List of organisms named after works of fiction

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biological nomenclature often reflect the discoverer's interests or honour those the discoverer holds in esteem, including fictional elements.[1][2][3]

This is a list of real organisms with scientific names chosen to reference works of fiction.

Literature

Greek mythology

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
Antigone antigone (Linnaeus, 1758) Crane Antigone of Troy The species was named after "Antigone, daughter of King Laomedon of Troy, who was metamorphosed into a stork for presuming to compare herself to the goddess Hera. Linnaeus confused this myth with that of Gerana, princess of the pygmies, who was changed into a crane by Hera for committing the same lèse-majesté" [4]
Saguinus oedipus (Linnaeus, 1758) New World monkey Oedipus Rex "Linnaeus had a penchant for giving primates names derived from mythology, sometimes with little obvious rationale. So he may have named this one after the mythical tragic King of Thebes, who unknowingly married his own mother." [5]
Pseudoeurycea rex (Dunn, 1921) Salamander Oedipus Rex Species formerly named Oedipus rex [6]
Oedipodrilus oedipus Holt, 1967 Segmented worm Oedipus Rex [7]
Amblytylus peitho Linnavuori, 1997
Leaf bug
 Peitho [8]
Atomophora astraia Linnavuori, 1997
Leaf bug
 Dike/Astraea
Pseudotanais gaiae Jakiel, Palero & Błażewicz, 2019
Tanaid
 Gaia P. gaiae and P. uranos form a pair of
sister species
. 		[9]
Pseudotanais uranos Jakiel, Palero & Błażewicz, 2019
Tanaid
 Uranus
†Phyllodrepa daedali Shavrin & Yamamoto, 2019 Rove beetle Daedalus Fossil species found in Eocene Baltic amber. [10]
†Phyllodrepa icari Shavrin & Yamamoto, 2019 Rove beetle Icarus
Hotwheels sisyphus Liu & Zhang, 2024 Spider Sisyphus "The specific name is derived from Sisyphus, a king in Greek mythology who offended Zeus and whose punishment was to repeatedly roll a huge stone up a hill only to have it roll back down, because the circular copulatory ducts are like Sisyphus’s cyclic mission." [11]

Gargantua and Pantagruel

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
Gigantactis gargantua Bertelsen, Pietsch & Lavenberg, 1981 Anglerfish
Gargantua
 [12]
†Gargantuavis Buffetaut & Le Loeuff, 1998 Bird
Gargantua
 A genus of fossil flightless birds from the Cretaceous of Europe, and the largest known birds of the Mesozoic era; "generic name from Gargantua, the giant of French folklore made famous by François Rabelais, and avis, Latin for bird" [13]
†Notoetayoa gargantuai Gelfo, López & Bond, 2008 Xenungulate mammal
Gargantua
 A fossil species of hoofed mammal from the
Etayoa bacatensis
." 		[14]
Epimeria gargantua d’Udekem d’Acoz & Verheye, 2017
Amphipod
Gargantua
 "Gargantua is a giant and one of the main characters in the tales of François Rabelais, such as La vie très horrifique du grand Gargantua, père de Pantagruel. The name [...] alludes to the huge size of the species, which is the largest known Epimeria species." [15]

William Shakespeare

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
Oberonia Lindley (1859) Fairy orchid Oberon, A Midsummer Night's Dream [16]
Sycorax Haliday, 1839 Fly Sycorax, The Tempest [17]
Peneothello Mathews, 1920 Australasian robin Othello, Othello Named for being almost (pene) black [18]
Pigrogromitus Calman, 1927 Sea spider Pigrogromitus, Twelfth Night [19]
Queubus Barnard, 1946 Sea spider Queubus, Twelfth Night "In sooth, we taxonomists are hard put to it to find names, but there have been far worse sources than the nonsense of Will Shakespeare." [20]
Iago Compagno & Springer, 1971 Houndshark Iago, Othello "This shark, a namesake of the villain of Shakespeare's Othello, is a troublemaker for systematists and hence a kind of villain." [21]
Agra othello Erwin, 2000 Ground beetle Othello, Othello The specific name "honors the complicated Shakespearian character whose stage image is a large male singer with a dark complexion. Agra othello is very large, black, and belongs to a formerly complicated species group" [22]
Perdita desdemona Portman, 2016 Bee Desdemona, Othello "The name comes from the character in Shakespeare's Othello." [23]
Perdita hippolyta Portman, 2016 Bee Hippolyta, A Midsummer Night's Dream "The name comes from the character in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream."
Perdita sycorax Portman, 2016 Bee Sycorax, The Tempest "The name comes from the unseen character in Shakespeare's The Tempest."
Perdita titania Portman, 2016 Bee Titania, A Midsummer Night's Dream "The name comes from the fairy queen Titania in Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream. The name was chosen due to the beauty and rarity of this species."
†Alfaites romeo Valent, Fatka, & Marek 2019 Hyolith Romeo, Romeo and Juliet "The specific epithet 'romeo' refers to the Shakespeare's protagonist Romeo Montague." [24]
Pseudotanais julietae Jakiel, Palero & Błażewicz, 2019
Tanaid
 Juliet, Romeo and Juliet P. julietae and P. romeo form a pair of
sister species
. 		[9]
Pseudotanais romeo Jakiel, Palero & Błażewicz, 2019
Tanaid
 Romeo, Romeo and Juliet
Synagelides rosalindae Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2020 Jumping spider Rosalind, As You Like It "The species is named after Rosalind Senior, the heroine of the play As You Like It by William Shakespeare. Generally noted for her resilience, quick wit, and beauty." [25]
Synagelides orlandoi Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2020 Jumping spider Orlando, As You Like It "The species is named after Orlando de Bois, who at first sight falls in love with Rosalind. He is brave, chivalrous, tender, modest, smart, strong, handsome and beloved by all. However, he is unable to express his love for Rosalind, before he leaves to the forest of Arden."

Don Quixote

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
†
Hipparion rocinantis
 Hernández-Pacheco, 1921 		Horse Rocinante A fossil species of primitive horse from the
Cervantes
. [...] the name I have chosen associates the equine idea with the geographical one [...]" 		[26]
†Dulcineaia manchegana Babin & Gutiérrez-Marco, 1991
Bivalve
 Dulcinea del Toboso A fossil species of saltwater clam from the Ordovician of La Mancha, Spain. [27]
Ardistomis quixotei Pavel Valdés, 2007 Ground beetle Don Quixote "a patronymic, based on the Latinized surname of the fictional Don Quijote, immortalized in the famous novel Don Quijote de la Mancha written by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra and first published in 1605. This species is named to commemorate the 400th anniversary of publication of this important piece of Spanish literature." [28]
†
Lohuecotitan pandafilandi
 Díez Díaz et al., 2016
Titanosaur
 Pandafilando of the Scowl "The specific name pandafilandi refers to Pandafilando de la fosca vista, one of the characters in the novel The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha (El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha) written by Miguel de Cervantes and published in the early seventeenth century. Pandafilando is, in the mind of the protagonist, a giant against who he must fight." The character is named "Pandafilando of the
Scowl" in John Ormsby's translation
. 		[29]
Carex quixotiana Ben.Benítez, Martín-Bravo, Luceño & Jim.Mejías (2023)
Sedge
 Don Quixote "The species epithet, quixotiana (pronounced kee·how·tee·a·na in English) is derived from Miguel de Cervantes's (1547–1616) masterpiece Don Quixote [...], globally considered one of the best works in the history of literature, and whose number of editions and translations is only surpassed by the Bible. The setting of Don Quixote is La Mancha, the region of Spain where almost all populations of Carex quixotiana occur." [30]

Robinson Crusoe

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
DC.
(1833) 		Flowering plant Robinson Crusoe This genus is endemic to the Juan Fernández Islands, where Alexander Selkirk was shipwrecked; he was the inspiration for Robinson Crusoe. [31]
Hemistomia fridayi Haase & Bouchet, 1998 Freshwater snail Friday, Robinson Crusoe This species was found in the district of Robinson, New Caledonia. [32]
Oncopagurus crusoei Lemaitre, 2014 Hermit crab Robinson Crusoe This species is endemic to the Juan Fernández Islands, where Alexander Selkirk was shipwrecked; he was the inspiration for Robinson Crusoe. [33]

Gulliver's Travels

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
Salticus lilliputanus Lucas, 1846 Jumping spider Lilliput [34]
Holorusia brobdingnagia (Westwood, 1876) Crane fly Brobdingnag [35]
Laputa Whitley, 1930 Filefish Laputa [36]
Blossfeldia liliputana Werderm.
(1937) 		Cactus Lilliput Smallest cactus known to science. [37][38]
†Balnibarbi Fortey, 1974 Trilobite Balnibarbi [39]
Dryadella lilliputiana Cogniaux (1978)
Orchid
 Lilliput "Many of the species names reflect their diminutive stature [...] D. lilliputiana to Gulliver's tiny captors" [40]
†Laputavis Dyke, 2001 Swift Laputa [41]
Chorebus liliputanus Fischer, Tormos, Docavo & Pardo, 2004 Wasp Lilliput "The name refers to the very small size of the species." [42]
Viola lilliputana Ballard & Iltis (2012) Violet Lilliput "The specific epithet makes a fanciful reference to the tiny growth form of the new species as 'lilliputian'" [43]
Peruphorticus gulliveri Erwin & Zamorano, 2014 Ground beetle Lemuel Gulliver "We so name this species because of its very large size in comparison to its congeners, reminding us of Gulliver's travels on the island of Lilliput." [44]
Meoneura lilliputensis Stuke & Freidberg, 2017 Fly Lilliput A tiny fly (length<2 mm) "named after the fictional island Lilliput that was introduced in the novel Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift (1726). Lilliput is inhabited by tiny people, who are about one-twelfth the height of ordinary human beings." [45]
Anthobium liliputense Shavrin & Smetana, 2018 Rove beetle Lilliput "The specific epithet is derived from Lilliput, the fictional island with small people that appear in the novel Gulliver's Travels by the famous English writer Jonathan Swift. It refers to the very small size of the species." [46]
Pluteus liliputianus E.F. Malysheva & Malysheva (2019) Mushroom Lilliput "The epithet reflects very small, diminutive size of basidiocarps" [47]
Hypothenemus liliputianus Bright, 2019 Bark beetle Lilliput "Latinized form of liliputian, referring to the very small size of the female." [48]

Victor Hugo

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
Paracalanus quasimodo Bowman, 1971 Copepod
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
 "The name is derived from the protagonist of Victor Hugo's classic novel, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and alludes to the distinctive shape of the prosome." [49]
Stylaclista quasimodo Early, 1980 Wasp
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
 "Stylaclista quasimodo can be recognised by its strongly humped scutellum (hence the name), setation of the head and mesosoma, and the scarcity of setae between the epomia." [50]
Tetragnatha quasimodo Gillespie, 1992 Long-jawed orb weaver
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
 "The common name of this species is "Humpback Spiny", because of the prominent mid-dorsal peak of the abdomen. The specific epithet, regarded as a noun in apposition, refers to Victor Hugo's 'Hunchback of Notre Dame'." [51]
Agra eponine Erwin, 2000 Ground beetle Éponine, Les Misérables "The specific epithet, eponine, is the name of the unfortunate street urchin in Victor Hugo's Les Miserables, who, in the Broadway version of the story, personified tragic beauty. Such is the state of the tropical forests where these beetles live" [22]
Schistura quasimodo Kottelat, 2000 Stone loach
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
 The body of this species "sometimes [shows] a conspicuous hump". [52]
Paradynomene quasimodo McLay & Ng, 2004 Crab
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
 "The name is derived from Victor Hugo's character, Quasimodo, the Hunchback of Notre Dame; alluding to its tumescent, hunchback carapace shape." [53]
Pseudione quasimodo Boyko & Williams, 2004
Isopod
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
 "The specific name quasimodo is derived from Victor Hugoʼs famous bell-ringer of Notre Dame, most famously portrayed in film by the great Lon Chaney (1883–1930). This appellation is appropriate due to the shape of the female isopod and the bulge it creates in the branchial chamber of the host" [54]
Neopantopsalis quasimodo Taylor & Hunt, 2009
Harvestman
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
 [55]
Harpirhynchus quasimodo Bochkov & Mertins, 2010 Mite
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
 "Anterior part of propodonotal shield bearing hump-like projection..." [56]
Apseudes quasimodo Błażewicz-Paszkowycz & Bamber, 2012
Tanaid
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
 "Named after Quasimodo, a central character from French author Victor Hugo’s 1831 novel Notre Dame de Paris, who also had a distinctive dorsal hump." [57]
Chaleponcus quasimodo Enghoff, 2014 Millipede
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
 [58]
Ephemeroporus quasimodo Elmoor-Loureiro, 2014
Water flea
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
 "clearly differs from all other species of the genus in the high dorsal keel (hunchback)". [59]
Temnothorax quasimodo Snelling, Borowiec & Prebus, 2014 Ant
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
 "named for the Victor Hugo character in his novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame. [...] The short, deep mesosoma with distinctly convex dorsum results in a "hunched" profile that is characteristic for this species". [60]
Squalus quasimodo
 Viana, Carvalho & Gomes, 2016
Dogfish shark
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
 "Named for the hunchback of Notre-Dame from the 19th Century novel by Victor Hugo, in obvious reference to its most noticeable character" — "body conspicuously robust and humped dorsally". [61]
Epimeria quasimodo d'Udekem d'Acoz & Verheye, 2017
Amphipod
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
 "Quasimodo, the hunchback of Notre-Dame, is a well-known character from the novel Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo. The name [...] alludes to the humpbacked silhouette of the species." [15]
Haplochromis quasimodo Vranken et al., 2022 Cichlid fish Quasimodo, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame "Specific name from Quasimodo, hunchbacked character in Victor Hugo's novel Notre-Dame de Paris (1831); referring to rather shallow head and deep and rhomboid bodies of large specimens." [62]

The Three Musketeers

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
Schistura aramis Kottelat, 2000 Stone loach Aramis [52]
Schistura athos Kottelat, 2000 Stone loach Athos
Schistura porthos Kottelat, 2000 Stone loach Porthos

Moby-Dick

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
Daggoo Sime & Wahl, 2002 Wasp Daggoo "The genus is named after one of the harpooners in Melville's novel Moby Dick." [63]
Queequeg Sime & Wahl, 2002 Wasp Queequeg
Tashtego Sime & Wahl, 2002 Wasp
Tashtego
†Thaleops mobydicki Amati & Westrop, 2004 Trilobite Moby Dick "At times, the senior author's analysis of relationships among illaenid trilobites felt like Ahab's pursuit of the Great White Whale." [64]
Voeltzkowia mobydick (Miralles et al, 2012) Skink Moby Dick "The specific epithet refers to Moby Dick, the famous albino sperm whale imagined by Herman Melville (1851), with whom the new species shares several uncommon characteristics, such as the lack of hindlimbs, the presence of flipper-like forelimbs, highly reduced eyes, and the complete absence of pigmentation" [65]
†Albicetus oxymycterus Boersma & Pyenson, 2015 Toothed whale Moby Dick "Combining the Latin words albus (white) and cetus (whale). The name pays tribute to H. Melville's classic American novel Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. In the novel, Melville refers to Moby-Dick as “the White Whale”, a creature of “unwonted magnitude” with a “remarkable hue” and “deformed lower jaw”. These traits are coincidentally similar to the type specimen of Albicetus, a white fossil sperm whale whose jaws have been displaced due to diagenetic processes." [66]
Vrijenhoekia ahabi Summers, Pleijel & Rouse, 2015
Segmented worm
 Captain Ahab "Ahabi is in reference to Herman Melville's Captain Ahab, as both he and this species of worm will go to the ends of the earth to find a whale. This name was a winner of a 'Name a Species' public contest organised by the Birch Aquarium, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, submitted by Andy Fyfe." [67]

Lewis Carroll

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
†Borogovia gracilicrus Osmólska, 1987 Theropod dinosaur Borogove, "Jabberwocky" Named after the "borogove — the name of a fantastic creature from "Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll" [68]
†Hemignathus vorpalis James & Olsen, 2003 Finch Vorpal blade, "Jabberwocky" Named "in reference to the long scimitar-like maxillary rostrum of the bird" [69]

Mark Twain

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
Phanuromyia pauper Nesheim and Masner, 2017 Wasp The Prince and the Pauper "The name pauper refers to the lack of longitudinal costae on the base of T2." [70]
Phanuromyia princeps Nesheim and Masner, 2017 Wasp The Prince and the Pauper "The name princeps is derived from the prince character in the book The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain in reference to its similarity to P. pauper."

The Adventures of Pinocchio

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
Walckenaeria pinocchio (Kaston, 1945) Spider Pinocchio "From all other known species this one can be distinguished by its very long cephalic horn."
Originally described as Cornicularia pinocchio; subsequently, genus Cornicularia was synonymised with Walckenaeria. 		[71][72]
Masdevallia pinocchio Luer & Andreeta, 1978 Orchid Pinocchio "Named for Pinocchio, the long-nosed, wooden puppet that wanted to be a little boy", because of the appearance of the flowers. [73]
Oxypleurodon pinocchio (Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1985) Crab Pinocchio "the long and "turned-up" rostrum of this species recall [sic] to mind the long and snub nose of the mischievious [sic] Pinocchio."
Originally described as Sphenocarcinus pinocchio, and subsequently transferred to genus Oxypleurodon. 		[74]
Uroptychus pinocchio Poore & Andreakis, 2011 Squat lobster Pinocchio "For Pinocchio, a wooden puppet that dreamt of becoming a real boy in the 1883 novel Le avventure di Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi. Pinocchio's nose grew longer when he told lies." This species belongs to the Uroptychus naso complex, distinctive for their particularly long and broad rostrum. [75]
Eviota pinocchioi Greenfield & Winterbottom, 2012 Dwarfgoby Pinocchio "Named after Carlo Collodi's fictional character Pinocchio, who had a nose that grew long when he lied, alluding to the exceptionally long anterior tubular
nares
in this species." 		[76]
Anchylorhynchus pinocchio De Madeiros & Nunez-Avellaneda, 2013 Weevil Pinocchio "Named after the popular fictional character Pinocchio, because of the extremely elongate rostrum as compared to other species of the genus." [77]
Monodelphis pinocchio Pavan, 2015 Short-tailed opossum Pinocchio "The specific epithet is a noun in apposition and refers to the fictional wooden doll [...], in allusion to the elongated rostrum shared by this species and its namesake." [78]
Litoria pinocchio Oliver et al, 2019 Frog Pinocchio Males have a "distinct rostral spike" and is named in "reference to Carlo Collodi's fictional character Pinocchio, who had a nose that became longer when under stress or lying." [79]
Pinoquio Carvalho & Huber, 2022 Spider Pinocchio A genus of
cellar spiders; "The generic name is taken from Carlo Collodi's fictional character, as written in Portuguese, whose famous nose reminds of the projecting clypeus in the type species". This genus was originally named Pinocchio Huber & Carvalho, 2019, but this name turned out to be a junior homonym that had been used before, for the harvestman genus Pinocchio Mello-Leitão, 1940 (now considered a synonym of Bresslauius
Mello-Leitão, 1935). Therefore, the genus name was amended to Pinoquio. 		[80][81]

Arthur Conan Doyle

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
†Irritator challengeri Martill, et al., 1996 Theropod dinosaur Professor Challenger, The Lost World Named after "Professor Challenger, the fictitious hero and dinosaur discoverer of Sir
Arthur Conan-Doyle
's [The] Lost World" 		[82]
Mandevilla sherlockii L.O.Alvarado & Lozada-Pérez (2017) Rocktrumpet Sherlock Holmes "The name is dedicated to the fictional character Sherlock Holmes [who] reflects much of the work of taxonomists and scientists in general, which is entirely detective work. Additionally, he was conceived as an amateur botanist, mainly interested in plants that can be used as poisons" [83]

Rudyard Kipling

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
Akela Peckham & Peckham, 1896 Jumping spider Akela, The Jungle Book [84]
Bagheera kiplingi Peckham & Peckham, 1896 Jumping spider Bagheera and Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book
Messua Peckham & Peckham, 1896 Jumping spider Messua, The Jungle Book
Nagaina Peckham & Peckham, 1896 Jumping spider Nagaina, "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"

Cyrano de Bergerac

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
Garra cyrano Kottelat, 2000
Log sucker
fish 		Cyrano de Bergerac, Cyrano de Bergerac (play) "From Cyrano de Bergerac, the main character in a comedy of Edmond Rostand, characterized by a long nose"; this species has a "snout with a conspicuous, deeply notched secondary rostrum with large tubercles" [52]
Eremobates cyranoi Cushing & Brookhart, 2016
Camel spider
 Cyrano de Bergerac, Cyrano de Bergerac (play) "Referencing the twisted upturned fixed finger reminiscent of the reputed nose of Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac." [85]
Epimeria cyrano d’Udekem d’Acoz & Verheye, 2017
Amphipod
 Cyrano de Bergerac, Cyrano de Bergerac (play) "Cyrano de Bergerac is the central character of the eponymous play by Edmond Rostand. In the play, Cyrano is described as endowed with a prominent nose. The name [...] alludes to the long, straight and anteriorly directed rostrum of the species." [15]

Dracula

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
†Bradycneme draculae Harrison & Walker, 1975
Theropod dinosaur
 Count Dracula "The specific name is derived from the Romanian word dracul meaning evil one."

The fossil was discovered in Transylvania, the setting of Bram Stoker's Dracula.

[86]
Dracula vampira Luer (1978)
Orchid
 Count Dracula [87]
Liparis draculoides Greenwood (1982)
Orchid
 Count Dracula [88]
†Desmodus draculae Morgan, Linares and Ray, 1988 Bat Count Dracula "The specific epithet of this largest known chiropteran vampire commemorates Count Dracula, the greatest human vampire of folklore" [89]
Draculoides bramstokeri Harvey & Humphreys, 1995 Whip scorpion Count Dracula, Bram Stoker "The generic name alludes to another toothed creature" [90]
Danionella dracula Britz, Conway & Rüber, 2009 Ray-finned fish Count Dracula "The species name dracula alludes to the long tooth-like fangs in the jaws in males of the new species and was inspired by Count Dracula in Bram Stoker's novel." [91]
†Deinocroton draculi Peñalver, et al, 2017 Tick Count Dracula "Patronym for the main character of the gothic horror novel by Irish writer Abraham “Bram” Stoker, which is a fictionalised account of Vlad III, or Vlad Dracula" [92]
†Supraserphites draculi Rasnitsyn & Öhm-Kühnle, 2019 Wasp Count Dracula "Species name derived from dracul, Romanian for devil, and the literary figure Count Dracula" [93]
Patrera dracula Martínez, Brescovit, Villarreal & Oliveira, 2021 Spider Count Dracula "The epithet in apposition referring to the mythological vampire Dracula, alluding to the large chelicerae, which resemble Dracula's fangs." [94]

Peter Pan

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
Tinkerbella nana Huber & Noyes, 2013 Fairyfly Tinker Bell and Nana "After the fairy Tinker Bell in the 1904 play 'Peter Pan' by J.M. Barrie [and] the dog Nana in Peter Pan and coincidentally from nanos, the Greek word for dwarf." [95]
Ischnothyreus hooki Kranz-Baltensperger, 2011 Goblin spider Captain Hook "The specific name is derived from Captain Hook from the novel Peter Pan, written by James M. Barrie, and refers to the similarity of the distal part of the male palp with the left arm of Captain Hook." [96]
Meoneura tinkerbellae Stucke, 2016 Fly Tinker Bell "Tinker Bell is a long haired and very small fairy as Meoneura tinkerbellae is a very small, hardly visible fly with characteristically long setulae on tergite 5." [97]

H. P. Lovecraft

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
Pimoa cthulhu Hormiga, 1994 Spider Cthulhu "Named after H.P. Lovecraft's mythological deity Cthulhu, akin to the powers of Chaos" [98]
†Millerocaulis tekelili Vera (2012) Fern "Tekeli-li" "The specific epithet derives from the word Tekeli-li, pronounced by fictional Antarctic inhabitants in the book 'The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket' by Edgar [Allan] Poe and in the book 'At the [M]ountains of [M]adness' by Howard Phillip Lovecraft. [99]
Nanocthulhu lovecrafti Buffington, 2012 Wasp Cthulhu, H. P. Lovecraft "Cthulhu's [sic] is described as having 'a pulpy, tentacled head,' and the clypeal fuscina described herein is reminiscent of Cthulhu's head" [100]
Cthulhu macrofasciculumque James & Keeling, 2012 Parabasalid Cthulhu "The tentacle-headed appearance given by the coordinated beat pattern of the anterior flagellar bundle of Cthulhu cells is reminiscent of this demon" [101]
Cthylla microfasciculumque James & Keeling, 2012 Parabasalid
Cthylla
 Cthylla "was the secret daughter of Cthulhu [...] It is here named as a smaller and simpler relative of the parabasalian genus Cthulhu"
Ochyrocera atlachnacha Brescovit et al., 2018 Spider
Atlach-Nacha
 The specific name "refers to Atlach-Nacha, a supernatural entity from Cthulhu mythology that resembles a huge spider with an almost human face" [102]
Yogsothoth Shishkin & Zlatogursky, 2018 Centrohelid
Yog-Sothoth
 Yog-Sothoth "was described as a conglomeration of glowing spheres".

The genus is in the family

Yogsothothidae
.

[103]
†Sollasina cthulhu Rahman et al., 2019 Echinoderm
Cthulhu mythos
 "Named for the Cthulhu mythos of H. P. Lovecraft, a fictional universe populated with bizarre tentacled monsters" [104]
Fujuriphyes dagon Cepeda, Pardos, Zeppilli & Sánchez, 2020
Mud dragon
Dagon (Cthulhu Mythos)
 "The species is named after the fictional deity Dagon (also known as Father Dagon), created by the American writer of horror fiction H.P. Lovecraft (1890–1937) and firstly introduced in the short story "Dagon," published in 1919. In the pantheon of Lovecraftian cosmic entities, Dagon presides over the Deep Ones, an amphibious humanoid race indigenous to Earth's oceans." [105]
Fujuriphyes hydra Cepeda, Pardos, Zeppilli & Sánchez, 2020
Mud dragon
 Hydra (Cthulhu Mythos) "The species is named after the fictional deity Hydra (also known as Mother Hydra), created by the American writer of cosmic horror fiction H.P. Lovecraft (1890–1937) and firstly introduced in the short story The Shadow over Innsmouth, published in 1936. In the pantheon of Lovecraftian cosmic entities, Mother Hydra is the consort of Father Dagon."
Fujuriphyes cthulhu Cepeda, Pardos, Zeppilli & Sánchez, 2020
Mud dragon
 Cthulhu "The species is named after the fictional cosmic entity Cthulhu, created by the American writer of horror fiction H.P. Lovecraft (1890–1937) and firstly introduced in the short story "
Great Old One within the pantheon of Lovecraftian cosmic entities, Cthulhu is a gigantic being of great power described as looking like an octopus or a dragon that lies in a death-like torpor in the sunken city of R'lyeh
."

Winnie-the-Pooh

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
Eeyorius hutchinsi Paulin, 1986 Ray-finned fish Eeyore "Named for Eeyore, a literary character who lived in damp places." [106]
Potamalpheops tigger Yeo & Ng, 1997 Shrimp Tigger Named after Tigger to reference "the bold striped appearance of freshly caught live specimens". [107]

Vladimir Nabokov

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
Pseudolucia aureliana Bálint & Johnson, 1993 Butterfly "The Aurelian" "Named from Nabokov's short story 'The Aurelian' in which a devoted butterfly collector is unable to fulfill his dream of journeying to the tropics." [108]
Pseudolucia charlotte Bálint & Johnson, 1993 Butterfly Charlotte Haze, Lolita "Named for 'Charlotte Haze' Lolita's mother in Nabokov's novel Lolita."
Pseudolucia clarea Bálint & Johnson, 1993 Butterfly Charlotte Haze, Lolita "Named for 'Clare Quilty', the rival of Lolita's paramour 'Humbert' in Nabokov's novel Lolita."
Pseudolucia hazeorum Bálint & Johnson, 1993 Butterfly Haze family, Lolita "A double meaning, the denotative of 'haze' referring to the dark wing bands characterizing the species, but signifying also Nabokov's characters of the Haze family in Lolita-- the infamous Lolita and her mother Charlotte."
Pseudolucia zembla Bálint & Johnson, 1993 Butterfly Zembla, Pale Fire "Named for the mythical kingdom 'Zembla' claimed to have been ruled by Nabokov's character Kinbote in the novel Pale Fire."
Itylos pnin Bálint, 1993 Butterfly Timofey Pavlovich Pnin, Pnin The species is "named for the Russian emigre professor in Nabokov's novel Pnin." [109]
Madeleinea lolita Bálint, 1993 Butterfly Lolita "Named for 'Lolita', the nickname of the Nabokov's best-known character— the pre-teen nymphet Dolores in the well-known novel Lolita."
Madeleinea mashenka Bálint, 1993 Butterfly Mashen'ka, the Russian title of Mary "'Mashenka' (Mary) was the title of the first novel published by Nabokov in Russian."
Paralycaeides shade Bálint, 1993 Butterfly
John Shade, Pale Fire
 The species is "named for 'John Shade', the imaginary New England poet and author of Nabokov's Pale Fire."
Nabokovia ada Bálint & Johnson, 1994 Butterfly Ada Veen, Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle [110]
Madeleinea cobaltana Bálint & Lamas, 1994 Butterfly Kobaltana, Pale Fire [111]
Madeleinea nodo Bálint & Johnson, 1994 Butterfly Nodo, Pale Fire "Named for 'Nodo', half-brother of Odon, signifying the sister relationship with M. odon and the fact that, of the two, 'Nodo' occurs geographically to the [no]rth." [112]
Madeleinea odon Bálint & Johnson, 1994 Butterfly Odon, Pale Fire "Named for 'Odon', half brother of Nodo and further suggesting the interesting diversity of the koa Species Group."
Madeleinea tintarrona Bálint & Johnson, 1994 Butterfly Tintarron, Pale Fire "From Nabokov's 'Tintarron', a precious deep blue glass made in the mountains of Zembla, here referring to the dorsal ground color of this species"
Leptotes krug Bálint et al., 1995 Butterfly Adam Krug, Bend Sinister Named for "the 'unfortunate professor' Krug in Vladimir Nabokov's novel Bend Sinister [...] 'krug' also means 'circle' in Russian. [The] ventral maculation in this genus includes circles or ellipses of white which enclose patches of brown ground color." [113]
Leptotes delalande Bálint et al., 1995 Butterfly Pierre Delalande, Invitation to a Beheading "Named for 'Delalande', a philosopher invented by Nabokov as his alter-ego, here reflecting the sister relationship of this new species with L. lamasi."
Pseudolucia humbert Bálint & Johnson, 1995 Butterfly "Humbert Humbert", Lolita "Named from Humbert, a central character in Nabokov's novel Lolita. We refrain here from adding the genitive 'i' since the character was imaginary and obviously masculine." [114]
Pseudolucia zina Benyamini, Bálint & Johnson, 1995 Butterfly Zina Mertz, The Gift "Zina is perhaps the closest Nabokov came to placing his own wife, Vera, into his fictions. In brief, Zina is the most ideal of all Nabokov's female characters." [115]
Patalycaeides hazelea Bálint and Johnson, 1995 Butterfly Hazel Shade, Pale Fire "[T]he name is after Shade's daughter Hazel, in Nabokov's Pale Fire, whose suicide is at [the] center of Shade's poem and who turns up, after her death and just before Shade's, in the form of a butterfly." [116]
Madeleinea ardisensis Bálint & Lamas, 1996 Butterfly Ardis Hall, Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle [117]
Plebejus ardis Bálint & Johnson, 1997 Butterfly Ardis Hall, Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle "Dr. Proffer notes that 'Ardis' was the name of the great estate ('Ardis Hall') in Nabokov's novel Ada, where Van and Ada (Nabokov's only lepidopterist heroine) began their life-long love affair." [118]
Plebejus pilgram Bálint & Johnson, 1997 Butterfly Paul Pilgram, "The Aurelian" Dr. Simon Karlinsk: "'Pilgram' was the protagonist in Nabokov's story 'The Aurelian' The German owner of a butterfly shop, he dreamed all his life of hunting butterflies in exotic locales but, as he was about to realize his dreams, died of a heart attack."
Plebejus pilgram Bálint & Lamas, 1998 Butterfly Mira Belochkin, Pnin "Gayla Diment [...] proposed 'Mira', the first name of Pnin's beloved who died in a Nazi camp. It is fitting that a butterfly, often representing the human soul, should bear her name." [119]
Plebejus fyodor Hsu, Bálint & Johnson, 2000 Butterfly Fyodor Godunov-Cherdyntsev, The Gift "Fyodor narrates Nabokov's novel The Gift, a record of his love of Russian literature, his lepidopterist father, butterflies, and a young woman named Zina." [120]
Humbert humberti Sime & Wahl, 2002 Wasp "Humbert Humbert", Lolita "The genus is after the hapless Humbert Humbert of Nabokov's novel, Lolita" [63]

J. R. R. Tolkien

Main article: List of things named after J. R. R. Tolkien and his works § Taxonomy

Enid Blyton

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
Cavisternum bom Ranasinghe & Benjamin, 2018 Goblin spider Bom, "The Goblins Looking-Glass" "This specific name is a noun in apposition named after 'Bom' a magnificent goblin in the story of 'The Goblins Looking-Glass' by Enid Blyton (1947)." [121]
Pelicinus tumpy Ranasinghe & Benjamin, 2018 Goblin spider Tumpy, "The Goblins Looking-Glass" "This species is a noun in apposition named after 'Tumpy' a little goblin in the story, The Goblins Looking-Glass by Blyton (1947)."
Pelicinus snooky Ranasinghe & Benjamin, 2018 Goblin spider Snooky, "The Firework Goblins" "This species a noun in apposition named after 'Snooky' a goblin and a main character in the story 'The Firework Goblins' written by Blyton in 1971."
Ischnothyreus chippy Ranasinghe & Benjamin, 2018 Goblin spider Chippy, "Billy's Little Boats" "This species name is a noun in apposition named after 'Chippy' a brownie and one of the characters in the story 'Billy's Little Boats' by Blyton (1971). Brownies possess queer little pointed feet like goblins."
Silhouettella snippy Ranasinghe & Benjamin, 2018 Goblin spider Snippy, "Billy's Little Boats" "This species is a noun in apposition named after 'Snippy' a brownie and one of the characters in the story 'Billy's Little Boats' by Blyton in 1971."
Silhouettella tiggy Ranasinghe & Benjamin, 2018 Goblin spider Tiggy, "Billy's Little Boats" "This species is a noun in apposition named after “Tiggy” a brownie and one of the characters in the story 'Billy's Little Boats' by Blyton in 1971."

Dune

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
Synothele arrakis Raven, 1994
Brushed trapdoor spider
 Arrakis "A noun taken from the Frank Herbert novel, Dune, in which the desert planet is known as Arrakis. Sands of the desert planet yield a 'spice' which changes the eye colour in users to deep blue. The anterior median eyes of the types have a deep blue colour, unusual in spider eyes." [122]
Lycosa gesserit Steinpress et al., 2022 Wolf spider Bene Gesserit "Species named after the order of Bene Gesserit, from Frank Herbert's 1965 novel, Dune." [123]
Shaihuludia Kimmig et al., 2023 Polychaete Sandworms "Shai-Hulud: the indigenous name for the sandworms on the planet Arrakis in the Dune novels written by Frank Herbert." [124]
Tulostoma shaihuludii Finy et al., 2023 Fungus Sandworms "Reminiscent of the sandworm Shai-Hulud of the fictional planet Arrakis from the science fiction novel series Dune by Frank Herbert." [125]
Arrakis Robillard, Tan & Su, 2024 Cricket Arrakis "The genus is named after the fictional desert planet featured in the Dune series of novels by Frank Herbert, in reference to the desert regions where the members of this genus are distributed." [126]

Aubrey–Maturin series

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
Ledermanniella maturiniana Beentje (2005) Riverweed Stephen Maturin [127]
Theognete maturini Anderson, 2010 Weevil Stephen Maturin "The dedication was arranged through a donation to Nature Discovery Fund of the Canadian Museum of Nature by The Gunroom of HMSSurprise.org." [128][129]

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
Erechthias beeblebroxi Robinson & Nelson, 1993 Moth Zaphod Beeblebrox [130]
Bidenichthys beeblebroxi Paulin, 1995 Viviparous brotula fish Zaphod Beeblebrox "Named for Zaphod Beeblebrox, President of the Galaxy in The [Hitchhiker's] Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams." [131]
Fiordichthys slartibartfasti Paulin, 1995 Viviparous brotula fish Slartibartfast "Named for Slartibartfast, designer of fiords in The [Hitchhiker's] Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams."
†Babelichthys Davesne, 2017 Crestfish Babelfish Named after the "teleost-like, ear-dwelling, polyglot" Babel Fish "in reference to the very peculiar, almost alien-like, appearance of the genus". [132]

Discworld

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
†Czekanowskia anguae Watson et al., 2001 Gymnosperm
Angua von Überwald
 "In tribute to the author Terry Pratchett OBE, all the new fossil plant species diagnosed and described in this paper are named for fictional characters who appear in his series of Discworld novels." [133]
†Ginkgoites weatherwaxiae Watson et al., 2001 Ginkgo Granny Weatherwax
†Ginkgoites nannyoggiae Watson et al., 2001 Ginkgo Nanny Ogg
†Ginkgoites garlickianus Watson et al., 2001 Ginkgo
Magrat Garlick
†Phoenicopsis rincewindii Watson et al., 2001 Gymnosperm Rincewind
†Pseudotorellia vimesiana Watson et al., 2001 Conifer Sam Vimes
†Sciadopityoides greeboana Watson et al., 2001 Gymnosperm Greebo, Nanny Ogg's cat
†Sulcatocladus dibbleri Watson et al., 2001 Conifer
C.M.O.T. Dibbler
†Torreyites detriti Watson et al., 2001 Conifer Detritus
Apseudes atuini Bamber, 2005 Crustacean Great A'Tuin [134]
Bathytanais greebo Bamber, 2005 Crustacean Greebo, Nanny Ogg's cat [135]
Tanaella dongo Bamber, 2005 Crustacean Crocodile Dongo [136]
Aleiodes achingae Butcher et al., 2012 Wasp Tiffany Aching [137]
Aleiodes adorabelleae Butcher et al., 2012 Wasp
Adora Belle Dearheart
Aleiodes anguaae Butcher et al., 2012 Wasp
Angua von Überwald
Aleiodes atuin Butcher et al., 2012 Wasp Great A'Tuin
Aleiodes binkyi Butcher et al., 2012 Wasp Binky, Death's horse
Aleiodes conina Butcher et al., 2012 Wasp
Conina
Aleiodes deathi Butcher et al., 2012 Wasp Edward d'Eath
Aleiodes deyoyoi Butcher et al., 2012 Wasp Kompt de Yoyo
Aleiodes downeyi Butcher et al., 2012 Wasp
Lord Downey
Aleiodes flannelfooti Butcher et al., 2012 Wasp Zlorf Flannelfoot "Named after the assassin character Zlorf Flannelfoot in the Terry Pratchett Discworld novel and in allusion to the pectinate claws."
Aleiodes gaspodei Butcher et al., 2012 Wasp Gaspode the Wonder Dog
Aleiodes herrena Butcher et al., 2012 Wasp
Herrena
Aleiodes lavaeolous Butcher et al., 2012 Wasp
Lavaeolous
Aleiodes liessa Butcher et al., 2012 Wasp Liessa Wyrmbidder
Aleiodes lipwigi Butcher et al., 2012 Wasp Moist von Lipwig
Aleiodes lipwigduplicitus Butcher et al., 2012 Wasp Moist von Lipwig "In reference to the duplicitous nature of the character Mr Lipwig in the Terry Pratchett Discworld novel Going Postal and hence it's easy confusion with A. lipwigi"
Aleiodes magratae Butcher et al., 2012 Wasp
Magrat Garlick
Aleiodes malichi Butcher et al., 2012 Wasp
Alberto Malich
Aleiodes mericeti Butcher et al., 2012 Wasp Mericet
Aleiodes morti Butcher et al., 2012 Wasp Mort
Aleiodes nivori Butcher et al., 2012 Wasp Grunworth Nivor
Aleiodes ponderi Butcher et al., 2012 Wasp
Ponder Stibbons
 "Named after the character Ponder Stibbons from the Terry Pratchett Discworld novels, and a pun on 'to ponder'."
Aleiodes prillae Butcher et al., 2012 Wasp Lady Prill
Aleiodes pteppicymoni Butcher et al., 2012 Wasp Pteppicymon XXVIII "Named after the assassin character 'His Greatness the King Pteppicymon XXVIII, Lord of the Heavens ...' from the Terry Pratchett Discworld novel, in reference to lethal parasitoid biology of the wasp."
Aleiodes ptraci Butcher et al., 2012 Wasp Ptraci I
Aleiodes ridcullyi Butcher et al., 2012 Wasp
Mustrum Ridcully
Aleiodes rincewindi Butcher et al., 2012 Wasp Rincewind
Aleiodes sacharissa Butcher et al., 2012 Wasp
Sacharissa Cripslock
Aleiodes selachiii Butcher et al., 2012 Wasp Robert Selachii
Aleiodes stibbonsi Butcher et al., 2012 Wasp
Ponder Stibbons
Aleiodes stohelit Butcher et al., 2012 Wasp Susan Sto-Helit
Aleiodes teatimei Butcher et al., 2012 Wasp
Jonathan Teatime
Aleiodes tmaliaae Butcher et al., 2012 Wasp T'malia
Aleiodes vetinarii Butcher et al., 2012 Wasp Havelock Vetinari
Periclimenes rincewindi De Grave, 2014 Shrimp Rincewind "Rincewind is a fictional wizard in several Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett, who is well known for his ability to blend in with any situation, despite his penchant for colourful clothing." [138]
Dimophora rhysi Klopfstein, 2016 Wasp
Rhys Rhysson
 "This particularly small Dimophora species is named after the Low King of the dwarfs, Rhys Rhysson, from the late Terry Pratchett's novel 'The Fifth Elephant', and is dedicated to its inventor and father of the Discworld series. He will be sorely missed." [139]
Pristomerus fourecksensis Klopfstein, 2016 Wasp Fourecks "This name refers to the continent 'Fourecks' in the discworld novel by the late Terry Pratchett. Fourecks has many similarities with Australia, and the name is most probably based on the XXXX beer from Queensland." [140]

The Witcher

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
Pseudotanais geralti Jakiel, Palero & Błażewicz, 2019
Tanaid
 Geralt of Rivia P. geralti and P. yenneferae form a pair of
sister species
. 		[9]
Pseudotanais yenneferae Jakiel, Palero & Błażewicz, 2019
Tanaid
Yennefer of Vengerberg

A Song of Ice and Fire

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
Laelius arryni Azevedo & Barbosa, 2014 Wasp
House Arryn
 "The specific epithets of all new species are derived from some families of the book 'A Song of Ice and Fire, [A] Game of Thrones'" by George R. R. Martin [141]
Laelius baratheoni Azevedo & Barbosa, 2014 Wasp
House Baratheon
Laelius lannisteri Azevedo & Barbosa, 2014 Wasp
House Lannister
Laelius martelli Azevedo & Barbosa, 2014 Wasp
House Martell
Laelius targaryeni Azevedo & Barbosa, 2014 Wasp
House Targaryen
Laelius tullyi Azevedo & Barbosa, 2014 Wasp
House Tully
Laelius starki Azevedo & Barbosa, 2014 Wasp
House Stark
Marianina khaleesi (Silva, Azevedo & Matthews-Cascon, 2014) Sea slug Khaleesi, title of Daenerys Targaryen Daenerys "is described as being short and having long white hair, features that resemble the white band on the notum" of the species [142]
Pheidole drogon Sarnat, Fischer & Economo, 2016 Ant
Drogon
 "The species name refers to Drogon, the black-colored dragon of Daenerys Targaryen" [143]
Pheidole viserion Sarnat, Fischer & Economo, 2016 Ant Viserion "The species name refers to Viserion, the cream and gold colored dragon of Daenerys Targaryen"
Eadya daenerys Ridenbaugh, 2018 Wasp Daenerys Targaryen "This species is named for Daenerys Stormborn of House Targaryen, the First of Her Name, Queen of the Andals and the First Men, Protector of the Seven Kingdoms, the Mother of Dragons, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, the Unburnt, the Breaker of Chains" [144]
Ochyrocera varys Brescovit et al., 2018 Spider Varys "Lorde Varys is a character with a venomous spirit, known as a spider in the plot." [102]
Paramonovius nightking Li & Yeates, 2018 Bee fly Night King "This species is named after the Night King in the American fantasy drama Game of Thrones, because all the specimens were collected in winter and the fly is mostly covered in thick pale pruinescence." Also, the fly, like the fictional villain, turns its victims into zombies. [145]
Abyssarya Bonifácio & Menot, 2018 Segmented worm Arya Stark "This genus is dedicated to Arya Stark, one of P.B.’s favourite characters in the novel 'A song of ice and fire' by George R. R. Martin. The name is composed by 'abyss' from the Latin word 'ăbyssus' meaning 'bottomless' and Arya." [146]
Hodor Bonifácio & Menot, 2018 Segmented worm
Hodor
 "This genus is dedicated to Hodor, one of P.B.’s favourite characters in the novel 'A song of ice and fire' by George R. R. Martin."
Fujuriphyes viserioni Sánchez, Sørensen & Landers, 2019
Mud dragon
 Viserion [147]
Gymnetis drogoni Ratcliffe, 2019 Scarab beetle
Drogon
 [148]
Gymnetis rhaegali Ratcliffe, 2019 Scarab beetle Rhaegal
Gymnetis viserioni Ratcliffe, 2019 Scarab beetle Viserion
†Targaryendraco Pêgas, Holgado & Leal, 2019 Pterosaur Dragons of
House Targaryen
 "A combination of Targaryen and draco (from the Latin word for dragon), in reference to the fictional dragons of the saga A Song of Ice and Fire that exhibit dark-coloured bones. This refers to the dark colour of the type specimen of Targaryendraco wiedenrothi comb. nov., as well as to the classic association between pterosaurs and dragons [...]. This reference also honours the fact that pterosaurs have inspired some biological aspects of the dragons featured in the novels." [149]
†Meraxes Canale et al., 2022 Dinosaur Meraxes Named after a dragon ridden by Queen Rhaenys Targaryen. [150]

Harry Potter

Main article: List of organisms named after the Harry Potter series

Rumo and His Miraculous Adventure

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
Tetramorium rumo Hita Garcia & Fisher, 2014 Ant Rumo "The new species is named after the fictional character 'Rumo' from
Rumo and His Miraculous Adventures
'. Tetramorium rumo is a very bright species, almost white, with distinct propodeal spines reminiscent of 'Rumo', who is a white wolperting with short but acute horns." 		[151]
Tetramorium rala Hita Garcia & Fisher, 2014 Ant Rala "The new species is named after the fictional character 'Rala' from
Rumo and His Miraculous Adventures
'."

Ready Player One

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
Strumigenys anorak Sarnat et al, 2019 Ant Anorak "Anorak refers to the online avatar of James Donovan Halliday, creator of the virtual reality world OASIS, in the fictional work Ready Player One" [152]
Strumigenys artemis Sarnat et al, 2019 Ant Art3mis "Artemis is the Latinized version of Art3mis, a famous gunter in the fictional work Ready Player One. Artemis is also the Greek goddess of the hunt and is an apt name for a Strumigenys species."
Strumigenys avatar Sarnat et al, 2019 Ant Avatar "Avatar refers to the three-dimensional representation of OASIS users in the fictional work Ready Player One"
Strumigenys gunter Sarnat et al, 2019 Ant Gunter "Gunter is a contraction of ‘egg’ and ‘hunter’ in the fictional work Ready Player One and refers to particular users of the virtual reality world OASIS."
Strumigenys oasis Sarnat et al, 2019 Ant OASIS "Oasis (Ontologically Anthropocentric Sensory Immersive Simulation) refers to the virtual reality world featured in the fictional work Ready Player One"
Strumigenys parzival Sarnat et al, 2019 Ant Parzival "Parzival refers to the name of the protagonist's virtual reality avatar in the fictional work Ready Player One"

Other literature

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
†Ophiodon ozymandias (Jordan, 1907) Ray-finned fish "Ozymandias", Percy Bysshe Shelley "The generic name refers to the heroic giant noticed by Shelley, of whom nothing is known save the feet of his gigantic statue in the desert."

The species has been renamed with Ozymandias as the specific name.

[153]
Paramphientomum yumyum Enderlein, 1907 Barklouse Yum-Yum, The Mikado The species is native to Japan, the setting of The Mikado. [154]
Grendelius McGowan, 1976
Ichthyosaur
 Grendel, Beowulf Named after "Grendel [...] a legendary creature from the Old English epic, Beowulf" [155]
Morlockia Garcia-Valdecasas, 1984 Crustacean Morlocks, The Time Machine "H. J. Wells described in 'The Time Machine' the Morlocks as inhabitants of the interior of the earth. They had lost their eyes and showed other adaptations to subterranean life." [156]
Agra ichabod Erwin, 2002 Ground beetle Ichabod Crane, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" "The specific epithet, ichabod [...] refers to the fact that the Holotype is missing its head and the illusion is that of the frightened Schoolteacher Ichabod Crane's phantom nemesis, the Headless Horseman, in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow [by] Washington Irving, published in 1819" [157]
Micropholcus evaluna (Huber, Pérez & Baptista, 2005)
Cellar spider
 Eva Luna, Eva Luna and The Stories of Eva Luna A Venezuelan species "Named for Isabel Allende's Venezuela-born protagonist and fantastic story-teller." Originally described as Leptopholcus evaluna, and subsequently transferred to Micropholcus. [158][159]
Ituglanis macunaima Datovo & Landim, 2005 Catfish Macunaíma "From the modernist Brazilian masterpiece by Mário de Andrade – "Macunaíma: o herói sem nenhum caráter" – meaning the hero without any character, in reference of the absence of any exclusive (taxonomic) character for the new species. Mário de Andrade's Macunaíma was based in folk Amazonian indian myth, and also presents infantile features, in allusion to the paedomorphic characters of the new species." [160]
Boccacciomymar decameron Triapitsyn & Berezovskiy, 2007 Fairyfly The Decameron [161]
"Candidatus Desulforudis audaxviator" Chivian et al., 2008 Bacteria "Audax viator", Journey to the Center of the Earth "[I]n Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth, in a message [...] deciphered by Verne's protagonist, Professor Lidenbrock, which reads in part, 'descende, Audax viator, et terrestre centrum attinges.' It means 'descend, Bold traveler, and attain the center of the Earth.'" [162][163]
Wukongopterus lii Wang et al., 2009 Pterosaur Sun Wukong, Journey to the West "Wukongopterus, from Sun Wukong (the Monkey King), one of the most famous and beloved fictional characters of the classical Chinese literature "Journey to the West", and pterus from the Greek meaning wing." [164]
Calumma tarzan Gehring et al, 2010 Chameleon Tarzan "[W]e dedicate the new species to the fictional forest man 'Tarzan' in the hope that this famous name will promote awareness and conservation activities for this apparently highly threatened new species and its habitats, in the mid-altitude rainforest." [165]
Aleiodes dresdeni Butcher et al, 2012 Wasp Harry Dresden, The Dresden Files "Named after the wizard character, Harry Dresden, from the Jim Butcher novels." [137]
Auplopus charlesi Waichert & Pitts, 2012 Wasp Nick Charles, The Thin Man "Named in honor of
Samuel Dashiell Hammett
(1894–1961), who was a well-known American author of hardboiled detective novels and short stories, and creator of the famous protagonist, Nick Charles." 		[166]
Dipogon marlowei Waichert & Pitts, 2012 Wasp Philip Marlowe "Named in honor of
Raymond Thornton Chandler
(1888–1959), an American crime writer who greatly influenced the modern private eye story and created the famous protagonist, Philip Marlowe."
Priocnessus vancei Waichert & Pitts, 2012 Wasp Philo Vance "Named in honor of
Willard Huntington Wright
(1888–1939), an American crime writer who created the fictional detective, Philo Vance."
Inconnivus billibunteri Błażewicz-Paszkowycz & Bamber, 2012
Tanaid
 Billy Bunter This species, "much less slender" than its closest relatives, is "named after William George ("Billy") Bunter, a proportionately-fat schoolboy character in books written by Charles Hamilton using the pen-name Frank Richards." [57]
Oileus gasparilomi Cano & Schuster, 2012 Bess beetle Gaspar Ilóm, Men of Maize "Named after Gaspar Ilóm, a native hero of the novel 'Men of Maize' by Miguel Ángel Asturias. The collection locality is called 'mountains of Ilóm'." [167]
†Millerocaulis tekelili Vera (2012) Fern "Tekeli-li", The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket "The specific epithet derives from the word Tekeli-li, pronounced by fictional Antarctic inhabitants in the book 'The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket' by Edgar [Allan] Poe and in the book 'At the [M]ountains of [M]adness' by Howard Phillip Lovecraft. [99]
Magelona sinbadi Mortimer, Cassà, Martin & Gil, 2012
Segmented worm
 Sinbad the Sailor "From the name Sinbad, the fictional sailor with Persian origins, referring to the region in which this species was first sampled." [168]
Ophryotrocha langstrumpae Wiklund et al., 2012
Polychaete worm
 Pippi Longstocking, Pippi Longstocking (novel) "Ophryotrocha langstrumpae sp. nov. has long antennae and palps resembling braids, and it is named after a famous braid-bearing girl, Pippi Longstocking, in children's books by Astrid Lindgren. In the original books in Swedish, she is called Pippi Långstrump." [169]
Calochaete cimrmanii Hauer, Bohunická & Mühlsteinová, 2013 Cyanobacteria Jára Cimrman "The species is named after the mythical Czech scientist, dramatist, poet, and writer Jára Cimrman." [170]
Simlops jamesbondi Bonaldo et al, 2014
Goblin spider
 James Bond "The species is named after the famous fictional character James Bond because its provisory name in the PBI database, CR007, included Bond's code number (007)." [171]
Chimerella corleone Twomey, Delia & Castroviejo-Fisher, 2014 Glass frog Corleone family, The Godfather "The specific name is a patronym for the Corleone family depicted in Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather and the trilogy of films directed by Francis Ford Coppola." [172]
Hyorhinomys stuempkei Esselstyn et al., 2015 True mouse Harald Stümpke, The Snouters: Form and Life of the Rhinogrades "The species is named in honor of Gerolf Steiner, who used the pseudonym Harald Stümpke, to publish a small book (Bau und Leben der Rhinogradentia) commonly known in English as The Snouters (Stümpke 1967). The Snouters describes a fictional island radiation of mammals with extraordinary nasal and aural adaptations and seemingly anticipates the discovery of H. stuempkei, with its large pink nose and long pinnae." [173]
Solanum watneyi Martine & Frawley Bush tomato Mark Watney, The Martian "The specific epithet of "watneyi" is inspired by the book and film, The Martian, in which the protagonist finds himself stranded on
Solanum tuberosum) before finally being rescued by his astronaut colleagues. We’ve chosen to name Solanum watneyi after this character, Mark Watney, in part because of the similarly reddish soils of its habitat and the congeneric nature of the potato – but, most notably, as a way to honor the creation of a sci-fi hero botanist by author Andy Weir
and to acknowledge perhaps the finest paean to botanical science (and botanical field work) that Hollywood has yet presented." 		[174]
†Aquilonifer spinosus Briggs et al., 2016 Arthropod The Kite Runner "The name of the new taxon refers to the fancied resemblance between the tethered individuals and kites, and echoes the title of the 2003 novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (aquila, eagle or kite; -fer, suffix meaning carry; thus aquilonifer, kite bearer)" [175]
Fujuriphyes Sánchez et al., 2016
Mud dragon
Falkor (named Fujur in the Spanish version; the lead author is Spanish), The Neverending Story
 "From Fujur, the dog-dragon in the novel The Neverending Story by M. Ende + Greek phyes, the commonly used suffix in names of Allomalorhagid genera. The name adds to the list of kinorhynch (mud dragons) species named after dragons and also refers to the study of kinorhynch phylogeny as a "never-ending story"." [176]
Epimeria cinderella d’Udekem d’Acoz & Verheye, 2017
Amphipod
 Cinderella "Cinderella, heroin of humble origin in a well-known folk tale. The name [...] alludes to the modest size and the absence of ornamentation of the species, which contrasts with the extravagant adornment and the impressive size of many 'rival' Epimeria species." [15]
Meoneura goldemari Stuke & Freidberg, 2017 Fly King Goldemar, Goldemar A tiny fly (length<2 mm) "named after King Goldemar, a dwarf who imprisoned the maid Hertlin, who later became the wife of the gothic King Dietrich von Bern. The story was told in the poem by Albrecht von Kemenaten." [45]
Meoneura nilsholgerssoni Stuke & Freidberg, 2017 Fly Nils Holgersson, The Wonderful Adventures of Nils A tiny fly (length=2.4 mm) "dedicated to Nils Holgersson, the main character of The Wonderful Adventures of Nils by Selma Lagerlöf. Nils was enchanted, shrunk to the gnome size and travelled with wild geese across Sweden."
Meoneura oskari Stuke & Freidberg, 2017 Fly Oskar Matzerath, The Tin Drum A tiny fly (length=2.3 mm) "named after Oskar Matzerath from the novel The Tin Drum (Die Blechtrommel) by Günter Grass. Born with the adult's level of spiritual development, Oskar decided at his third birthday never to grow up and stayed little for his whole life."
Myrmecium oompaloompa Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017
Corinnid sac spider
Oompa-Loompas, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
 "This species is named after the Oompa Loompas, fictional characters from the motion picture Charlie and the Chocolate Factory [despite the reference to the film, they were literary characters first]. They are workers in Willie Wonka's [sic] factory and are paid solely with their preferred food, cocoa. The name refers to the fact that most specimens were collected in cocoa plantations in southern Bahia." [177]
Ochyrocera charlotte Brescovit et al, 2018 Spider Charlotte, Charlotte's Web "The specific name refers to Charlotte, the spider from the classic 'Charlotte's Web' by E.B. White and a great friend of the pig named Wilbur." [102]
Ochyrocera misspider Brescovit et al, 2018 Spider Little Miss Spider "The specific name refers to Little Miss Spider, a very popular spider around the world and the main character of the children's books by David Kirk."
†Buratina truncata Khramov, 2019 Spongefly Buratino "Genus named after Buratina, a long-nosed character of the science fiction novel by Michael Kharitonov." [178]
Meoneura mucki Stuke & Barták, 2019 Fly Little Muck (German fairy tale) "The "Kleine Muck" is a participant of
Diptera
which hardly anybody is interested in." 		[179]
Mischocyttarus kallindusfloren Borges & Silveira, 2019 Wasp Kalinda, Neverness "The specific epithet is a reference made to the computational goddess Kalinda of the flowers, created by the mathematician David Zindell in his book Neverness." [180]
Coptoborus katniss Smith & Cognato, 2021 Bark beetle Katniss Everdeen, The Hunger Games "The apex of the elytra declivity of this species is shaped like an arrowhead, Katniss' weapon of choice." [181]
Pseudotanais rapunzelae Błażewicz, Jakiel, Bamber & Bird, 2021
Tanaid
 Rapunzel "Rapunzel is a princess in a Brothers Grimm fairy tale who, imprisoned in a high tower, offered to let down her long hair so that her lover could climb up to her. This alludes to the unusually long dorsodistal seta on pereopods 5 and 6." [182]
†
Gallirallus astolfoi
 Salvador, Anderson & Tennyson, 2021 		Rail Astolfo An extinct flightless rail from the island of Rapa Iti, French Polynesia; "The specific epithet honours Astolfo, one of Charlemagne's fictional paladins. In the epic Orlando Furioso, Astolfo becomes trapped on a remote island because of the sorceress Alcina." [183]
Helicina marfisae Salvador, Silva & Bichuette, 2023 Land snail Marfisa "After Marfisa, a fictional character in the epics Orlando Innamorato and Orlando Furioso. Marfisa was the Queen of India and one of the fiercest warriors on the land, often compared to a lioness. The name is an allusion to the name of the type locality [Gruta do Leão, Bahia state, Brazil], which translates to Cave of the Lion." [184]

Comics

The Adventures of Tintin

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
Scelio dupondi Yoder, 2014 Wasp Dupont and Dupond, original French names Named for the close similarity of the sister species, just as the "two [twins] were always being confused with one another" [185]
Scelio janseni Yoder, 2014 Wasp Jansen and Janssen, translated Dutch names
Chaleponcus tintin Enghoff, 2014 Millipede Tintin The specific epithet "refers to a cartoon character developed by the Belgian author Hergé because of the (somewhat remote) resemblance of the shape of the gonopod cucullus to Tintin's hairstyle." [186]
Neralsia haddocki van Noort, Buffington & Forshage, 2014 Wasp Captain Haddock "The specific epithet [...] is for Captain Haddock, the comic book character by Hergé. The derivation has specific reference to Captain Haddock's consistent state of inebriation and utterance of the phrases "ten thousand thundering typhoons" and "billions of bilious blue blistering barnacles", expletives commiserate with the discovery and generic determination of this novel Afrotropical record in the CAR ethanol samples." [187]
Xyalophora tintini van Noort, Buffington & Forshage, 2014 Wasp Tintin "The specific epithet [...] is for Tintin, the comic book character by Hergé, whose adventures in the Congo [where this species is found] have done much to popularise the country in a very controversial manner in parts of the world. The Xyalophora spine may possibly suggest Tintin’s famous tuft of hair."

Popeye

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
Campsicnemus popeye Evenhuis, 2013 Fly Popeye "The specific name derives from the American cartoon character 'Popeye the Sailor Man', who had swollen forearms; and refers to the swollen mid tibia of the males" [188]
Masona popeye Quicke & Chaul, 2019 Wasp Popeye "Name refers to the fictional cartoon character 'Popeye the sailorman', created by
Elzie Crisler Segar
, who had extremely swollen, muscular, fore arms." (similar to the femurs of this insect) 		[189]

Asterix

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
Stichoplastoris asterix (Valerio, 1980) Tarantula Asterix [190]
Stichoplastoris obelix (Valerio, 1980) Tarantula Obelix
†Abraracourcix Stroiński & Szwedo, 2011 Planthopper
Vitalstatistix
(Abraracourcix in the original French) 		A fossil genus found in Eocene Oise amber, in Northern France. [191]
†Ordralfabetix Szwedo & Jacek, 2011 Planthopper
Unhygienix
(Ordralfabétix in the original French) 		A fossil genus found in Eocene Oise amber, in Northern France. [192]
Nemesia asterix Decae & Huber, 2017
Trapdoor spider
 Asterix "The trivial name asterix is derived from the Greek asteriskos meaning 'small star' and refers to the size and shape of the trapdoor that the species constructs. The spelling of the name is taken from the name of the fictional hero and star in the French comic book Asterix le Gaul 1959, by R. Goscinny & A. Uderzo." [193]
†Bela falbalae Ceulemans, Van Dingenen & Landau, 2018 Sea snail Panacea (Falbala in the original French) A fossil species from the Pliocene of western France, with a slender high spired shell, "Named after Falbala, the beautiful, tall, slender girl in the 'Asterix' comics." [194]
†Ondina asterixi Ceulemans, Van Dingenen & Landau, 2018 Sea snail Asterix A fossil species from the Pliocene of western France, "Named after the heroic comic character Asterix, [...] the valiant Gaul who resisted Julius Caesar from an unnamed village set not far from the study area."
†Payraudeautia obelixi Landau, Ceulemans & Van Dingenen, 2018 Sea snail Obelix A fossil species from the Miocene of western France, "Named after the heroic comic character Obelix, [...] the valiant Gaul who resisted Julius Caesar from an unnamed village set not far from the study area. Obelix is a rotund character, reminiscent of the shape of this new species." [195]
Trigonopterus asterix Riedel, 2019 Weevil Asterix [196]
Trigonopterus idefix Riedel, 2019 Weevil Dogmatix (Idéfix in the original French)
Trigonopterus obelix Riedel, 2019 Weevil Obelix

DC Comics

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
Otocinclus batmani Lehmann A., 2006 Catfish Batman Named for having a "bat-shaped vertical spot on [its] caudal-fin" [197]
Euragallia batmani Rodrigues, Goncalves & Mejdalani, 2012 Leafhopper Batman "The specific epithet, batmani, is a reference to the dorsal region of the aedeagal base in dorsal view, which closely resembles the open wings of a bat, like those of the Batman symbol." [198]
†Kalelia Pérez & del Río, 2017 Clam Kal-El, the Kryptonian name of Superman [199]
Trissolcus nycteridaner Talamas, 2017 Wasp Batman "Like Batman, species of Trissolcus are dark in color, rarely seen by the public, kill bad guys (stink bugs) for the benefit of humankind, and are at times unfairly vilified on the basis of their name (parasitic wasp). The epithet derives from the Greek words 'nycteris,' meaning 'bat', and 'aner,' meaning 'man'" [200]
Anthracites furvuseques Tan, Baroga-Barbecho & Yap, 2018
Katydid
 Batman "The species name refers to the Dark Knight (in Latin; dark = furvus, knight = eques). This species is named after the fictional superhero character Batman in the Dark Knight Trilogy directed by Christopher Nolan. The species’ black colouration resembles the dark suit of the vigilante while the titillators also shows certain resemblance to the iconic Batman mask and logo in the film." [201]
Biconcavus batmani Figuerola, Gordon & Cristobo, 2018
Bryozoan
 Batman "Alluding to 'Batman', a fictional superhero of comic books and movies, alluding to the distal oral rim bearing lateral stout tubercles which resemble a Batman mask." [202]
†Kariridraco dianae Cerqueira et al, 2021 Pterosaur Diana Prince, the civilian identity of Wonder Woman [203]
Agamopus joker Costa-Silva & Carvalho & Vaz-De, 2022 Scarab beetle The Joker "The specific name 'joker' [...] is an eponym after the homonymous supervillain from the DC Comics Universe. It is a reference to the sinuous pygidial sulcus of this species, which resembles the shape of a smiley clown's mouth." [204]

Marvel Comics

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
†Medusaceratops lokii Ryan, Russell & Hartman, 2010 Ceratopsian dinosaur Loki Loki has a "helmet with [...] two giant hooks that come out of the top" [205][206]
Ogdoconta satana Metzler, Knudson & Poole, 2013 Moth Satana "The scientific name satana comes from the Marvel comic book fictional character Satana, a child of Satan and sinister character, who taught black magic. The name refers to the black (often equated with evil) color of the adult moth." [207]
†
Allodaposuchus hulki
 Blanco et al., 2015
Crocodylomorph
 Hulk A fossil primitive crocodile from the Cretaceous of Spain, whose name comes "from the character of Marvel, Hulk; due to the strong muscle attachments of the bones." [208]
Bromeloecia wolverinei Yau & Marshall, 2018 Fly Wolverine "This species is named for the group of 3 heavily sclerotized, flattened setae on the ventral surface of the surstylus, which closely resembles the claws and fist of the comic book character 'Wolverine'." [209]
Otiothops doctorstrange Cala-Riquelme et al, 2018 Spider Doctor Strange "The specific epithet is a noun in apposition referring to the Marvel comics 'Doctor Strange' created by artist Steve Ditko and writer Stan Lee in 1963." [210]
†Thanos simonattoi Delcourt & Iori, 2018
Theropod dinosaur
 Thanos "Genus name from the Greek thánato, meaning death and from the Marvel's [sic] character Thanos, the Conquer, created by Jim Starlin" [211]
Cirrhilabrus wakanda Tea, et al., 2019 Wrasse Wakanda It was given the common name "Vibranium fairy wrasse" as the "purple chain-link scale pattern of the new species is reminiscent of" the fictional metal Vibranium. [212]
Discothyrea wakanda Hita Garcia & Lieberman, 2019 Ant Wakanda "The new species is endemic to the Rwenzori Mountains in the Albertine Rift, the location of Wakanda in the Black Panther comics. Wakanda is a peaceful, prosperous country which was never colonized, where ancient cultural traditions coexist with conservation of natural resources and high-technology modernity. Discothyrea wakanda is named in honor of these ideals for Africa and the world." [213]
Miroculis wolverine Costa & Almeida & Salles, 2019 Mayfly Wolverine "The specific epithet alludes to Marvel Comics character Wolverine, as the penis of the new species resembles the retractable adamantium claw that emerge from the back of the superhero's hand" [214]
Daptolestes bronteflavus Robinson & Yeates, 2020 Robber fly Thor The specific name means "blonde thunder" and was given the common name "Thor's fly." [215]
Daptolestes illusiolautus Robinson & Yeates, 2020 Robber fly Loki The specific name means "elegant deception" and was given the common name "Loki's fly."
Daptolestes feminategus Robinson & Yeates, 2020
Robber fly
 Black Widow The specific name means "woman wearing leather" and was given the common name "Black Widow's fly."
Humorolethalis Robinson & Yeates, 2020
Robber fly
 Deadpool The newly erected genus means "wet or moist and dead" and its sole member, Humorolethalis sergius, was given the common name "Deadpool's fly" for sharing similar markings to Deadpool's mask.
Habeastrum strangei Simone & Cavallari & Salvador, 2020 Snail Doctor Strange "The specific epithet is given in honor of Dr. Stephen V. Strange, a fictional character from Marvel Comics. Besides being an acknowledgement of one of the greatest Marvel characters, the name also alludes to the weirdness of this dextral diplommatinid species." [216]
Gekko hulk Grismer et al., 2022 Gekko Hulk Named for sharing the characteristics of "great physical strength and a very aggressive temperament" [217]
Voconia loki Castillo & Rédei & Weirauch, 2022 True bug Loki "Named after the cunning trickster from Norse mythology and from the Marvel Comics’ character, Loki, since this specimen deceived and tricked authors in a previous study (Hwang & Weirauch 2012) who misidentified it as 'Kayanocoris wegneri'." [218]
Venomius Rossi, Castanheira, Baptista & Framenau, 2023 Orb-weaver spider Venom "This genus-group name is a reference to the head of the character Venom, with conspicuous black spots, that resembles the abdomen of our species, specifically the male holotype." The only species in the genus,
Venomius tomhardyi, is named after Tom Hardy
, who plays Venom in the eponymous films. 		[219]

Peanuts

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
Lepidopa luciae Boyko, 2002 Crab Lucy Van Pelt "The specific name 'luciae' is given after the 'Peanuts' character Lucy Van Pelt, as suggested by Jean Schulz, in recognition of Lucy's supremely 'crabby' attitude" [220]
Mexicope sushara Bruce, 2004 Isopod Pig-Pen "The epithet combines the Latin words sus (pig) and hara (pen, coop or sty) and alludes to the ability of these preserved specimens to collect adherent detritus; referring to the character 'Pigpen' in the famous comic strip Peanuts, who gathered dirt no matter what." [221]
Ceratocorema woodstocki Liang & Hsu, 2017 Moth Woodstock "Stripe patterns of adult body resemble the fictional character 'Woodstock' in Charles M. Schulz's comic strip of 'Peanuts'." [222]

Monica and Friends

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
Ochyrocera dorinha Brescovit et al., 2021 Spider Doreen/Dorinha "Noun in apposition is a tribute to the fictional character of the Brazilian "Turma da Mônica" comic books by
Maurício de Sousa
. Dorinha, created in 2004, is a visually impaired character, in this case blind." This species has no eyes. 		[223]
Ochyrocera magali Brescovit et al., 2021 Spider Maggy/Magali "Noun in apposition is a tribute to the fictional character of the Brazilian “Turma de Mônica” comic books by Maurício de Sousa, based on his daughter Magali. She is 7 years old and her main characteristic is her voracious appetite."
Ochyrocera monica Brescovit et al., 2021 Spider Monica "Noun in apposition is a tribute to the fictional character of the Brazilian 'Turma da Mônica' comic books by Maurício de Sousa."
Ochyrocera rosinha Brescovit et al., 2021 Spider Rosinha "Noun in apposition is a tribute to the fictional character of the Brazilian “Turma da Mônica” comic books by Maurício de Sousa. She is a country girl, who is always wearing a red dress and a pair of pigtails in her hair."

Calvin and Hobbes

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
Zagrammosoma hobbesi LaSalle, 1989 Wasp Hobbes "Named after the tiger 'Hobbes' from the Calvin & Hobbes comic, as this species has yellow and black stripes on the face, similar to a tiger." [224]
Zagrammosoma calvini Perry, 2021 Wasp Calvin "The characteristic number of setae present on the head and body of Z. calvini is reminiscent of Calvin's spiked hair."

Other comics

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
†Ninjemys oweni Gaffney, 1992 Turtle Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles "Ninja, in allusion to that totally rad, fearsome foursome epitomizing shelled success; emys, turtle." [225]
Agra smurf Erwin, 2000 Ground beetle The Smurfs "The specific epithet, smurf, is just for fun in that the weird head shape of this species reminded me of the Saturday-morning television cartoon characters of that name." [22]
Hypocaccus kidpaddlei Gomy, 2007 Clown beetle Kid Paddle The beetle resembles the "blorks", fictional aliens from the Kid Paddle comic [226]
Neostygarctus lovedeluxe
 Fujimoto & Miyazaki, 2013 		Tardigrade Love Deluxe, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure "The specific epithet, lovedeluxe, refers to ‘Love Deluxe’, the name of a supernatural power enabling one to have complete control over one's hair, which appeared in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 4: Diamond Is Unbreakable, a famous Japanese manga written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. The hairy appearance of the new species appears as if affected by the power of ‘Love Deluxe’." [227]
Taito kakera Kury & Barros, 2014 Harvestman Kakera, Inuyasha "From Japanese kakera = shard, because of the shape of the equuleus, reminiscent of the fragments of the Jewel of Four Souls in the Japanese manga ‘InuYasha, a Feudal Fairy Tale’, written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi." [228]
Nausicaamantis miyazakii Mériguet, 2018 Mantis Nausicaä, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind The genus Nausicaamantis "is dedicated to the manga Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (Kaze no tani no Naushika) by Hayao Miyazaki, published between 1982 and 1995 [...] In this ecological fable, the heroine, Nausicaä, a naturalist and benevolent character, explores the relationship between humans and a hostile nature in a universe where humanity is in its twilight. Insects play a central role." The species "is dedicated to the creator of the work Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Hayao Miyazaki. The author, sensitive to our environment, places nature at the centre of several of his works."
This species was described from a single specimen collected in Madagascar in 1906 (112 years before publication) and preserved in the National Museum of Natural History, France; its current conservation status is unknown and it may be extinct. 		[229]
Meoneura joedaltoni Stuke & Barták, 2019 Fly Joe Dalton, Lucky Luke "The species is named after Joe Dalton, the smallest of the four Dalton brothers, who appear in the Lucky Luke comic book series of Maurice de Bevere (Morris) and René Goscinny. Joe is the smallest of the four Dalton brothers as Meoneura joedaltoni is one of the smallest Acalyptratae." [179]
Cigaritis syama lamuae Hsu & Liang, 2020 Butterfly Lamu, Urusei Yatsura "The subspecific name lamuae refers to a comic character Lam (Lamu) created by a famous manga artist Rumiko Takahashi. The patterns of wing undersides recall the graphic design of the bikini Lam wears." [230]
Luthela kagami Wei & Lin, 2023 Spider Hiiragi Kagami, Lucky Star "The specific epithet is from 'Hiiragi Kagami', a fictional character from the comic 'Lucky Star' (written and illustrated by the Japanese cartoonist Yoshimizu Kagami) with haircut similar to 'Asuka Langley Soryu'; the name refers to the great similarity between these two new species [Luthela kagami and Luthela asuka]." [231]
Funny valentine Lin & Li, 2024 Spider Funny Valentine, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure [232]
Gyro zeppeli Lin & Li, 2024 Spider Gyro Zeppeli, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure [233]

Films

Disney and Pixar

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
Ceraeochrysa michaelmuris Adams & Penny, 1987 Lacewing Mickey Mouse "The species name emphasizes the resemblance of the protruding gonapsis lobes to mouse ears" [234]
†Celmus michaelmus Adrain & Fortey, 1997 Trilobite Mickey Mouse Its abdominal apex looks like Mickey Mouse [235]
†Bambiraptor feinbergi Burnham et al., 2000
Theropod dinosaur
 Bambi "Bambi: from the now widely used nickname for the holotype, originally coined by the Linster family" [236]
Adelopsis dumbo Gnaspini & Peck, 2001 Beetle Dumbo Named "because the beetle's aedeagus, which resembles an elephant proboscis, has at its tip a very large lateral projection resembling an ear" [237]
Corinna zecarioca Rodrigues et al., 2014 Corinnid sac spider José Carioca, Saludos Amigos "The specific name is a noun in apposition referring to Walt Disney's character “José Carioca” or, shortly, “Zé Carioca”, created in 1942. The green parrot Zé Carioca is a friend of Donald Duck and the comic books are still popular among Brazilian kids, especially those born in the city of Rio de Janeiro, the Cariocas." [238]
Endodrelanva jimini Tan & Kamaruddin, 2016 Cricket Jiminy Cricket, Pinocchio "The species is named after the Disney character, Jiminy cricket, from the book The Adventure of Pinocchio." [239]
Siphopteron dumbo Ong & Gosliner, 2017 Sea slug Dumbo The specific name "refers to the similarity of this species to the Disney character, Dumbo the elephant, as it swims through the water." [240]
Helobdella buzz Iwama, Nogueira & Gonçalves, 2017 Leech Buzz Lightyear, Toy Story "The protrusion of the skin on the nuchal region of Helobdella buzz n. sp. is a main diagnostic characteristic and its size and location resemble an astronaut helmet, as that of Buzz Lightyear." [241]
Epicratinus stitch Gonçalves & Brescovit, 2020 Spider Stitch, Lilo & Stitch "The specific epithet is a noun taken in apposition and is in reference to Stitch, a fictional character in Disney's Lilo & Stitch franchise. The shade of the colors of its ears resembles the spermathecae from ventral view." [242]
Maratus nemo Schubert, 2021 Jumping spider Nemo, Finding Nemo "The specific epithet refers to the colouration of the male of this species which resembles that of the character Nemo" [243]

Looney Tunes

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
Strotarchus beepbeep Bonaldo, et al., 2012 Spider "Beep beep", Road Runner "The specific name refers to the cartoon character Road Runner, which always manages to fool its enemy Wile E. Coyote in the classic TV series Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies. The Road Runner character vocalises mostly with a sharp " Beep, Beep " and was inspired upon the bird Geococcyx californianus that is recorded in Arizona, where the species here described is known to occur." [244]
Cremnops wyleycoyotius Tucker et al., 2015 Wasp Wile E. Coyote "Named for the collector, J. Wiley, and for the holotype itself, which sneakily (like the well-known canine) remained undescribed until now" [245]

Orson Welles

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
Orsonwelles ambersonorum Hormiga, 2002 Spider The Magnificent Ambersons [246]
Orsonwelles arcanus Hormiga, 2002 Spider Mr. Arkadin "The species epithet, a Latin noun in apposition meaning 'hidden, concealed', is derived from the Orson Welles film Mr. Arkadin/Confidential Report (1955)."
Orsonwelles calx Hormiga, 2002 Spider Harry Lime, The Third Man "This species is named after Harry Lime, Welles' character in Carol Reed's movie The Third Man (1949). Calx is a Latin noun in apposition meaning 'lime' (that is, the mineral)."
Orsonwelles falstaffius Hormiga, 2002 Spider John Falstaff, Chimes at Midnight
Orsonwelles iudicium Hormiga, 2002 Spider The Trial (1962 film) Iudicium means 'trial' in Latin.
Orsonwelles macbeth Hormiga, 2002 Spider Macbeth (1948 film)
Orsonwelles malus Hormiga, 2002 Spider Touch of Evil "The species epithet, from the Latin adjective meaning 'evil,' is derived from the Orson Welles film Touch of Evil (1958)."
Orsonwelles othello Hormiga, 2002 Spider Othello (1951 film)
Orsonwelles polites Hormiga, 2002 Spider Citizen Kane "The species epithet is derived from the Orson Welles film Citizen Kane (1941). Polites (citizen) is a Greek noun in apposition."
Orsonwelles ventus Hormiga, 2002 Spider The Other Side of the Wind "The species epithet, a Latin noun in apposition meaning 'wind', is derived from Welles' posthumous (and unfinished) film The Other Side of the Wind."

Godzilla

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
Godzilliidae Schram, Yager & Emerson, 1986 Crustacean Godzilla See for Godzillius, the type genus of the family. [247]
Godzillius Yager, 1986 Crustacean Godzilla "A reference to the almost monstrously large size of these animals as adults, the extreme styliform talon on the maxillule, and the grappling-like claws on the maxillae and maxillipedes." [247]
Godzillognomus Yager, 1989 Crustacean Godzilla "The name is derived from Godzillius, the largest known remipede and the New Latin word "gnomus", meaning a diminutive fabled being." [248]
Pleomothra Yager, 1989 Crustacean Mothra "In keeping with the spirit of the first described godzilliid, the name is derived from the Japanese horror creature Mothra" and the Greek word "pleo", meaning swim." [248]
†Gojirasaurus Carpenter, 1997
Theropod dinosaur
 Gojira, the Japanese name of Godzilla "Gojira, a large fictional monster of the Japanese cinema, in reference to the large size of this Triassic theropod." [249]
†Diplacodon gigan Mihlbachler, 2011
Odd-toed ungulate
 Gigan "'Gigan' is a fictional giant horned monster first appearing in the 1972 Japanese film 'Godzilla versus Gigan' and other Godzilla films thereafter." [250]
Angirasu Hoenemann et al, 2013 Crustacean Anguirus "Angirasu is another of the legendary Japanese Kaiju monsters that battled with Godzilla." [251]
Pleomothridae Hoenemann et al, 2013 Crustacean Mothra See for Pleomothra, the type genus of the family.
Kumonga Hoenemann et al, 2013 Crustacean
Kumonga
 "Kumonga, a giant spider, is one of the legendary Japanese Kaiju monsters that battled with Godzilla."
Kumongidae Hoenemann et al, 2013 Crustacean
Kumonga
 See for Kumonga, the type genus of the family.
Amblyrhynchus cristatus godzilla Miralles et al, 2017
Marine Iguana
 Godzilla "The subspecific epithet refers to the fictional saurian monster from the eponym movie franchise created by Tomoyuki Tanaka (IMDb, 2016). Explicitly mentioned in the title sequence of the 1990s American remake (Emmerich, 1998), the physical appearance and swimming behaviour of marine iguanas were a significant source of inspiration to the creature's designer (Patrick Tatopoulos, personal communication). The name is an invariable noun in apposition." [252]
Mecodema godzilla Seldon & Buckley, 2019 Beetle Godzilla "Named for the giant mythical monster of Japan. Godzilla is a non-Latinised word so spelling remains invariant." [253]
Microgaster godzilla Fernandez-Triana & Kamino, 2020 Wasp Godzilla "The wasp's parasitization behaviour bears some loose resemblance to the kaiju character, in the sense that the wasp (after diving underwater to search for its host, a moth caterpillar) suddenly emerges from the water (to parasitize the host), similar to how Godzilla suddenly emerges from the water in the movies." [254]
Scytodes kumonga Zamani & Marusik, 2020 Spider
Kumonga
 "The specific epithet is a noun in apposition and refers to a fictional, mutated, enormous “spitting” spider first appearing in Toho's 1967 movie Son of Godzilla." [255]
Agroeca angirasu Zamani & Marusik, 2021 Spider Anguirus "The new species is named after Anguirus (Hepburn: Angirasu), a fictional monster which first appeared in Godzilla Raids Again (1955) and has a covering of spikes over his carapace, referring to the distinct rows of six pairs of long spines on the tibiae I and II of the holotype specimen." [256]
Ramisyllis kingghidorahi Aguado, Ponz-Segrelles, Glasby, Ribeiro, Jimi & Miura, 2022 Bristle worm King Ghidorah "The name refers to King Ghidorah, the three-headed and two-tailed monster enemy of Godzilla. Both characters were created by Tomoyuki Tanaka based on Japanese mythology and folklore. King Ghidorah is a branching fictitious animal that can regenerate its lost ends." [257]
†Mutotylaspis tripudium René H.B. Fraaije, Eduard V. Mychko, Leonid S. Barsukov, John W.M. Jagt., 2023 Crustacean MUTO "A combination of ‘Muto’, a giant parasitic monster (daikaiju) from the Godzilla universe that walks on four legs, and the generic name Tylaspis" [258]

Star Wars

Main article: List of organisms named after the Star Wars series

Alien

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
†Xenomorphia Krogmann et al., 2018 Wasp
Xenomorph
 "The genus name refers to the endoparasitoid Xenomorph creature featured in the “Alien” media franchise." [259]
Dolichogenidea xenomorph Fagan-Jeffries & Austin, 2018 Wasp
Xenomorph
 "This species is named for the fictional creature from the movie franchise ‘Alien’, which reportedly was inspired by the lifecycle of parasitic wasps." [260]
Coptoborus newt Smith & Cognato, 2021 Bark beetle
Rebecca "Newt" Jorden
 [181]
Coptoborus ripley Smith & Cognato, 2021 Bark beetle Ellen Ripley "This species is glabrous and reminiscent of Ripley's shaved head in 'Alien 3'"
Coptoborus vasquez Smith & Cognato, 2021 Bark beetle
Private Vasquez

Terminator

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
Hortipes terminator Bosselaers & Jocqué, 2000 Spider The Terminator The male's pedipalps resemble a "futuristic gun" [261]
Coptoborus sarahconnor Smith & Cognato, 2021 Bark beetle Sarah Connor "The vermiculate elytral declivity gives the species a rough appearance like the character it recognizes." [181]

Crocodile Dundee

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
Pristomerus dundeei Klopfstein, 2016 Wasp Michael "Crocodile" Dundee, Crocodile Dundee An Australian species whose "name refers to one of the most famous Australians, the character "Crocodile Dundee" from the 1986 comedy movie set in the Australian outback." [262]
Qrocodiledundee outbackense Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault, 2018 Wasp Crocodile Dundee "Named after the iconic Australian movie "Crocodile Dundee", one of the favorite movies of the first author [and] after the Outback, the vast and remote interior of Australia where the holotype specimen was collected." [263]

Predator

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
Predatoroonops Brescovit, Rheims & Ott, 2012 Goblin spider Predator A genus of goblin spiders native to Brazil; "The name refers the fact that all species show the frontal area of the male chelicerae with modified structures that resemble the face of the Predator character" [264]
Predatoroonops anna Brescovit, Rheims & Bonaldo, 2012 Goblin spider Anna "refers to the character Anna, played by Elpidia Carrillo"
Predatoroonops billy Brescovit, Rheims & Ott, 2012 Goblin spider Billy "for Billy Sole, played by Sonny Landham."
Predatoroonops blain Brescovit, Rheims & Ott, 2012 Goblin spider Blain "refers to the character Blain Cooper, played by Jesse Ventura"
Predatoroonops chicano Brescovit, Rheims & Santos, 2012 Goblin spider Poncho "a second nickname for the character Jorge "Poncho" Ramirez, played by Richard Chaves"
Predatoroonops dillon Brescovit, Rheims & Bonaldo, 2012 Goblin spider Dillon "refers to the character George [sic; actually Alan] Dillon, a former teammate of Dutch and current CIA agent, played by Carl Weathers"
Predatoroonops dutch Brescovit, Rheims & Bonaldo, 2012 Goblin spider Dutch "refers to the main character in the movie Predator, Major Alan "Dutch" Schaefer, played by Arnold Schwarzenegger."
Predatoroonops maceliot Brescovit, Rheims & Ott, 2012 Goblin spider Mac "refers to the character Mac Eliot, played by Bill Duke"
Predatoroonops olddemon Brescovit, Rheims & Santos, 2012 Goblin spider Predator (fictional species) "a popular name used by natives of the fictional nation of Val Verde for the Predators"
Predatoroonops phillips Brescovit, Rheims & Santos, 2012 Goblin spider General Phillips "refers to the character General Homer Phillips, played by
Robert G. Armstrong
"
Predatoroonops poncho Brescovit, Rheims & Ott, 2012 Goblin spider Poncho "for Jorge "Poncho" Ramirez, played by Richard Chaves"
Predatoroonops rickhawkins Brescovit, Rheims & Bonaldo, 2012 Goblin spider Hawkins "refers to the character Rick Hawkins, played by Shane Black"
Predatoroonops vallarta Brescovit, Rheims & Bonaldo, 2012 Goblin spider Puerto Vallarta "refers to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, one of the filming locations for the movie Predator; the set there is now a tourist attraction." (the species itself is not native to Mexico but Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil)
Predatoroonops valverde Brescovit, Rheims & Ott, 2012 Goblin spider Val Verde (fictional country) "The specific name refers to the South/Central American country Val Verde, a fictional country created for Predator [sic] by Hollywood filmmakers, to avoid getting into legal or diplomatic disputes." (In actuality, Val Verde was created for a previous Schwarzenegger film, Commando, and its status as the location of the events of Predator is a fan theory, supported by Commando screenwriter Steven E. de Souza; other media of the Predator franchise place the action of the original in Guatemala or Colombia.)
Predatoroonops yautja Brescovit, Rheims & Santos, 2012 Goblin spider Predator (fictional species) "refers to the fictional name by which Predators are known on their planet."

The Fifth Element

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
Agra lilu Erwin, 2000 Ground beetle Leeloo Named after Leeloo for being "red-headed" [265]
Hirudicryptus quintumelementum Korsós et al., 2008 Millipede The Fifth Element "The species is named as the fifth member of the millipede order Siphonocryptida; but also in honour of the alien custodians (called ‘‘mondoshawans’’) [...] whom the head and the collum of the new species (and actually all members of the order) resemble superficially" [266]
Coptoborus leeloo Smith & Cognato, 2021 Bark beetle Leeloo [181]

The Big Lebowski

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
Anelosimus biglebowski Agnarsson, 2006 Spider The Big Lebowski [267]
Anelosimus dude Agnarsson, 2006 Spider Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski, The Big Lebowski

Avatar

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
†Ikrandraco avatar Wang et al., 2014 Pterosaur Ikran "Ikran, from the fictional flying creature portrayed in the movie Avatar that shows a well developed dentary crest and draco, from the Latin meaning dragon." [268]
Arctesthes avatar Patrick, Patrick & Hoare, 2019 Moth Avatar "The name refers to the James Cameron movie Avatar; like the indigenous people and fauna of that film, the moth is vulnerable to habitat change or destruction in its very limited area of occurrence." [269]

Other films

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
†Chloridops regiskongi James & Olson, 1991 Finch King Kong, King Kong "Olson was once quoted as saying this species was 'a giant, gargantuan, a King Kong finch', an appellation that would never have occurred to him, this being a typical example of the liberties taken with quotation marks by the print media" [270]
Eubetia boop Brown, 1998 Moth Betty Boop [271]
†Ozraptor subotaii Long & Molnar, 1998
Theropod dinosaur
 Subotai, Conan the Barbarian "After the fictional character Subotai, a swift running thief from the film "Conan the Barberian" [...], based on the Robert E. Howard books." [272]
†Sinemys gamera Brinkman & Peng, 1993 Turtle Gamera The fossil has wing-like projections from its shell. [273]
Shrekin Britto & Navia, 2007 Mite Shrek Named "because of the resemblance of the long, laterodorsal scapular tubercules to the long stalked ears of this character" [274]
Teratohyla amelie (Cisneros-Heredia & Meza-Ramos 2007) Glass frog Amélie Poulain, Amélie Originally described as Cochranella amelie and subsequently transferred to genus Teratohyla.
"The specific name [...] of this new species of Glassfrog is for Amelie, protagonist of the extraordinary movie Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain; a movie where little details play an important role in the achievement of joie de vivre; like the important role that Glassfrogs and all amphibians and reptiles play in the health of our planet." 		[275]
[172]
†Gamerabaena Lyson & Joyce, 2010 Turtle Gamera Name for the "fire-breathing turtle from the 1965 movie Gamera, in allusion to his fire breathing capabilities and the Hell Creek Formation" [249]
Eoperipatus totoro Oliveira et al., 2013 Velvet worm Totoro,
My Neighbour Totoro
 		Named after Totoro, who "uses a many-legged animal [Catbus] as a vehicle" [276]
Cystomastacoides kiddo Quicke & Butcher, 2013 Wasp Beatrix Kiddo, Kill Bill "Named after the character Beatrice Kiddo in the Quentin Tarantino ‘Kill Bill’ films because of the deadly biology to the host." [277]
Axima sidi Arias-Penna et al., 2014 Wasp Sid, Ice Age "The name is based on facial resemblance between these two, which is mainly caused by shared bulbous eyes, and the characteristic anteroventral orientation of accompanying structures" [278]
†Zuul crurivastator Arbour & Evans, 2017 Ankylosaurid dinosaur Zuul, Ghostbusters [279]
†Prolatcyclus kindzadza Mychko et al., 2019 Crustacean Kin-dza-dza! A fossil cycloid from the Carboniferous of Orenburg Oblast, Russia. [280]
Coptoborus brigman Smith & Cognato, 2021 Bark beetle Dr. Lindsey Brigman, The Abyss [181]
Coptoborus furiosa Smith & Cognato, 2021 Bark beetle Furiosa, Mad Max: Fury Road "The 'spiny' elytra give the species a fierce appearance."
Coptoborus trinity Smith & Cognato, 2021 Bark beetle Trinity, The Matrix "Three types of setae (trifid, scale-like and bristle-like) help diagnose this species."
Coptoborus vrataski Smith & Cognato, 2021 Bark beetle Rita Vrataski, Edge of Tomorrow "The granulate elytral gives the species an armored appearance reminiscent of the character's combat jacket."
Proctoporus optimus Mamani, Cruz, Mallqui, & Catenazzi, 2022 Lizard Optimus Prime, Transformers film series "patronymic for Optimus Prime, leader of the
Autobots in the science fiction movie Transformers, in recognition of the seventh film that was filmed in Machu Picchu [the type locality]: Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
." 		[281]
Paravima totoro García & Villarreal, 2023
Harvestman
 Totoro,
My Neighbour Totoro
 		"For us, the paramedian armature of the new species resembles the ears of the charismatic Totoro. We take advantage of exalting the excellent work of Studio Ghibli with this tribute." [282]

Television

Doctor Who

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
†Mestoronema Wagner, 2002
Mollusc
 Mestor, The Twin Dilemma Named after "the ruler of the intelligent evil gastropods from the world's longest running science fiction serial, Doctor Who." [283]
Tetramorium dalek Hita Garcia & Fisher, 2014 Ant Daleks "During different stages of the revision we considered placing the material listed here as Tetramorium dalek in at least three to four different groups, which caused a significant amount of nuisance, especially to the first author. Naming this species after an evil, extra-terrestrial, and often annoying race was a logical consequence." [151]
Synchiropus sycorax Tea & Gill, 2016 Dragonet fish
Sycorax
 "The species is named after the red-robed and caped Sycorax warriors from the BBC sci-fi series Dr. Who, in showing similarities in both coloration and grandiloquence of their garb." [284]
Cyclocardia dalek Pérez & Del Río, 2017 Bivalve Daleks The Daleks are "characterized by an armour with prominent circles, similar to the nodular external sculpture of this species". [285]
Choeras zygon Fagan-Jeffries & Austin, 2019 Wasp Zygons "The shape-shifting nature of this fictional race mirrors the large morphological variability within C. zygon [...] The Zygon in Doctor Who also consume their 'host', a trait particularly relevant to endoparasitoid wasps." [286]
†Ophiotardis tennanti Thuy & Numberger-Thuy, 2021 Brittle star TARDIS, David Tennant "Genus name formed as a combination of óphis, Greek for serpent, a commonly used prefix in ophiuroid genus names, and Tardis, acronym for 'Time And Relative Dimension In Space'" [287]
Dalek nationi Noyes, 2023 Wasp
Daleks, Terry Nation
 "This species is named in honour of Terry Nation, creator of the Daleks, an alien species that has terrified children for the past 60 years." John S. Noyes, who described the genus, said, "I thought it was a good name for a genus and a bit of fun having been a big fan of Doctor Who in my early years." [288][289]

Star Trek

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
Conus tribblei Walls, 1977 Sea snail Tribbles Named a pet cat that was named Tribbles after the Star Trek alien species [290]
Agra dax Erwin, 2000 Ground beetle Jadzia Dax Also dedicated to Terry Farrell [291]
†Boeckaspis geordii Karim, 2008 Trilobite Geordi La Forge "After the television character Geordi La Forge who wears a similar eye ridge like visor." [292]
†Annuntidiogenes worfi Fraaije, 2009 Hermit crab Worf Named "in reference to the wrinkled ornament of the anterior gastric region" [293]
Paridris gorn Talamas & Masner, 2012 Wasp Gorn "This species is named after a reptilian alien race from the original Star Trek television series for the similar appearance of their compound eyes. The epithet is treated as a noun in apposition." [294]
Ledella spocki Viegas, Benaim & Absalão, 2014 Mussel Spock Named because the species' "valves resembles the shape of the pointed ear of the Vulcans" [295]
Bolianus Karner, Salvato & Uliana, 2015 Beetle Bolian "The peculiar median groove along the head prompted us to derive the generic name from the 'Bolians', a fictitious species from the universe of the science fiction series 'Star Trek', characterized by a vertical suture running along the midline of head and face." [296]
Synopeas klingunculum Awad, 2021 Wasp Klingons "The epithet 'Synopeas klingunculum' means 'little Klingon' and refers to the rugose head sculpture, which resembles that of the fictional alien race from 'Star Trek'." [297]
Phanuromyia odo Nesheim, 2017 Wasp Odo Named after Odo "because this species has variable morphology" [70]
Spockia Roca-Cusachs et al., 2019 Stink bug Spock "[Spock] is a Vulcan/Human hybrid, this new genus shares with the commander Spock the fact that as it shares characters from genus Cazira and Blachia." [298]
Coptoborus hansen Smith & Cognato, 2021 Bark beetle Seven of Nine, born Annika Hansen [181]
Coptoborus janeway Smith & Cognato, 2021 Bark beetle Kathryn Janeway
Coptoborus uhura Smith & Cognato, 2021 Bark beetle Nyota Uhura "This species is reddish and reminiscent of the uniform Uhura wore"
Coptoborus yar Smith & Cognato, 2021 Bark beetle Tasha Yar
Roddenberryus kirk Sánchez-Ruiz & Bonaldo, 2023 Spider James T. Kirk Genus Roddenberryus was named after Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, and three newly discovered species in the genus were named after characters of the original series. [299]
Roddenberryus mccoy Sánchez-Ruiz & Bonaldo, 2023 Spider Leonard McCoy
Roddenberryus spock Sánchez-Ruiz & Bonaldo, 2023 Spider Spock

Sesame Street and The Muppets

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
†Geragnostus waldorfstatleri Turvey, 2005 Trilobite Statler and Waldorf Named after "the resemblance of the pygidial axis to the heads of Waldorf and Statler" [300]
Parabradya samsoni Seifried, et al., 2007 Copepod Samson, Sesamstraße "This species is named after the German character 'Samson' of the TV show 'Sesame Street' because of its big size and the unique ornamentation of body and setae." [301]
Stelis oscargrouchii Karremans (2015)
Orchid
 Oscar the Grouch "The name honors Oscar Grouch, of whom I am reminded by this extraordinary flower" [302]
†Hensonbatrachus kermiti Gardner & Brinkman, 2015 Frog Jim Henson, Kermit the Frog [303]
Ariadna gonzo Marsh, Stevens & Framenau, 2022 Tube-dwelling spider Gonzo "The specific epithet is in reference to the curved and hooked embolus of the pedipalp, which resembles the nose of the Muppet character Gonzo." [304]
†Kermitops So, Pardo & Mann, 2024 Amphibian Kermit the Frog "Generic epithet is derived from a combination of 'Kermit' the famous
lissamphibian
and beloved Muppets' character created and originally performed by Jim Henson, and the Greek suffix '-ops', meaning face." 		[305]

Dungeons & Dragons

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
Regalana bobbyi Domahovski, Gonçalves & Cavichioli, 2014 True bug Bobby, the Barbarian "The new species name alludes to Bobby, the barbarian, one of the protagonists of the TV series Dungeons & Dragons." [306]
Regalana dianae Domahovski, Gonçalves & Cavichioli, 2014 True bug Diana, the acrobat
Regalana ericki Domahovski, Gonçalves & Cavichioli, 2014 True bug Eric, the cavalier
Regalana hanki Domahovski, Gonçalves & Cavichioli, 2014 True bug Hank, the ranger
Regalana prestoi Domahovski, Gonçalves & Cavichioli, 2014 True bug Presto, the magician
Alpaida venger Castanheira & Baptista, 2015 Orb-weaver spider Venger "The specific name refers to the antagonist character "Venger", from the animated television series named and inspired on the game Dungeons & Dragons. The character has a single horn on the side of the head, resembling the long paramedian apophysis of the male palp." [307]

SpongeBob SquarePants

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
Spongiforma squarepantsii Desjardin, Peay & T.D.Bruns, 2011 Fungus SpongeBob SquarePants "Named in honor of the famed cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants, whose shape shares a strong resemblance to the new fungus" [308]
Hemirhamphiculus krabsi Kritsky, 2017
Monogenean
flatworm 		Mr. Krabs "The specific name (krabsi) was chosen because of the similar body shape of the species to that of Eugene H. Krabs (Mr. Krabs), a cartoon character in the children's animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants." [309]
Astrolirus patricki Zhang et al, 2020 Starfish Patrick Star "Since all specimens of the new species were observed in situ living on sponges, it was name[d] by Patrick to reflect this curious relationship." [310]
Xizangiana plankton Li & Zhang, 2022 Spider Plankton "The species is named after Sheldon J. Plankton, the main character in SpongeBob SquarePants, as the scape and anterior fold of epigyne of this new species resemble the body and flagellum of Plankton; noun (name) in apposition." Note that Plankton is the antagonist, not the main character. [311]

Battlestar Galactica

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
Eucteniza caprica Bond & Godwin, 2013 Spider Caprica-Six Named "in reference to the humanoid cylon model Caprica 6, portrayed by Tricia Helfer in the remake of the science fiction series Battlestar Galactica." [312]
Coptoborus starbuck Smith & Cognato, 2021 Bark beetle Kara "Starbuck" Thrace "The vermiculate elytral declivity gives the species a tough persona like the character it recognizes." [181]

The Big Bang Theory

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
Euglossa bazinga Nemésio & Ferrari, 2012 Orchid bee "Bazinga" "Euglossa bazinga sp. n. has tricked us for some time due to its similarity to E. ignita, which eventually led us to use 'bazinga'" [313]
Bazinga
 Gershwin & Davie, 2013 		Jellyfish "Bazinga" "[B]azinga is a slang term in present popular culture, meaning 'fooled you!' [...] the type species, B. rieki, is so small that it has probably been overlooked in the past as a juvenile of a larger species." [314]
Kalcerrytus leonardi Bustamante, & Ruiz, 2016 Jumping spider Leonard Hofstadter "The specific name is dedicated to the fiction character of “The Big Bang Theory” TV show, Dr. Leonard Hofstadter." [315]

Other television series

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
Savignia naniplopi Bosselaers & Henderickx, 2002 Spider
Kabouter Plop
 "The species is named after the gnome (Latin 'nanus') Plop, a popular character from children's stories whose cap is similar in shape to the male cephalic snout of the present species." [316]
Alphomelon simpsonorum Deans, 2003 Wasp Simpson family, The Simpsons "named in honor of television's Simpson family for helping the author maintain a positive attitude throughout his educational endeavors." [317]
Acmopolynema isaura Triapitsyn & Berezovskiy, 2007 Fairyfly Escrava Isaura (1976 TV series) [161]
Boccacciomymar (Prosto) maria Triapitsyn & Berezovskiy, 2007 Fairyfly Simplemente María (1989 TV series) "The specific name (a noun in apposition) is a common feminine name; this species is named so for no particular reason other that it makes a good combination with the subgeneric name ("Prosto Maria" was a popular soap opera serial shown on Russian television in the 1990s)."
Odontacolus zimi Valerio & Austin, 2013 Wasp Zim, Invader Zim "This species is named after the anime character 'Invader Zim', in reference to the invasion of the spider egg sacs that occurs when Odontacolus oviposit." [318]
Lycocerus evangelium Hsiao & Okushima, 2016 Soldier beetle Neon Genesis Evangelion "The specific epithet is derived from the Latin evangelium ('good news'), referring to [the] fact that its discovery was good news for the team; the specific name is also in memory of the anime 'Neon Genesis Evangelion', which is one of the greatest animes [sic] in Japanese history and had a strong impact on Japanese popular culture" [319]
Elthusa xena van der Wal, 2019
Isopod
 Xena, Xena: Warrior Princess "This species is named after Xena, the warrior princess, in reference to the strong nature of the female cymothoid isopod." [320]
Prosopanche demogorgoni Funez, Ribeiro-Nardes, Kossmann et al.., 2019 Flowering plant
Demogorgon, Stranger Things
 "Demogorgon is a fictional monster whose mouth resembles the P. demogorgoni flower." [321]
Salticus lucasi Zamani, Hosseini & Moradmand, 2020 Jumping spider Lucas the Spider "The species is named after Lucas the Spider, an animated character created by animator Josh Slice on the basis of the anatomy of jumping spiders, in recognition of the role that it played in "curing" many arachnophobes around the world". [322]
Coptoborus scully Smith & Cognato, 2021 Bark beetle Dana Scully, The X-Files The authors also highlighted the "Scully Effect" [181]
Spiralix heisenbergi Quiñonero-Salgado, Alonso & Rolán, 2021 Freshwater snail Walter White, alias Heisenberg, Breaking Bad "The name is derived from the character Walter White, known as 'Heisenberg', in the TV series Breaking Bad." [323]
Luthela asuka Wei & Lin, 2023 Spider Asuka Langley Soryu, Neon Genesis Evangelion "The specific epithet is from 'Asuka Langley Soryu', a fictional character wearing a red combat suit from the animation 'Evangelion' (by the Japanese creator Hideaki Anno), refers to the body color." [231]

Games

Galaga

Taxon Type Named for Notes
†Galagadon nordquistae Gates et al., 2019 Carpet shark Galaga "[N]amed for the shape of the teeth, which when seen in different views resemble the spaceships in the arcade game 'Galaga'" [324]
Taito galaga Kury & Barros, 2014 Harvestman Galaga Named in reference to "the shape of the alien insectoids which resemble the butterfly-shaped equuleus of this species". [228]

Super Mario

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
Rotundicardia mariobrosorum Pé & del Río, 2017 Bivalve Mario and Luigi, the "Mario Bros." "The specific epithet honors Mario and Luigi, the Mario Bros. brothers, main characters from the popular videogame Mario Bros., in which they collect mushrooms, and it is a reference to the 'funginate' nodes of the radial ribs in this species." [199]
Maraenobiotus supermario Novikov & Sharafutdinova, 2020 Copepod Mario "This species is named after the character of the video game Super Mario, who, like our species, goes often underground and wears a funny mustache (mandibular palp)." [325]

The Legend of Zelda

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
Epicratinus zelda Gonçalves & Brescovit, 2020 Spider Princess Zelda "Princess Zelda is the titular character in Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda video game series. [...] The shape of the epigynum remembers the Hyrule's symbol." [242]
Lanayrella Salvador & Cunha, 2020 Gastropod Lanayru Sea "Named after the Lanayru Sea from the game 'The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild'" [326]
Orcevia yahaha Yu, Maddison & Zhang, 2023 Jumping spider Koroks "The specific epithet is a noun in apposition from 'Yahaha' (also known as 'Korok'), a very cute pixie in the game The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Yahaha often hide in tree trunks, bushlands, or rocks, and if you find them, they will say 'Yahaha!' and share with you some 'fruits' as a gift. Collecting Orcevia specimens is very like searching for Yahaha." [327]
Orcevia bokoblin Yu, Maddison & Zhang, 2023 Jumping spider Bokoblins "The specific epithet is from 'Bokoblin', a small piggy monster in the game The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, developed and published by Nintendo. In the Master Mode of this game, Bokoblin commonly has either silver or gold coloration, corresponding to two color-forms observed in the males of the new species." [327]

Street Fighter

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
Epicratinus ehonda Gonçalves & Brescovit, 2020 Spider E. Honda "The specific epithet is a noun taken in apposition and is in reference to Edmond Honda, a fictional character in Street Fighter series game from CAPCOM. E. Honda is a Japanese sumo wrestler, and the epigynum resembles two sumo wrestlers in fighting position." [242]
Epicratinus zangief Gonçalves & Brescovit, 2020 Spider Zangief "The specific epithet is a noun taken in apposition and is in reference to Zangief, a fictional character in Street Fighter series game from CAPCOM. Zangief is a soviet strongman, and the RTA resembles a sickle, present in old USSR flag."

Pokémon

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
Stentorceps weedlei Neilson & Buffington, 2011 Wasp
Weedle
 "Weedle shares the distinguishing character of S. weedlei, a spine in the middle of its head." [328]
†Aerodactylus Vidovic & Martill, 2014 Pterosaur Aerodactyl "The name derives from the Nintendo Pokémon Aerodactyl, a fantasy creature made up of a combination of different pterosaurian features" [329]
Chilicola charizard Monckton, 2016 Bee Charizard "The specific epithet is in homage to the fictional monster which this species resembles" [330]
†Bulbasaurus phylloxyron Kammerer & Smith, 2017
Dicynodont
 Bulbasaur "Bulbasaurus (bulb lizard) refers to the bulbous nasal boss and the species phylloxyron (leaf razor) refers to the sharpened beak for slicing through the plant material it ate [...] similarities between this species and certain other squat, tusked quadrupeds may not be entirely coincidental." [331][332]
Dicranocentrus pikachu Xisto & Cleide de Mendonça, 2017 Springtail Pikachu [333]
Parapharyngodon politoedi Santos et al., 2019
Roundworm
Politoed
 A parasite of the Manaus slender-legged tree frog; "The species epithet is derived from the fictional character named 'Politoed', a frog-type Pokémon from the Pokémon Universe." [334]
Binburrum articuno Hsiao & Pollock, 2020 Fire-coloured beetle
Articuno
 [335]
Binburrum zapdos Hsiao & Pollock, 2020 Fire-coloured beetle
Zapdos
Binburrum moltres Hsiao & Pollock, 2020 Fire-coloured beetle
Moltres
Epicratinus pikachu Gonçalves & Brescovit, 2020 Spider Pikachu "The female epigynum resembles the face of Pikachu." [242]
Rathalos treecko Lin & Li, 2021 Spider
Treecko
 "The species is named after Treecko, a fictional character from Pokémon Emerald that lives in the forest, as does this new species" [336][337]
Anyphaena grovyle Lin & Li, 2021 Spider
Grovyle
 "The species is named after Grovyle, a fictional character from Pokémon Emerald that lives in the forest, as does the new species"
Anyphaena sceptile Lin & Li, 2021 Spider
Sceptile
 "The species is named after Sceptile, a fictional character from Pokémon Emerald who lives in the forest, as does this new species"
Alistra pikachu Lin & Li, 2021 Spider Pikachu "The species is named after Pikachu, a fictional character from Pokémon Yellow, as the habitus color of this new species is yellow"
Hiperantha pikachu Pineda & Barros, 2021 Beetle Pikachu "The specific name is a homage to Pikachu, a fictional monster which this species resembles in its yellow elytra with a black apical band (like the ears of Pikachu)." [338]
Nocticola pheromosa Lucañas & Foo, 2023 Cockroach
Pheromosa
 "There are some similarities between Pheromosa and the delicate cockroach [...] found, such as having a long antenna, wings that mimic a hood and long slender legs." [339][340]
Phrynarachne dreepy Lin & S. Li, 2022 Spider
Dreepy
 "The species is named after Dreepy, a fictional character from Pokémon Sword and Shield, who has a triangular head that is reminiscent of the opisthosoma of the new species." [341]

BioShock

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
Rapturella ryani Salvador & Cunha, 2016 Gastropod Rapture and Andrew Ryan "In honour of Andrew Ryan, the founder of the deep-sea city Rapture, from the science-fiction video game series BioShock." [342]
Rapturella atlas Cunha & Simone, 2018 Gastropod Rapture and Frank "Atlas" Fontaine "In honors of Atlas, the nick name of Frank Fontaine, the character of the science-fiction video game series BioShock: an allusion to the hidden identity of the species." [343]

Other games

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
†Cortana Salvador & Simone, 2013
Gastropod
 Cortana, Halo "The name was taken from a character of the science fiction franchise 'Halo', and alludes to the convoluted markings on the shell surface of the holotype of Cortana carvalhoi" [344]
†Crash bandicoot Travouillon et al., 2014 Bandicoot Crash Bandicoot, Crash Bandicoot Named after Crash Bandicoot to allude to the "inference that this was the start of a new radiation of more modern bandicoots that 'crashed' through to dominate younger, drier ecosystems of Australia." [345]
Halystina umberlee Salvador, Cavallari & Simone, 2014 Gastropod Umberlee, Dungeons & Dragons Forgotten Realms "[N]amed after Umberlee, a fictional goddess of the deep sea from the Faerûnian pantheon of the Forgotten Realms campaign setting of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game." [346]
Taito spaceinvaders Kury & Barros, 2014 Harvestman Space Invaders "Space Invaders (Japanese Supûsu Inbêdâ) is an arcade video game manufactured and sold by Taito and very successful and popular worldwide in the 1980s." [228]
Neobuthus factorio Kovařík, Lowe, Awale, Elmi, & Hurre, 2018 Scorpion Factorio Named after the video game Factorio, which was created by Michal Kovařík, the son of one of the researches who described the species, František Kovařík. [347]
Demyrsus digmon Hsiao & Oberprieler, 2020 Weevil Digmon, Digimon Adventure 02 Named after the insectoid Digmon, "who possesses the great power of drilling and manipulating the earth, in reference to the habit of this species, which can bore into hard trunk of cycads." [348]
Epicratinus mauru Gonçalves & Brescovit, 2020 Spider Mauru, Waku Waku 7 "The specific epithet is a noun taken in apposition and is in reference to Mauru, a fictional character in Waku Waku Seven, game from SUNSOFT for Neo Geo, which is the non-threatening guardian of Lost Forest." [242]
Epicratinus omegarugal Gonçalves & Brescovit, 2020 Spider
Omega Rugal, The King of Fighters
 "The specific epithet is a noun taken in apposition and is in reference to Omega Rugal, a fictional character in The King of Fighters series game from SNK, which is the boss on the first game and a recurrent character on this series, the epigynum looks like an Omega letter, from Greek alphabet."
Euconnus hosakae Hoshina, Fukutomi, & Watanabe, 2020 Rove beetle Miyuki Hosaka, Sentimental Graffiti The type specimen and Miyuki Hosaka are both from Kanazawa. [349]
Emphysemastix frampt Olsen & Enghoff, 2020 Millipede Kingseeker Frampt, Dark Souls Named after Kingseeker Frampt from the 2011 video game Dark Souls due to the gonopods' resemblance to the character [350]
Abaddon despoliator Derkarabetian, 2021
Harvestman
Abaddon the Despoiler, Warhammer 40,000
 Named after Abaddon the Despoiler, who is "typically portrayed adorned with spikes and various sharp things" [351]

Other media

Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref
Orsonwelles bellum Hormiga, 2002 Spider The War of the Worlds (1938 radio drama) "This species, collected below the radio tower on Mount Kahili, is named after Orson Welles' 1938 radio broadcast of H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds. Bellum (war) is a Latin noun in apposition." [246]

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