southern half of North America, ranging from the northern United States across Mexico as far south as Costa Rica, during the Pleistocene epoch. Subsequently transferred to genus Mammuthus.			[156]
Eleutherodactylus amadeus Hedges et al., 1987	Frog	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Named after Mozart "for the remarkable resemblance of the wide-band audiospectrogram of this species to musical notes".			[157][158]
Eleutherodactylus simonbolivari Wiens & Coloma, 1992	Frog	Simón Bolívar	Subsequently transferred to genus Pristimantis.			[157]
Enallax napoleoni † Girard	Green alga	Napoleon	A fossil species found in Cretaceous amber from Île-d'Aix, off the west coast of France, and named "In reference to the history of Aix Island. The emperor Napoléon I, after he was defeated in Waterloo, stayed for a time on Aix Island before [going on] to be exiled and to die on Sainte Hélène Island."			[159]
Encyocrypta abelardi Raven, 1994	Spider	Peter Abelard	A brushed trapdoor spider endemic to New Caledonia; the holotype was collected from the same locality as Encyocrypta heloiseae.			[160]
Encyocrypta heloiseae Raven, 1994	Spider	Héloïse	A brushed trapdoor spider endemic to New Caledonia; the holotype was collected from the same locality as Encyocrypta abelardi.			[160]
Entedonomyia platoni Girault, 1915	Wasp	Plato	Subsequently synonymised with Pediobius agaristae.			[46]
Enrico O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895	Spider	Euric	Subsequently synonymised with Eucteniza. The only described species, Enrico mexicanus, was renamed Eucteniza atoyacensis (to avoid homonymy with Eucteniza mexicana), and considered a nomen dubium: since it was originally described based on a juvenile specimen, it is unclear whether it represents a distinct species.			[57]
Entedonomphale boccaccioi Triapitsyn, 2005	Wasp	Giovanni Boccaccio				[161]
Epiblatticida lambi Girault, 1915	Wasp	Charles Lamb				[29]
Epipeltephilus kanti † González-Ruiz, Scillato-Yané, Krmpotic & Carlini, 2012	Armadillo	Immanuel Kant	A fossil species from the Miocene of Argentina, named "in honor of the Prussian philosopher Emmanuel Kant (1724–1804), brilliant creator of the criticism and precursor of the modern scientific philosophy."			[162]
Epiperilampus channingi Girault, 1913	Wasp	William Ellery Channing	"Respectfully dedicated to the William Ellery Channing in recognition of his public utterances against war." Subsequently transferred to genus Trichilogaster.			[120][163]
Epirhyssa shaka Rousse & Van Noort, 2014	Wasp	Shaka				[164]
Epistenia goethei Girault, 1913	Wasp	Johann Wolfgang von Goethe				[165]
Eponides huaynai † Frizzell, 1943	Protist	Huayna Capac	A fossil foraminiferan from the Cretaceous of Peru.			[136]
Eponides zaratei † Frizzell, 1943	Protist	Agustín de Zárate	A fossil foraminiferan from the Cretaceous of Peru.			[136]
Ercilla A.Juss.	Flowering plant	Alonso de Ercilla	A genus native to Chile, "named after the author of a famous epic set in Chile" (La Araucana).			[166]
Ervig O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895	Spider	Erwig	Subsequently synonymised with Diguetia.			[57]
Erythraeus hafezi Saboori, Hakimitabar & Mahmoudi, 2014	Mite	Hafez	Described from specimens collected in Shiraz, Iran, and "named in memory of Muhammad Hafez-e Shirazi (a Persian lyric poet). His collected works are composed of a series of Persian poetry (Divan). His life and poems have been the subject of much analysis, commentary and interpretation, influencing post-Fourteenth Century Persian writing more than any other author. Hafez was born in Shiraz city, Iran and his mausoleum, Hafezieh, is located in the Musalla Gardens of Shiraz city"			[167]
Erythrodiplax cleopatra Ris, 1911	Dragonfly	Cleopatra VII				[168]
Escallonia atahuallpae J.F.Macbr.	Flowering plant	Atahualpa	This species is native to Peru. "Whether King Atahuallpa murdered his brother or merely defended himself, his famous name may appropriately be perpetuated in the botany of the land of the Incas. Anyway, it may be mentioned, for the pleasure of the cynics, that it would not be the first time that a plant has been named for a reprobate." Subsequently synonymised with Escallonia pendula.			[169]
Etheostoma tecumsehi Ceas & Page, 1997	Fish	Tecumseh	This species is native to Pond River in Kentucky, in an area inhabited by the Shawnee in the past. Its common name is "Shawnee darter".			[170]
Eucharomorpha worcesteri Girault, 1913	Wasp	Noah Worcester	"This beautiful species, the first to be recorded from the American continent, is respectfully dedicated to Noah Worcester for his A Solemn Review of the Custom of War." Subsequently transferred to genus Orasema.			[165]
Euderomyia carlylei Girault, 1913	Wasp	Thomas Carlyle	Subsequently transferred to the genus Omphale.			[5][171]
Eulophus agathyllus Walker, 1846	Wasp	Agathyllus				[172]
Eupatorium L.	Flowering plant	Mithridates VI Eupator	Named in honor of Mithridates VI Eupator, 132-63 B.C., ancient king of Pontus, who reportedly discovered the medicinal uses for some Eupatorium species plants.			[173][174]
Eupelmus fieldingi Girault, 1915	Wasp	Henry Fielding				[29]
Eupelmus grotii Girault, 1915	Wasp	Hugo Grotius	Subsequently synonymised with Eupelmus antipoda.			[29]
Eupelmus lambi Girault, 1915	Wasp	Charles Lamb	Subsequently transferred to genus Brasema.			[29]
Eupelmus montaignei Girault, 1915	Wasp	Michel de Montaigne				[29]
Euphorbia regis-jubae Webb & Berthel.	Flowering plant	Juba II				[15]
Eurycea junaluska Sever et al., 1976	Salamander	Junaluska				[175]
Eusphalerum kanti † Shavrin & Yamamoto, 2019	Beetle	Immanuel Kant	A fossil species found in Eocene Baltic Amber, "named in honour of the great German philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724–1804), the author of the doctrine of transcendental idealism." Kant was born in Königsberg, on the Baltic coast.			[176]
Exetastes cornaroae Kittel, 2016	Wasp	Elena Cornaro Piscopia	Replacement name for Exetastes rufiventris Meyer, 1929, which had become a junior homonym when Banchus rufiventris Brullé, 1846 was transferred to the genus Exetastes in 1966, becoming Exetastes rufiventris (Brullé, 1846).			[53]
Exetastes crousae Kittel, 2016	Wasp	Marie Crous	Replacement name for Exetastes longipes Uchida, 1928, which had become a junior homonym when Campoplex longipes Smith, 1878 was transferred to the genus Exetastes in 1961, becoming Exetastes longipes (Smith, 1878).			[53]
Fagara avicennae Lam.	Flowering plant	Avicenna	Subsequently transferred to genus Zanthoxylum.			[177]
Falco eleonorae Gené, 1839	Bird of prey	Eleanor of Arborea	A species of falcon described from specimens captured in Sardinia and named after Eleanor of Arborea, Queen or Lady-Judge (Juighissa) and national heroine of Sardinia, who in 1392, under the jurisdiction conferred by the Carta de Logu, became the first ruler in history to grant protection to hawk and falcon nests against illegal hunters.			[178][179]
Favila O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895	Spider	Favila of Asturias	Subsequently synonymised with Eucteniza.			[57]
Finlayia Girault 1934	Wasp	George Finlay				[13]
Floracarus atillai Ripka, 2009	Mite	Attila	A shrub-infesting mite found in Hungary, "named in honour of Atilla [sic] (?–453), King of [the] Hun Empire (reigned: 434–453)."			[7]
Franklinia W.Bartram ex Marshall	Flowering plant	Benjamin Franklin				[15]
Gallus lafayettii Lesson, 1831	Fowl	Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette				[180]
Gazella bilkis † Groves & Lay, 1985	Gazelle	Queen of Sheba	"Bilkis or Bilqis is the name given to the Queen of Sheba in Arabic writings. [...] The kingdom of Sheba corresponded approximately with the modern Republic of North Yemen [the type locality] [...]. The name thus commemorates both the legendary beauty of the Queen of Sheba and the geographic location of her realm."			[181]
Gentiana L.	Flowering plant	Gentius				[15]
Geotrypus copernici † Skoczeń, 1980	Mole	Nicolaus Copernicus	A fossil species from the Pliocene and Pleistocene of Poland, "Named [in] commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the birth of Mikołaj Kopernik, the great Polish astronomer." Subsequently transferred to genus Skoczenia.			[182][183]
Givira cleopatra Barnes & McDunnough, 1912	Moth	Cleopatra VII				[184]
Gnathia beethoveni Paul & Menzies, 1971	Crustacean	Ludwig van Beethoven				[15]
Gobiesox juniperoserrai Espinosa Pérez & Castro-Aguirre, 1996	Fish	Junípero Serra	A freshwater clingfish from Baja California, named "for Fray Junipero Serra, Jesuit missionary, evangelizer, and explorer of the Alta and Baja California region during the Colonial epoch."			[185]
Godiva Macnae, 1954	Sea slug	Lady Godiva				[15]
Goetheana Girault, 1920	Wasp	Johann Wolfgang von Goethe				[15]
Goetheana pushkini Triapitsyn, 2005	Wasp	Alexander Pushkin				[161]
Goetheana rabelaisi Triapitsyn, 2005	Wasp	François Rabelais	"Continuing A.A. Girault's trend to name some taxa after the great poets and writers of the past (particularly in this genus), I am naming this new species after François Rabelais."			[161]
Goetheana shakespearei Girault, 1920	Wasp	William Shakespeare				[15]
Goethella Girault, 1928	Wasp	Johann Wolfgang von Goethe				[13]
Goloboffia biberi Ferretti, Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2019	Spider	Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber	"in honor of the Bohemian-Austrian composer and violinist Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644–1704), one of the most important composers for the violin in the history of the instrument."			[186]
Goloboffia pachelbeli Ferretti, Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2019	Spider	Johann Pachelbel	"in honor of Johannes [sic] Pachelbel (1653–1706), a German composer and organist, and one of the most important composers of the middle Baroque era."			[186]
Gomphotherium hannibali † Welcomme, 1994	Proboscidean	Hannibal	A fossil species, related to elephants, from the Miocene of Languedoc, France; named "in honour of the Carthaginian general Hannibal who, on his journey through Languedoc to conquer Rome in 218 BC, passed with his elephants near the site [where the remains were found]."			[187]
Gonatocerus baconi Girault, 1912	Wasp	Roger Bacon	"Dedicated to the Roman Catholic friar, Roger Bacon, who, in an early superstitious and ignorant century, long since laid down the basis for science and reason. He was centuries ahead of his time." Subsequently transferred to the genus Lymaenon.			[17][188]
Gonatocerus brunoi Girault, 1912	Wasp	Giordano Bruno	"Dedicated to the monistic philosopher Giordano Bruno, who in the middle ages was a father of monism and a sound thinker at a time when most were under the combined influence of superstition and dogmatic religion." Subsequently transferred to the genus Lymaenon.			[17][188]
Gonatocerus carlylei Girault, 1913	Wasp	Thomas Carlyle	Subsequently transferred to the genus Lymaenon.			[33][188]
Gonatocerus comptei Girault, 1912	Wasp	Auguste Comte	"Dedicated to Auguste Comte, the positive philosopher, whose philosophic principles, although not always right, were based upon positivism, materialism, realism or experience combined with reason."			[17]
Gonatocerus davinci Girault, 1912	Wasp	Leonardo da Vinci	"Dedicated to Leonardo Da Vinci, the manly Italian, one of the earliest of scientists." Subsequently transferred to the genus Lymaenon.			[17][188]
Gonatocerus goethei Girault, 1912	Wasp	Johann Wolfgang von Goethe	"Dedicated to Johann Wolfgang Goethe, poet, naturalist and monistic philosopher." Subsequently transferred to the genus Lymaenon.			[17][188]
Gonatocerus huyghensi Girault, 1912	Wasp	Christiaan Huyghens	"Dedicated to Huyghens who discovered the vibratory principle of light." Subsequently transferred to the genus Lymaenon.			[17][188]
Gonatocerus lomonosoffi Girault, 1913	Wasp	Mikhail Lomonosov	Subsequently transferred to the genus Lymaenon.			[189][188]
Gonatocerus saintpierrei Girault, 1913	Wasp	Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre	"Respectfully dedicated to the Abbe Saint-Pierre for his work entitled The Project of Perpetual Peace." Subsequently transferred to genus Lymaenon.			[190][188]
Gonatocerus shakespearei Girault, 1915	Wasp	William Shakespeare	Subsequently transferred to genus Lymaenon.			[191][188]
Gonatocerus spinozai Girault, 1912	Wasp	Baruch Spinoza	"Dedicated to the profound student and thinker, Baruch Spinoza, who in the seventeenth century introduced the monistic conception of matter, "the loftiest, profoundest, and truest thought of all ages"." Subsequently transferred to the genus Lymaenon.			[17][188]
Goniacodon hiawathae † Van Valen, 1978	Mesonychian (an extinct order of mammals)	Hiawatha				[114]
Goyacrinus † Cole et al., 2017	Sea lily	Francisco de Goya	A fossil genus of crinoids from the Ordovician of Zaragoza, Spain, named "in recognition of the Spanish painter, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, who was born in Fuendetodos (Zaragoza province), several kilometers north of the locality were this crinoid was collected."			[192]
Grotiusella Girault, 1913	Wasp	Hugo Grotius	Subsequently synonymised with the genus Eulophinusia Girault, 1913.			[5][193]
Grotiusomyia Girault, 1917	Wasp	Hugo Grotius				[13]
Guarocuyus Landestov, Schools, & Hedges, 2022	Lizard	Guarocuya (Enriquillo)	A monotypic genus of galliwasp lizard from the Dominican Republic, named after Guarocuya, the likely indigenous name of Enriquillo, a Taíno cacique who rebelled against the Spaniards.			[194]
Guemesia † Agnolín et al., 2022	Dinosaur	Martín Miguel de Güemes	An abelisaurid dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Argentina "honoring General Martin Miguel de Güemes, who was both Governor and a military leader who defended northwestern Argentina during the War of Independence. The year 2021 has been declared as "the bicentennial of the death of General Güemes" by the Senate of the Argentine Nation."			[195]
Gustavia L.	Flowering plant	Gustav III of Sweden	Dedicated by Linnaeus to honour his king.			[196]
Gutenbergia Sch.Bip.	Flowering plant	Johannes Gutenberg				[196]
Gyrolasella channingi Girault, 1913	Wasp	William Ellery Channing	"Respectfully dedicated to William E. Channing for his Discourses on War." Subsequently transferred to the name Cirrospilus channingianus.			[5][197]
Halimuraena shakai Winterbottom, 1978	Fish	Shaka	"Named for the Zulu king, Shaka, who raised his people from a small tribe to a powerful nation. The hastate body of the new species is a perhaps fanciful reminder of the short stabbing spear or "iklwa" which Shaka developed and used with such devastating effect." This species was found in Sodwana Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.			[198]
Hallucinochrysa diogenesi † Pérez-de la Fuente, Delclòs, Peñalver & Engel, 2012	Lacewing	Diogenes	A fossil species found in Cretaceous amber from northern Spain. Only the larva is known, which, like the larvae of many extant lacewings, camouflaged itself by covering its body with debris, but in this case its exceptionally long bristles formed a basket which enabled it to carry a very large "trash packet". "The species name is a patronym for the Greek philosopher Diogenes of Sinope, whose name has been applied to a human behavioral disorder characterized by compulsive hoarding of trash."			[199]
Halobacterium bonnevillei Myers & King, 2020	Archaeon	Benjamin Bonneville	A halophile archaeon isolated from Bonneville Salt Flats (Utah, US) salt crusts and nearby saline soils, whose name "honours Major Benjamin Bonneville, for whom Bonneville Salt Flats is named."			[200]
Hannibalia Girault, 1928	Thrip	Hannibal				[13]
Hanyusuchus † Iijima et al., 2022	Crocodile	Han Yu	An extinct genus of gavialid crocodilian from the Holocene of South China, whose extinction may have been human-induced, according to researchers. In his 819 work "Text for the Crocodiles" (祭鱷魚文), Han Yu issued a proclamation in which he instructed the crocodiles to leave the area of Chaozhou or be killed, after a rash of crocodile attacks on humans and livestock.			[201][202]
Haplophragmoides atahuallpai † Frizzell, 1943	Protist	Atahualpa	A fossil foraminiferan from the Cretaceous of Peru, whose name is "derived from that of the ruling Inca at the time of the conquest of Peru."			[136]
Haplophragmoides zaratei † Frizzell, 1943	Protist	Agustín de Zárate	A fossil foraminiferan from the Cretaceous of Peru.			[136]
Harpactea asparuhi Lazarov, 2008	Spider	Asparuh of Bulgaria	This species is native to Bulgaria.			[203]
Harpagus Vigors, 1824	Bird of prey	Harpagus				[15]
Harriotta raleighana Goode & T. H. Bean, 1895	Chimaera	Sir Walter Raleigh	The narrownose chimaera, found in temperate seas worldwide, at depths between 200 and 2,600 m. Its length is between 1.0 and 1.5 m, including a long, tapering snout and a long, filamentous tail. "This species is named in honor of Sir Walter Raleigh, philosopher and explorer, by whom the first English scientific expedition was sent to the New World."			[204]
Hedyosmum huascari J.F.Macbr.	Flowering plant	Huáscar	This species is native to Peru. "Its name conmemorates Huascar, son of the Inca king Huyana [sic]. He died in battle over the kingdom inherited jointly with his brother Atahuallpa."			[169]
Helenicula naresuani Stekolnikov, 2016	Mite	Naresuan	A species of chigger found on common treeshrews and greater bandicoot rats in Thailand, "named after Naresuan, the king of Ayutthaya Kingdom (at the territory of modern Thailand) in 1590–1605, one of the most glorious Thai kings."			[205]
Heliophanus xerxesi Logunov, 2019	Spider	Xerxes I	This species, native to Iran, is "named after Xerxes I (reigned 485–465 BC) of the Achaemenid dynasty, the King of Persia, who marched against Greece but was defeated at Salamis."			[206]
Heliotropium khayyamii Akhani	Flowering plant	Omar Khayyam	A heliotrope from Khorasan, Iran, whose name "honours a Persian astronomer, mathematician and poet of [the] 12th Century, Hakim Omar Khayyam from Neyshabur." The holotype was collected near Neyshabur.			[207]
Hellinsia benalcazari Gielis, 2011	Moth	Sebastián de Belalcázar	This species is native to Ecuador and "named after Sebastian de Benalcazar, lieutenant of Francisco Pizarro, the conquistador of South America."			[8]
Hellinsia espejoi Gielis, 2014	Moth	Eugenio Espejo	This species is native to Ecuador and "named after and in honor of Eugenia [sic] Espejo, son of an indian father and mulatto mother, born in 1747. He was a brilliant scholar and poet, writing against colonialism. He died in prison in 1795."			[208]
Hellinsia huayna Gielis, 2011	Moth	Huayna Capac	This species is native to Ecuador.			[8]
Hellinsia montufari Gielis, 2011	Moth	Carlos de Montúfar	This species is native to Ecuador and "named after Montufar, an Ecuadorian freedom fighter, opposing the Spanish."			[8]
Hellinsia orellanai Gielis, 2011	Moth	Francisco de Orellana	This species is native to Ecuador and "named after Francesco de Orellana, conquistador and lieutenant of Gonzalo Pizarro."			[8]
Hellinsia paccha Gielis, 2011	Moth	Paccha Duchicela	This species is native to Ecuador.			[8]
Hellinsia pizarroi Gielis, 2011	Moth	Francisco Pizarro	This species is native to Ecuador and "named after the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro, the first European to set foot in many parts of South America."			[8]
Hellinsia ruminahuii Gielis, 2011	Moth	Rumiñahui	This species is native to Ecuador.			[8]
Hellinsia sucrei Gielis, 2011	Moth	Antonio José de Sucre	This species is native to Ecuador and "named after Antonio José de Sucre, who was crucial in achieving the freedom of several South American countries."			[8]
Hellinsia tupaci Gielis, 2011	Moth	Topa Inca Yupanqui	This species is native to Ecuador.			[8]
Hemicyclopora pytheasi Harmelin & Rosso, 2023	Bryozoan	Pytheas	A species from the Northern Atlantic coast of France, named "In honour of Pytheas, famous antique astronomer and sailor, citizen of Massalia (ancient Greek name of Marseille), who explored the northern seas during the 4th century B.C., and in reference to the geographical distribution of this species."