Thought y'all'd get a kick out of this.

Science Times, 6/26/01, from an article by Susan Milius about Neal Evenhuis and odd scientific names for animals:

Name Games

Ersatz classicism

Aegrotocatellus Adrain and Edgecombe, 1995 (trilobite). Literally "sick puppy."
Amblyoproctus boondocksius Ratcliffe, 1988 (beetle). Not one of the scarabs next door.
Eucritta melanolimnetes Clark, 1998 (fossil amphibian). Loosely "creature from the black lagoon."
Chloridops regiskongi Hames and Olson, 1991 (Hawaiian finch). Described as "a real King Kong" before it went extinct.
Dorcus titanus titanus Boisduval, 1835 (stag beetle). Perhaps "titanic dork"?
Geoballus caputalbus Crabill, 1969 (millipede). Named after its collectors,
George Ball and Donald Whitehead, a.k.a. "head-white."
Stupidogobius Aurich, 1938 (fish).

Unhooked on phonics

Arfia Van Valen, 1965 (fossil hyaenodont resembling a dog).
Blaps Fabricius, 1775 (darkling beetle).
Boops Gronow, 1854 (porgy fish).
Cedusa medusa McAtee, 1924 (bug).
Eucosma bobana, E. cocana, E. dodana, E. fofana Kearfoot, 1907 (olethreutid moths). And there are more.
Trombicula doremi and T. fasola Brennan and Beck, 1955 (chiggers).
Zyx Smit, 1953 (flea).

Extremes
Aa Baker, 1940 (mollusk). First genus name alphabetically, so far.
Aaadonta Solem,1976 (snail). Second place in alphabet.
Aegilops Hall, 1850 (mollusk). Longest word with all letters in alphabetical order.
Gammaracanthuskytodermogammarus loricatobaicalensis Dybowski, 1926 (amphipod). The longest binomial, at least before it was internationally banned.

Honors list
Avalanchurus lennoni, Avalanchurus starri, and Struszia mccartneyi Edgecombe and Chatterton, 1993 (trilobites). Beatles turn into real arthropods.
Arcticalymene viciousi, A. rotteni, A. jonesi, A. cooki, and A. matlocki Adrain and Edgecombe, 1997 (trilobites). Unexpected venue for The Sex Pistols.
Cuttysarkus Estes, 1964 (fossil lizard).
Jurassosaurus nedegoapeferkimorum Dong and Holden, 1992 (ankylosaur). One highly fragmented fossil honors "Jurassic Park" stars NEil, DErn, GOldblum, Attenborough, PEck, FERrero, Knight, Richards, and Mazzello.
Mozartella beethoveni Girault, 1926 (wasp).
Petula Clark, 1971 (tineid).
Polemistus chewbacca Menke, 1983 (wasp). Doesn't need a "Star Wars" spaceship to fly, though.
Strigiphilus garylarsoni Clayton, 1989 (owl louse). Hard to think of any cartoonist who's drawn more insects.

They really did this
Abra cadabra Eames and Wilkins 1957 (bivalve). Has been moved to another genus, alas, and now goes by Theora cadabra.
Apopyllus now Platnick and Shadab, 1984 (spider).
Ba humbugi Solem, 1983 (snail). From Mba island, Fiji.
Chrysops balzaphire Philip, 1955 (deer fly).
Dicrotendipes thanatogratus Epler, 1987 (midge). Yes, that second word really does mean Grateful Dead.
Gluteus minimus Davis and Semken, 1975 (fossil). No known relation to anybody's maximus.
Heerz tooya Marsh, 1993 (wasp).
Kamera lens Woodcock, 1917 (protist).
La cucaracha Blesynski, 1966 (pyralid).
Lalapa lusa Pate, 1947 (tiphiid wasp).
Ochisme, Dolichisme, Marichisme, and Peggichisme Kirkaldy, 1904 (all hemiptera). That chis sounds like "kiss."
Omyomymar Schauff, 1983 (mymarid wasp).
Oops Agassiz, 1846 (arachnid) and Germar, 1848 (beetle). Named before the interjection became popular, however.
Pison eu Menke, 1988 (sphecid).
Tabanus nippontucki Philip, 1942 (horse fly). Described during the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
Tabanus rhizonshine Philip, 1954 (horse fly).
Vini vidivici Steadman and Zariello, 1987 (parrot). Overly optimistic since the species recently went extinct.
Ytu brutus Spangler, 1980 (beetle).