Catalogue of individuals commemorated in the scientific names of extant dragonflies, including lists of all available eponymous speciesgroup and genusgroup names – Revised edition (Matti Hämäläinen)

A catalogue of 1290 persons commemorated in the scientific names of extant dragonflies (Odonata) is presented together with brief biographical information for each entry, typically the full name and year of birth and death (in case of a deceased person). For each individual a list is given of all available species, subspecies, genus or subgenus names erected in his or her honour. In total 2021 available names which qualify as eponyms are listed. These comprise 1966 species-group and 55 genus-group names including synonyms and homonyms. It is calculated that of the ca 8550 available species-group names in extant Odonata, ca 23 % are eponyms. Of the 1065 new species-group names introduced between 1 January 1995 and 31 December 2015, 435 (40.8 %) are eponyms.