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Genera
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Scientific name
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Common name
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1.
Aa
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A mollusk
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2.
Aaadonta
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An endodontoid
snail; see Zyzzyxdonta)
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3.
Abudefduf
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A fish
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4.
Aha
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A wasp
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5.
Alabama
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A lepidopteran
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6.
Aloha
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A bug
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7.
Arfia
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A dog-like fossil
hyaenodont
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8.
Argentina
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A fish
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9.
Ariaspis
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A fossil fish
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10.
Asia
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A coelenterate;
nomen nudum
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11.
Australia
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A parasitic
hymenopteran
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12.
Babylonia
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A mollusk
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13.
Batman
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A fish
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14.
Bugeranus
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A bird, the wattled
crane
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15.
Cannabis
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A bird
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16.
Chaos
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A protozoan
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17.
China
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An orthopteran
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18.
Colombia
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A mollusk
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19.
Csiro
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A tenebrionid beetle
from Australia; CSIRO is the abbreviation for Commonwealth Scientific and
Industrial Organisation
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20.
Cuba
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A lepidopteran
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21.
Cuttysarkus
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A fossil lizard
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22.
Dasypops
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An amphibian
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23.
Disaster
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An echinoid
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24.
Dyaria
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A moth
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25.
Enema
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A scarab beetle
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26.
Florida
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A bird
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27.
Inyoaster
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A starfish
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28.
Iyaiyai
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A fossil fly
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29.
Mamma
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A mollusk
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30.
Mexico
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A jumping shore
beetle
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31.
Ninjameys
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A fossil turtle
(Etymology: "Ninja, in allusion to that totally rad, fearsome
foursome epitomizing shelled success; meys, turtle.")
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32.
Notoreas
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A lepidopteran
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33.
Ochisme
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A bug
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34.
Oops
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An arachnid
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35.
Oops
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A beetle; described
after Agassiz had already proposed Oops for an arachnid
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36.
Papa
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A bird
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37.
Paratype
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A lepidopteran
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38.
Psorthaspis
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A spider wasp with a
painful sting
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39.
Samba
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A bee
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40.
Samoa
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An arachnid
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41.
Sayonara
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A fish
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42.
Stupidogobius
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A fish
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43.
Supercrambus
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A pyralis moth
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44.
Texas
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A bug
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45.
This
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A fly
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46.
Townesilitus
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A braconid wasp
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47.
Trivia
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A snail
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48.
Yamagutiplectognathotrema
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A new name for the
preoccupied Plectognathotrematoides Yamaguti
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49.
Zyzzyx
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A wasp
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50.
Zyzzyxdonta
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An endodontoid snail
with characters the extreme opposite of Aaadonta!
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Species
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51.
Agra sasquatch
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A carabid beetle
with big feet
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52.
Agra vation
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A carabid beetle
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53.
Afropolonia tgifi
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A chigger
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54.
Aha ha
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An Australian
sphecid wasp; and also Menke's car license plate number!
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55.
Aploparakis turdi
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A cestode
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56.
Apolysis humbugi
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A bombyliid fly from
Humbug Creek, California
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57.
Ba humbugi
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A snail from Mba
Island, Fiji
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58.
Bla nini
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A marine nematode
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59.
Brachinus aabaaba
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A carabid beetle
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60.
Brachyanax
thelestrephones
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A fly; translated
from the Greek it means "little chief nipple twister"
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61.
Brachyta
interrogationis interrogationis
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62.
Nigrohumeralisscutellohumeroconjuncta
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A cerambycid beetle
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63.
Bullisichthys
caribbaeus
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A fish
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64.
Cancelloidokytodermogammarus (Loveninsuskytodermogammarus) loveni
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A crustacean
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65.
Cartwrightia
cartwrighti
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A beetle
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66.
Castanea inca
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A moth
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67.
Cavaticovelia aaa
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A bug; "aaa"
is Hawaiian for lava tube
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68.
Cedusa medusa
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A bug
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69.
Chaos chaos
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A protozoan
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70.
Chrysops asbestos
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A horsefly collected
from a mule
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71.
Chrysops balzaphire
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Another horsefly
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72.
Chrysops nigribimbo
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Still another
horsefly
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73.
Colon rectum
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A colonid beetle
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74.
Dissup irae
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A "difficult to
see" fossil fly
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75.
Doryctes fartus
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A braconid wasp
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76.
Enema pan
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A rhinoceros beetle
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77.
Geoballus caputalbus
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A millipede named after
its collectors, George Ball and Donald Whitehead
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78.
Gluteus minimus
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A Devonian fossil of
uncertain affinities
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79.
Gressittia
titsadasyi
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A horsefly
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80.
La cucuracha
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A pyralid moth
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81.
La paloma
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Another pyralid moth
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82.
Lalapa lusa
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A tiphiid wasp
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83.
Leonardo davincii
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Another pyralid moth
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84.
Mastophora
dizzydeani
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A spider that uses a
sticky ball on the end of a thread to catch its prey
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85.
Montypythonoides riversleighensis
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A fossil snake
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86.
Myzocallis
kahawaluokalani
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An aphid; in
Hawaiian, the 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"
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87.
Orgia nova
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A beetle
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88.
Parastratiosphecomyia
stratiosphecomyoides
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A fly
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89.
Phthiria relativitae
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A fly
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90.
Pimeliaphilus
podapolipophagus
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An acarine
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91.
Pisolina
yangwanggouensis
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A fossil foram
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92.
Pison eu
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A South American
wasp
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93.
Pison eyvae
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A South American wasp
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94.
Polemistus chewbacca
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A wasp; named after
the "Star Wars" character
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95.
Polemistus vaderi
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A wasp; named after
another "Star Wars" character
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96.
Prolasioptera
aeschynanthusperottetii
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A cecidomyiid fly
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97.
Reissa roni
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A microbombyliid fly
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98.
Rochlingia hitleri
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A giant fossil
insect; the name is a synonym
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99.
Scrotum humanum
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A dinosaur
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100.
Stenotabanus
sputnikulus
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A fly; named for
Sputnik
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101.
Tabanus nippontucki
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A horsefly;
described during the bombing of Pearl Harbor
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102.
Tabanus rhizonshine
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Another horsefly
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103.
Tabanus yuleanus
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A horsefly named
after a memorable Christmas day in 1946
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104.
Trombicula doremi
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Musical chigger
number one
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105.
Trombicula fasolla
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Musical chigger
number two
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106.
Trombicula fujigmo
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Another chigger
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107.
Upupa epops
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A bird
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108.
Villa manillae
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A fly
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| Scrotum humanum |