Newly created taxonomic names in biological nomenclature often reflect the discoverer's interests or honour those the discoverer holds in esteem, including fictional elements.[1][2][3]
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"
"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."
"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."
"The generic name refers to the god Loki from Norse mythology, and ceratops, (Greek) meaning "horned face." The species name refers to the bilateral asymmetry of frill ornamentations, similar to the asymmetry in antlers of the reindeer/caribou genus Rangifer."
"'Joermungandr' the Swedish phoneme of 'Jörmungandr' (gender: masculine) the name of the serpent that dwells in the 'Midgard Sea' from Norse mythology. The specific epithet 'bolti' is in honour of the late palaeontologist John R. Bolt."
"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'."
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"
A fossil species of hoofed mammal from the Paleocene of Patagonia, Argentina, "Named after the literary character in François Rabelais' sixteenth century story of two eccentric giants, Gargantua and Pantagruel. In allusion to the larger size of this species compared to [its relative] Etayoa bacatensis."
"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."
"Romeoi, after Shakespeare's Romeo, who in Act 1 told Benvolio, "He that is stricken blind cannot forget the precious treasure of his eyesight lost," in reference to the demise of the Central American forests and its probable impact on these blind beetles, which are restricted to deep forest humus and litter."
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"
"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."
"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."
"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."
A fossil species of primitive horse from the Pliocene of La Mancha, Spain, named "in memory of the horse that was the product of the fantasy and genius of our immortal Cervantes. [...] the name I have chosen associates the equine idea with the geographical one [...]"
"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."
"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 whom he must fight." The character is named "Pandafilando of the Scowl" in John Ormsby's translation.
"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."
A fossil genus from the Cretaceous of England; "Blefuscuiana is named in distinction from Lilliputianella n. gen. and derives its name from the miniature ovoids of Blefuscu (Swift, 1726) which were displayed at their bluntly rounded ends." Some sources synonymize this genus with Hedbergella.
A fossil genus from the Cretaceous of England; "The generic name Lilliputianella is derived from Lilliput (Swift, 1726) wherein organisms were of small proportions and where ovoids which displayed their pointed ends were preferred."
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."
"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."
"The specific epithet refers to the small flowers of this plant and is associated with the tiny characters of Lilliput, from the novel Gulliver's Travels by the writer Jonathan Swift. This plant has the smallest flowers within the Matelea genus in Mexico."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"The specific epithet, eponine, is the name of the unfortunate street urchin in Victor Hugo's Les Miserables, who, in the Broadwayversion of the story, personified tragic beauty. Such is the state of the tropical forests where these beetles live"
"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"
"This appellation is due to the hunchback of this species shown in lateral view (that does not necessarily mean the species is as ugly as the bell-ringer was supposed to be)."
"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".
"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".
"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."
"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."
"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"
"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."
"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 Birch Aquarium, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, submitted by Andy Fyfe."
"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."
"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.
"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.
"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.
"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."
"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."
"Generic epithet refers to the elongated cells, especially to terminal cells. Pinocchio is a popular character from an Italian fairy tale (by Carlo Collodi), who had longer nose [sic] when telling lies"
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."
A genus of Braziliancellar 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 PinocchioHuber & Carvalho, 2019, but this name turned out to be a junior homonym that had been used before, for the harvestman genus PinocchioMello-Leitão, 1940 (now considered a synonym of BresslauiusMello-Leitão, 1935). Therefore, the genus name was amended to Pinoquio.
"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"
"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"
"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."
"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."
"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"
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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 "The Call of Cthulhu," published in 1928. Considered a 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."
"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."
"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."
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."
"Named for 'Delalande', a philosopher invented by Nabokov as his alter-ego, here reflecting the sister relationship of this new species with L. lamasi."
"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."
"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."
"[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."
"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."
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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
The type locality (Ilhéus) is very close to Jorge Amado's birthplace, Itabuna, both in the state of Bahia, Brazil. A closely related species was concurrently named Lasioseius jorgeamadoi in the writer's honor.
"after the strong female character of the famous novel Gabriela, cravo e canela by Brazilian writer Jorge Amado. The novel is set in the region of the type locality at the beginning of the 20th century, when the southern coast of Bahia prospered from the exploitation of cacao trees."
"The generic epithet is a combination of Tieta (nickname for Antonieta in Portuguese) and -saura (σαύρα), the genitive form of -saurus and meaning lizard in ancient Greek. The name Tieta honours the main character from the homonymous novel Tieta do Agreste by the famous author Jorge Amado, who was born in Bahia and lived in Salvador City [the type locality]. The name Antonieta further means 'priceless', alluding to the value of Tietasaura derbyiana sp. nov. as the first nominal ornithischian species from Brazil."
"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."
"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."
"In tribute to the author Terry PratchettOBE, 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."
"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"
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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"
"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.
"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."
"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."
"The new species is named after the fictional character 'Rumo' from Walter Moers' fantasy novel 'Rumo and His Miraculous Adventures'. Tetramoriumrumo is a very bright species, almost white, with distinct propodeal spines reminiscent of 'Rumo', who is a white wolperting with short but acute horns."
"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."
"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."
"Oasis (Ontologically Anthropocentric Sensory Immersive Simulation) refers to the virtual reality world featured in the fictional work Ready Player One"
"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."
"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"
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.
"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."
"[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.'"
"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."
"[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."
"honors the literary work of João Guiramães Rosa [sic], a Brazilian novelist born in the 20th century. Sagarana was his first published book in which he exposed his innovative language and its themes associated to the Sertão (semiarid Brazilian backlands) life in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil [where the specimens were collected]. Sagarana is a vocabulary made up by the author with the elements saga (common designation to prose narratives, historical or legendary, Nordic, written mainly in Iceland, in the 13th and 14th centuries), and rana (Tupi suffix that expresses similarity), meaning narratives similar to legends, sagas [...]. Sagarana is cited by its author as an example of the expressive strength of a neologism, as it is totally new, for any reader and not explained yet, virgin of sight and understanding. We appropriated the innovative features of a neologism to name the new species."
"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."
"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."
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."
"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."
"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)."
"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."
"The specific epithet of "watneyi" is inspired by the book and film, The Martian, in which the protagonist finds himself stranded on Mars surrounded by the planet's harsh terrain and reddish soils. In a shelter, he manages to grow a crop of potatoes (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."
"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)"
"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"."
"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."
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."
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."
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."
"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."
"The "Kleine Muck" is a participant of Wilhelm Hauff's fairy tale "Die Karavane". The Kleine Muck is a small misshapen figure and outsider as Carnidae are small inconspicuous Diptera which hardly anybody is interested in."
"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."
A funnel weaver spider from Iran, whose name "refers to the main female character of Khosrow and Shirin, a famous Persian tragic romance by the poet Nizami Ganjavi (1141–1209)."
"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."
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."
A genus native to Brazil, "named in honour of the epic poem Caramuru that exalts Brazilian lands, combined with the word 'acarus', which means 'mite' in Latin."
"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."
"Maturin refers to the giant turtle that vomited out the universe in Stephen King's stories, which in turn was inspired by the character Stephen Maturin who, in the book H.M.S. Surprise of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey–Maturin series, names a giant tortoise."
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."
"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."
"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."
"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"
"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)
"The specific epithet refers to the classic Popeye comic character, created by Elzie Crisler Segar in 1929, due to the size of the male chela, which is enhanced like the muscles of the character."
"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."
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."
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."
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."
"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."
"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'"
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
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."
"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'."
"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."
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.
"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."
"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"
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.
"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."
"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'."
"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.
"The specific epithet refers to the interstaminal corona that resembles the horns of the helmet used in the fictional representation in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, created by Stan Lee, of the mythical character Loki." Originally named Matelea lokii and subsequently transferred to genus Urostephanus.
"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"
"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."
"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.
"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."
"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."
"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'."
"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."
A Chilean species whose name is "inspired by the main character of the most popular Chilean comic book of the same name, and one of the most acclaimed comics in Hispanoamerica [sic]. Condorito represents a man–condor, emblematic bird of the Andeans and Chile's national symbol, created in 1949 by Chilean cartoonist 'Pepo'."
"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."
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.
"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."
"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."
"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]."
"In the story, Ranma (originally male) changes "its" sex from male to female and vice versa when doused with cold or boiling water. The hermaphroditic condition of the new species was reminiscent of Ranma."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"The species is named for the sled in Orsen Wells' film, Citizen Kane, because the male genitalic apex is gracefully curved as was the front of the sled, yet such gracefulness existed in a crumbling empire as does the beetle in a rapidly disappearing rainforest."
"The species epithet, a Latin noun in apposition meaning 'hidden, concealed', is derived from the Orson Welles film Mr. Arkadin/Confidential Report (1955)."
"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)."
"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."
"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".
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"This species is named for the fictional creature from the movie franchise 'Alien', which reportedly was inspired by the lifecycle of parasitic wasps."
"due to the similarity of the shape of the phallus [...] with the 'inner jaw' of the alien creature, the iconic science fiction character created by Swiss surrealist artist H. R. Giger."
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."
"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."
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"
"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)
"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.)
"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"
"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."
"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."
"Named after Neytiri, princess of the Na'vi people from Pandora planet in the Avatar animation movie (James Cameron, 2009 and 2022), a blue and bioluminescent skin people who defend nature and life in all its forms."
"The generic name is derived from a world-famous epic science fiction film, James Cameron’s “Avatar”, in which the dragon-like aerial predator “Mountain Banshee” with two pairs of wings reminds us of the present new taxon with two pairs of lateral processes on the trunk."
"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"
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."
"Species name refers to the fictitious reptilian species called "drac" from the 1985 science fiction film "Enemy mine", produced by Twentieth Century Fox and directed by Wolfgang Petersen. The shape of the drac's head is strongly reminiscent of the cheliceral bulla of T. drac sp. nov.."
"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"
"The specific epithet [...] makes reference to George Kaplan, the nonexistent spy from Alfred Hitchcock's 1959 film North by Northwest for whom the main character is mistaken. Like in that celebrated film, P. georgekaplani had been misidentified as a "nonexistent" species (i.e. an unvalid [sic] name), at least in central Spain"
A fossil grunt from the Eocene of Texas, USA, "Named after the famous movie 'Rambo', which alludes to the unrestrained, wild, but valiant appearance of the otoliths."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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'"
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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'."
"[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."
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.
"In reference to the otherworldly sounds by which these frogs fill Malagasy rainforests, some of them reminiscent of sounds of technical equipment in the fictional “Star Trek” universe, we here name and describe the seven new species in honor of fictional captains of starships"
"This name pays homage to the Star Trek principle of embracing diversity and complexity and highlights the rich biodiversity found in Mexico, the native land of this grasshopper. It is hoped that this name encourages appreciation and protection of the diverse forms of life that coexist on our planet."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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.
Named "in reference to the humanoid cylon model Caprica 6, portrayed by Tricia Helfer in the remake of the science fiction series Battlestar Galactica."
"[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."
"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."
"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)."
Species of the fossil genus Yochelcionella, from the Cambrian of Australia, were characterized by a snorkel connected to their shell; this one is "Named after the Snorks, fictional creatures in an animated television series characterized by a prominent snorkel extending from the head."
"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."
"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"
"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".
"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."
"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."
"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)."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
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."
"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)."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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"
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."
"[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."
"Space Invaders (Japanese Supûsu Inbêdâ) is an arcade video game manufactured and sold by Taito and very successful and popular worldwide in the 1980s."
Named after the video game Factorio, which was created by Michal Kovařík, the son of one of the researchers who described the species, František Kovařík.
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."
"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."
"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."
Named after the League of Legends champion Teemo, in reference to the crab's pale body with brown stripes and dense covering of setae resembling Teemo's brown and white fur coat.
"The generic name refers to Hot Wheels, a collectible die-cast toy car made by Mattel, as the long, coiled embolus of this new genus resembles a Hot Wheels track; neuter in gender."
"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."
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