Amblyoproctus boondocksius Ratcliffe, 1988 (scarab) found in the middle of nowhere.

Ambondro mahabo Flynn & Wyss (Jurassic mammal) named for the Madagascan village of Ambondromahabo.

Apolysis humbugi Evenhuis, 1985 (bombyliid fly) From Humbug Creek, CA.

Oligodranes humbug Evenhuis, 1985 (bombyliid fly) Another from Humbug Creek.

Asiamericana asiatica Nessov, 1995 (fossil saurodontid fish)

Aspergillus hatcho (a mold used in making miso) "Hatcho" is Japanese for "8th Street." In this case, the street is in Okazaki, Aichi Province, home of Hatcho Miso Company, which has made miso for five centuries.

Barwickia downunda Long, 1992 (Devonian lungfish) The published etymology of "downunda" says only, "A fortuitous collection of letters," but it is likely no coincidence that the fossil was discovered in Australia by an Australian, the genus named for an Australian (zoologist Richard Barwick), and the description published in an Australian journal. [Records of the Austr. Mus. 44: 299.]

"Capitalsaurus" (theropod dinosaur) In 1898, some dinosaur bone fragments were found in a sewer excavation in the District of Columbia, too fragmentary for a confident identification. After some doubtful assignments to other genera, the fossil was named Capitalsaurus in 1990, and the name published in scientific literature in 1998, but since the name was not accompanied by a proper description, the name is still informal. It has, however, become the official dinosaur of D.C., and the street where it was discovered was renamed "Capitalsaurus Court."

Caulkicephalus 2005 (pterosaur) Found on the Isle of Wright, where the inhabitants are informally known as caulkhead.

Dysnocryptus balthasar, D. gaspar, and D. melchior Holloway, 1982 (weevils) from Three Kings' Islands, New Zealand.

Gwyneddichtis gwyneddensis Bock, 1959 (fossil fish), and

Gwyneddichnium gwyneddensis Bock (fossil reptile footprints) both from the Gwynedd Formation at the Gwynedd Tunnel in Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania.

Haasiophis terrasanctus Tchernov, Rieppel, Zaher, Polcyn & Jacobs, 2000 (Lower Cretaceous marine snake) Named after "holy land", as it was discovered in 'Ein Yabrud, Judean Hills, Israel. It has tiny, well-developed, hind limbs, but there is no indication it could talk.

Haitia (loosestrife relative) Named for the country Haiti, where it was discovered -- one of few plant genera named for a relatively small location.

Hylaeus emir Dathe, 2000 (bee) Named for the United Arab Emirates, where it was discovered; its magnificient coloring also suggests the country's emirs.

Kribbella catacumbae Urzì et al. 2008 and K. sancticallisti Urzì et al. 2008 (bacteria) named for the catacombs of Saint Callistus in Rome, where they were discovered.

Lasioglossum gotham Gibbs, 2011 (bee) Discovered in Brooklyn Botanic Garden and named after a nickname of New York City made famous by Batman. [Zootaxa 3073: 1]

Myzocallis kahawaluokalani Kirkaldy (aphid) The Hawaiian name supposedly means, "you fish on your side of the lagoon and I'll fish on the other, and no one will fish in the middle."

Panama canalia Marsh, 1993 (braconid)

Rattus nativitatis (Christmas Island bulldog rat) (recently extinct)

Alabama Grote, 1895 (lep)

Argentina Linnaeus, 1758 (fish) NOT named after the country (which did not become an independent country until 60 years after the naming), but for the Latin for "silver" (which the country is also named for).

Arizona (snake)

Asia Pergens, 1887 (coelentrate; nomen nudum)

Australia Girault, 1928 (parasitic wasp)

Babylonia Schlüter, 1838 (mollusk)

Bulgaria (fungus)

Burma Kirkaldy, 1904 (bug)

China Burr, 1899 (orthopteran)

Colombia Rang, 1835 (mollusk)

Cuba Dyar, 1919 (lep)

Florida Baird, 1858 (bird)

Martialis Rabeling, Brown and Verhaagh, 2008 (ant) "The genus name refers to the unknown combination of aberrant morphological characters, which led Stefan P. Cover and Edward O. Wilson to the conclusion that this ant has to be from the planet Mars." [PNAS 0806187105]

Mexico Spilman, 1972 (jumping shore beetle)

Noumea Risbec, 1928 (nudibranch)

Samoa Sörensen, 1886 (arachnid)

Sonora Baird and Girard 1853 (snake)

Texas Kirkaldy, 1904 (bug)

Uruguay (fossil bee cells) from the Late Cretaceous/Early Tertiary, in Uruguay.

Virginia Baird and Girard 1853 (snake)

Xenaroswelliana deltaquadrant Erwin, 2007 (carabid) Roswell, NM, is famous as a putative landing place of an alien UFO, and xenos, "stranger", refers both to the strangeness of this Brazilian beetle and the likely probability that its larvae inhabit ant or termite nests. The Delta Quadrant is a region in the Star Trek universe where humans encountered mysterious life forms. This species presents a similar challenge. [PCAS 58: 561]

Aphis mizzou Lagos & Puttler 2012 (aphid) Named after the University of Missouri, the only place it is found.

Gonatocerus ucri Triapitsyn, 2013 (mymarid wasp) Named for the University of California, Riverside (UCR), where Triapitsyn works.

Technosaurus Chatterjee, 1984 (prosauropod dinosaur) "Texas Technological University (Texas Tech) Lizard"

Myrmekiaphila tigris Bond & Ray, 2012 (trap-door spider) Discovered in Auburn, Alabama, it is named after the mascot of Auburn University. [ZooKeys 190: 95].

Myzostoma seymourcollegiorum Rouse and Grygier, 2005 (annelid) Seymour College is a girl's school in a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.

Xerocomus silwoodensis Taylor et al., 2007 (mushroom) Discovered on the Silwood Park campus of Imperial College London.

Ainu Lewis, 1894 (beetle) There are also several species named after these indigenous northern Japanese.

Aloe rendilliorum Newton, 2006 (African plant) Named for the Rendille tribe of Kenya.

Apachesaurus Hunt, 1993 (Triassic amphibian)

Aphyocharax yekwanae Willink, Chernoff & Machado-Allison, 2003 (tetra) In honor of the Ye'Kwana Indians of the Caura River Basin, Venezuela, where the fish is found.

Apodemus gurkha Thomas, 1924 (Nepalese field mouse)

Azteca (ant)

Berberosaurus Allain et al., 2007 (theropod dinosaur) referring to the Berbers of Morocco. The fossil is from the Atlas mountains of Morocco.

Bittacus zulu Londt 1972 (hangingfly)

Bolitoglossa guaneae Acosta-Galvis & Gutiérrez-Lamus, 2012 (salamander) Named for the Guane people, who live in Colombia within the range of the salamander. [Pap. Avulsos Zool. 52]

Callithrix saterei de Sousa & de Noronha, 1998 Named for the Satere-Maues indians in Amazonian Brazil. [Goeldiana Zoologia 21: 1]

Cuscomys ashaninka Emmons, 1999 (chinchilla rat from the Peruvian Andes) "mouse from Cusco, of the Ashaninka people".

Eptatretus wayuu Mok, Saavedra-Diaz & Acero P., 2001 (hagfish) Named for the Wayuu (Guajiro) people living on the coastal region of Colombia near the type locality.

Galeodes arabs C.L. Koch, 1842 (solfugid, or sun spider) from the Middle East. (Reaching 10 miles/hour, these may be the fastest terrestrial invertebrates.)

Hopiichnus Welles, 1971 (trackway of a lower Jurassic ornithomimid dinosaur) from Arizona; named for the Hopi.

Incadelphys (South American fossil marsupial). There are also Larosterna inca (Inca tern) and Scardafella inca (Inca dove). The last is also misnamed; it is found in the southern U. S. and in Central America, but not in South America.

Lexovisaurus Hoffestetter, 1957 (French stegosaur) named for the ancient Gallic Lexovix tribe.

Magyarosaurus von Huene, 1932 (dwarf sauropod) from Hungary, named for the Magyars.

Megadyptes waitaha Seddon et al. 2008 (recently extinct penguin) The Waitaha were the first Polynesian tribe to occupy South Island of New Zealand.

Micronycteris matses Simmons, Voss, & Fleck, 2002 (Matses' big-eared bat) for the Matses indians of Amazonian Brazil.

Navahoceros (Pleistocene mountain deer)

Navahopus Baird, 1980 (Jurassic footprints) from the Navajo Sandstone

Nipponia nippon (Japanese crested ibis)

Oocyclus trio (water beetle) Named for the Trio people, indigenous to Suriname, who assisted the expedition that discovered the beetles.

Piratosaurus Leidy, 1865 (Late Cretaceous North American Mosasaur)

Prosaurolophus blackfeetensis Horner, 1992 (duck-billed dinosaur) found on a Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Montana.

Ripipteryx mopana Heads & Taylor 2012 (Orthopterous insect) named for the Mopan, a Mayan group indgenous to Belize. [ZooKeys 169: 5.]

Shoshonia arctopteryx Friedman, Coates, Anderson 2007 (Fossil coelacanth) from Wyoming. Named after the Shoshone people and the Shoshone National Forest.

Suncus etruscus (Etruscan shrew) Its type locality is in Pisa, Italy, in the heartland of the ancient Etruscan civilization.

Teuthidodrilus samae Osborn et al., 2010 (squidworm) The Sama is a culture with ties to Philippine islands near the discovery site.

Yanomamua Grant, Maas, and Struwe, 2006 (herb, Gentianaceae) Named for the Yanomamö, indigenous to the area of Venezuela where the plant is found. [Harvard Papers in Botany 11: 29]

Yicaris dianensis Zhang, Siveter, Waloszek & Maas 2007 (Late Cambrian crustacean) The Yi are an ethnic minority group of Yunnan Province, China. "Dian" refers to an ancient kingdom of southern China.

Zuniceratops Wolfe & Kirkland, 1998 (ceratopsian dinosaur) Named for the Zuni Native American tribe.