Campsicnemus aa, C. ee, C. ii, C. oo, C. uu Evenhuis, 2009 (flies) Evenhuis, however, gives Marquesan meanings of all of these "Marquesan vowel flies": 'a'a, "defender"; 'e'e, "disappeared"; 'i'i, "force"; 'o'o, "rubbed"; 'u'u, "tremble". [Zootaxa 2004: 25]

Cedusa bedusa, C. cedusa, C. gedusa, C. hedusa, C. kedusa, C. ledusa, C. medusa, C. pedusa, C. redusa, and C. vedusa Mc Atee, 1924 (derbid planthopper) Caldwell, in 1944, added Cedusa nedusa and Cedusa zedusa.

Cnemaspis rishivalleyensis and Hemidactylus rishivalleyensis Agarwal et al. 2020 (geckos) Reuse of specific epithets is common, but this is the only case I know where the same epithet is used for both species described in a single paper.

Eucosma bobana, E. cocana, E. dodana, E. fofana, E. hohana, E. kokana, E. lolana, E. momana, E. popana, E. rorana, E. sosana, E. totana, E. vovana, E. fandana, E. gandana, E. handana, E. kandana, E. mandana, E. nandana, E. randana, E. sandana, E. tandana, E. vandana, E. wandana, E. xandana, E. yandana, E. zandana, E. nomana, E. sonomana, E. vomonana, E. womonana, E. boxeana, E. canariana, E. floridana, E. idahoana, E. miscana, E. subinvicta; Kearfott, 1907 (olethreutid moths)

Hysterosia biscana, H. discana, H. riscana, H. viscana, H. wiscana, H. ziscana, H. foxcana, H. toxcana, H. voxcana, H. zoxcana, H. baracana, H. waracana, H. zaracana, H. bomonana,H. nomonana, H. romonana Kearfott, ~1907 (cochylid moths)

Maruina amada, M. amadora, M. cholita, M. muchacha, M. querida, M. chamaca, M. chamaguita, M. chica, M. dama, M. nina, M. tica, and M. vidamia Hogue, ~1973 (psychodid flies) All these names of Latin American flies are Spanish terms of endearment and diminutives.

Mnioes huk, M. iskay, M. kinsa, M. tawa, M. pisqa, M. soqta, M. qanchis, M. pusaq Alvarado, 2020 (ichneumonid wasps) The specific epithets mean "one", "two", "three", ..., "eight" in Quechua. [Zootaxa 4743(2): 181]

Ophiocordyceps camponoti-balzani, O. camponoti-melanotici, O. camponoti-novogranadensis, O. camponoti-rufipedis Evans et al. 2011; O. camponoti-atricipis, O. camponoti-bispinosi, O. camponoti-indiani Araújo et al., 2015 (zombie-ant fungi) Once considered a single species, Ophiocordyceps unilateralis was found to include several species specializing on particular species of ants. The species above are named for the ant species which served as host. [PLoS One 2011, 6(3); Phytotaxa 2015, 220(3): 224-238.]

Ophiomyia prima, O. secunda, O. tertia, O. quarta, O. quinta, O. sexta, O. septima, O. octava, O. nona, O. undecima, O. duodecima; Spencer, 1969 (Agromyzid flies) Latin for "first", "second", "third", etc. Why no O. decima?

Phanuromyia corys, P. cranos, P. cudo, P. galeata Nesheim & Masner, and P. hjalmr Nesheim (wasps) Named after their large heads; the epithets each mean "helmet": in Greek, Greek, Latin, Latin, and Old Norse, respectively. There is also P. galerita Nesheim & Masner from Latin, "wearing a hood", again in reference to the large head. [ZooKeys 663: 71]

Trigonopterus hitoloorum, T. kanawiorum, T. koveorum, T. lekiorum, T. moreaorum, T. nangiorum, T. ragaorum, T. soiorum, T. taurekaorum, T. tialeorum and T. wariorum Riedel 2013 (weevils) With 101 new species to name, Riedel dedicated these weevils to the people of Papua New Guinea and took the basis for their names from the 2010 Papua New Guinea Telephone Directory. [ZooKeys 280]

Trigonopterus satu, T. dua, T. tiga, T. empat, T. lima, T. enam, T. tujuh, T. delapan, T. sembilan, T. sepuluh, T. sebelas, T. duabelas Riedel, 2014 (more weevils) The epithets are from Indonesian for the numbers 1 to 12. (In that paper, 98 species were named.)

Solpugarda Roewer, 1933

Solpugassa Roewer, 1933

Solpugeira Roewer, 1933

Solpugella Roewer, 1933

Solpugema Roewer, 1933

Solpugopa Roewer, 1933

Solpugorna Roewer, 1933

Solpuguna Roewer, 1933

Solpugyla Roewer, 1933

Solpugelis Roewer, 1934

Solpugiba Roewer, 1934

Solpugista Roewer, 1934 (all solpugids)

Montifringilla theresae

Sylvia nana theresae

Melierax metabates theresae

Erythrospiza githaginea theresae

Alectoris barbata theresae

Scotocerca inquieta theresae

Galerida theklae theresae

Coccothraustes coccothraustes theresae

Riparia rupestris theresae

Oenanthe moesta theresae

Turdus viscivorus theresae

Garrulus glandarius theresae

Emberiza striolata theresae (various birds) These are some of the several species and subspecies of birds named by Col. Richard Meinertzhagen after Theresa Clay, a close "confidante" 33 years younger than himself. [Bull. Brit. Orn. Club 57 (1937) and 59 (1939): 63-69]

Neolamprolagus leloupi (Poll, 1948) (Lake Tanganyika cichlid)

Neolamprolagus leleupi (Poll, 1956) (another Lake Tanganyika cichlid)