By George Beccaloni
A large number of species have been (and are still being) named after Alfred Russel Wallace (ARW), usually as wallacii or wallacei, often based on specimens he collected in Brazil and South-East Asia. Such names honouring a person are called patronyms and taxonomists usually only bestow them on people they admire - Adolf Hitler has two and Charles Darwin about 300. The Index to Organism Names (ION) lists over 700 species names which start with "wallac", but in order to be sure that a species was named after him and not another person with the same surname, it is necessary to examine the published species description, which is often difficult to obtain. Please note that the list below is incomplete. Also note that an "*" before a name means that the species was described from specimens collected by other collectors NOT Wallace. For more information about the specimens collected by Wallace in the Malay Archipelago see the following paper by Baker (2001). CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE PDF A very good paper assessing Wallace's contributions to south-east Asian ornithology, which contains a list of the species and subspecies of birds named after him is available as a pdf HERE
Fungi
*Peniophora wallacei Gorjón, 2012: 48. From Brazil.
Peniophora wallacei. Copyright Sergio Pérez Gorjón.
Fossil plants
Araucarioxylon wallacei Knowlton. Fossil wood from which this approximately 146 million year old tree was named was collected by ARW and Lester F. Ward on a trip to the Isle of Portland, Dorset in 1894.
Living plants
Alsophila wallacei Mettenius, 1869: 153 (= Cyathea wallacei). A fern collected by ARW in Borneo.
Acrocomia sclerocarpa var. wallaceana Drude, 1881 (= Acrocomia aculeata). Studied by ARW in Brazil. It was elevated to species level and afterwards synonymised.
*A genus of palms was named Wallaceodoxa by Heatubun & Baker, 2013 to mark the centenary of Wallace's death.
Wallaceodoxa raja-ampat on Gag Island. Copyright Charlie Heatubun.
Fossil animals
*Cambroinyoella wallacei Lieberman, 2001. A Cambrian trilobite.
*Aquatilavipes wallacei Zonneveld et al., 2011. A fossil Oligocene shorebird from Sumatra, only known from footprints.
Molluscs
Achatina wallacei Pfeiffer, 1855 (= Glessula wallacei). A land snail collected by ARW in Sarawak, Borneo.
Callia wallacei Pfeiffer, 1862 (= Callianella wallacei). Collected by ARW on Seram Isand.
*Conus wallacei Lorenz & Morrison, 2004 (= Lilliconus wallacei), Wallace's Cone Shell. A marine snail.
*Cryptospira wallacei Wakefield, 2010. A marine snail from the Makassar Strait, Indonesia .
Helix wallacei Pfeiffer, 1858 (= Nanina wallacei). A land snail collected by ARW in Makassar, Sulawesi.
Leptopoma wallacei Pfeiffer, 1857 (= ?). Collected by ARW on the Aru Islands.
*Plectostoma wallacei Ancey, 1887: 276 (= Opisthostoma wallacei). A tiny land snail from Borneo.
Pythia wallacii Pfeiffer,1861 (= ?). Collected by ARW on Bacan Island.
Pythia wallacii
*Torresitrachia wallacei Willan, Köhler, Kessner & Braby, 2009. An Australian land snail.
Truncatella (Taheitia) wallacei Adams, 1865: 416 (= ). Collected by ARW on Waigeo Island.
Truncatella (Taheitia) wallacei
Crustaceans (Crustacea)
*Psammogammarus wallacei Vonk et al., 2011. A marine amphipod from the Gura Ici Islands near Halmahera Island, Indonesia.
Spiders (Araneae)
*Asceua wallacei Bosmans & Hillyard, 1990. A species from Sulawesi.
Friula wallacii Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 (= Friula wallacei). Collected by ARW in Sarawak, Borneo.
Friula wallacii
INSECTS
Thrips (Thysanoptera)
Mecynothrips wallacei Bagnall,1908. Collected by ARW in Dorey (Manokwari, West Papua).
Mecynothrips wallacei
Lice (Phthiraptera)
*Brueelia wallacei Mey & Barker, 2014. This species parasitises fairy-bluebirds (Irenidae) in the Oriental region.
*Polyplax wallacei Durden, 1987. A species from Sulawesi.
Dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata)
Amphicnemis (Amphicnemis) wallacii Selys-Longchamps, 1863: 153. Collected by ARW in Sarawak.
Lestes wallacei Kirby, 1889: 302. Collected by ARW in Sarawak.
Teinobasis wallacei Campion, 1924: 612. Collected by ARW in New Guinea.
Mayflies (Ephemeroptera)
*Platybaetis wallacei Tong & Dudgeon, 1999. A species from Sulawesi.
Cockroaches & termites (Blattodea)
Apsidopis wallacei Shelford, 1907 (= Stictomorphna geochroma (Walker, 1868)). Collected by ARW in Sarawak. This name is a synonym.
*Glyptopeltis wallacei Hanitsch, 1933: 331 (= Corydidarum wallacei). Collected by ARW on Ambon Island, Indonesia but named from a specimen from Borneo not collected by him.
Stick-insects (Phasmida)
Acanthoderus wallacei Westwood, 1859: 7 (= Neopromachus wallacei), Wallace's Stick-Insect. Collected by ARW in Aru.
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Acanthoderus wallacei
Grasshoppers, crickets etc (Orthoptera)
*Gryllotalpa wallace Tan, 2012: 57. A mole cricket from Singapore.
Bugs (Hemiptera)
Cosmoscarta wallacei Butler, 1874: 247. Collected by ARW in Dorey.
Cosmoscarta wallacei
Enithares wallacei Brooks, 1948 (= Enithares horvathi). Collected by ARW in Sulawesi. It is a synonym.
*Platylomia wallacei Beuk, 2012. A cicada from South-East Asia.
Lacewings and relatives (Neuroptera)
Semachrysa wallacei Brooks, 1983 24. Collected by ARW on Morotai Island.
Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)
*Archips wallacei Tuck, 1990. A moth collected during the Project Wallace expedition to Sulawesi, Indonesia in 1985.
Callidryas wallacei Felder & Felder, 1862 (= Aphrissa wallacei), Wallace's Sulphur. Probably (?) collected by ARW in the Amazon.
*Diadema wallaceana Butler, 1873: 157 (= Hypolimnas anomala wallaceana). A species from India.
*Heliconius wallacei Reakirt, 1866, Wallace's Longwing. Probably collected by Bates in the Amazon and probably named after ARW.
Lycaena wallacei Felder & Felder, 1865 (= Danis wallacei). Collected by ARW on Waigeo Island.
Papilio wallacei Hewitson, 1858 (= Graphium wallacei). Collected by ARW in the Aru Islands.
Sospita wallacei Hewitson, 1862 (= Praetaxila wallacei). Collected by ARW on Misoöl Island, Indonesia.
*Theope wallacei Hall, 1998, Wallace's Theope. A species from Central and South America.
Beetles (Coleoptera)
Agelasta wallacii White, 1856: 214 (= Choeromorpha wallacei). Collected by ARW in Sarawak.
Agelasta wallacii
Anthribus wallacei Pascoe, 1860: 47 (= Platystomos wallacei). Collected by ARW in the Aru Islands.
Aphthona wallacei Baly, 1877: 178 (= Aphthona strigosa). Collected by ARW on Flores Island, Indonesia. This species is a synonym.
Apocyrtus wallacei Pascoe, 1871: 156. Collected by ARW on Batchian (Bacan) Island, Indonesia.
Arachnopus wallacei Pascoe, 1871: 258. Collected by ARW on Gilolo (Halmahera) Island, Indonesia.
Arsipoda wallacei Baly, 1877: 285. Collected by ARW in New Guinea.
Arrhenotus wallacei Pascoe, 1858: 242 (= Tmesisternus (Arrhenotus) wallacei). Collected by ARW in Makassar, Sulawesi Island, Indonesia.
Aulacophora wallacei Baly, 1886: 15. Collected by ARW on Timor Island.
Aulexis wallacei Baly, 1865. Collected by ARW in Sarawak, Singapore and Sulawesi.
Batocera wallacei Thomson, 1858. Wallace's Longhorn Beetle. Collected by ARW on the Aru Islands, Indonesia.
Batocera wallacei
Beccaria wallacei Gorham, 1897: 463 (= Beccariola wallacei). Collected by ARW in the Aru Islands.
Beccaria wallacei
Belus wallacei Pascoe, 1874 (= Rhinotia wallacei). Collected by ARW in the Aru Islands.
Brachypeplus wallacei Murray, 1864: 300. Collected by ARW in Mysol Island.
Callilanguria wallacii Crotch, 1876: 381. Collected by ARW in Sumatra.
Chaetocnema wallacei Baly, 1877: 171. Collected by ARW on Mount Orphir, Malacca (Malaysia).
Chalcophora (Evides) wallacei Thomson, 1857 (= Epidelus wallacei). Possibly collected by ARW in Borneo.
Calodema wallacei Deyrolle, 1864, Wallace's Jewel Beetle. Collected by ARW in New Guinea.
Calonecrus wallacei Thomson, 1857: 117. Possibly collected by ARW in Sarawak.
Catascopus wallacei Saunders, 1863. Collected by ARW on Misoöl Island, Waigeo Island and Manokwari, Indonesia.
Chilocorus wallacii Crotch, 1874: 187. Collected by ARW in Batchian, Ternate and Gilolo.
Chlamys wallacei Baly, 1865 (= ?). Collected by ARW on Ambon Island.
Chlaenius wallacei Chaudoir, 1876. Collected by ARW on Sulawesi.
Chrysochroa wallacei Deyrolle, 1864, Resplendent Jewel Beetle. Collected by ARW in Malaysia.
Cicindela wallacei Bates, 1874 (= Enantiola wallacei) (Wallace's tiger beetle). Collected in Sulawesi by ARW.
Cladognathus wallacei Parry, 1862: 109 (= Prosopocoilus wallacei) (Wallace's Stag Beetle). Collected by ARW in Gilolo (Halmahera).
*Clytus wallacei White, 1855: 259 (= Mecometopus wallacei) Collected by Henry Walter Bates in Brazil.
Coelophora wallacii Crotch, 1874: 156. Collected by ARW from Kai and Batchian Islands.
Coptengis wallacii Crotch, 1876: 404. Collected by ARW in Batchian (Bacan) Island, Indonesia.
Cryptocephalus wallacei Baly,1865. Collected by ARW on Timor Island.
Cryptolaemus wallacii Crotch, 1874: 204. Collected by ARW from Gilolo (Halmahera) Island.
Cyriopalus wallacei Pascoe, 1866: 530, Wallace's Cyriopalus Beetle Collected by ARW in Sarawak, Borneo.
Cyriopalus wallacei
Cyrtomorphus wallacei Crotch, 1876: 437. Collected by ARW in Sarawak.
Demotina wallacei Baly, 1865 (= ?). Collected by ARW in Sulawesi.
Diatelium wallacei Pascoe,1863, Long-necked Shining Fungus Beetle. Collected by ARW in Sumatra and Sarawak, Borneo.
Long-necked Shining Fungus Beetle, Diatelium wallacei
Distaphyla wallacei Pascoe, 1863. Collected by ARW on Misoöl Island, Indonesia.
Ectocemus wallacei Pascoe, 1862: 388 (= Ectocemus decemmaculatus (Montrouzier, 1855)). Collected by ARW on Bacan Island. This name is a synonym.
Ectatorhinus wallacei Lacordaire, 1866: 54. Collected by ARW in Sarawak, Borneo.
Ectatorhinus wallacei
Encaustes wallacii Crotch, 1876: 478. Collected by ARW in "Tonda" (probably Tondáno plateau, Sulawesi Island).
Entelopes wallacei Pascoe, 1856: 46 (= Entelopes (Wallaceentelopes) wallacei. Collected by ARW in Sarawak.
Euops wallacei Sharp, 1889. Collected by ARW in New Guinea.
Glenea wallacei Gahan, 1897: 482. Collected by ARW in Sarawak.
Gonophora wallacei Baly, 1858: 109 (= Agonita (Agonita( wallacei). Collected by ARW in Borneo.
Hyberis wallacei Pascoe, 1863. Collected by ARW in Sarawak, Borneo.
Hylesinus wallacei Blandford, 1896 (= Ficicis wallacei). Collected by ARW from Mysol Island.
Ithystenus wallacei Pascoe,1862: 390. Collected by ARW on Mysol (Misoöl) Island, Indonesia.
Lomaptera wallacei Thomson, 1858 (= Ischiopsopha wallacei). Collected by ARW in the Aru Islands
Longitarsus wallacei Baly, 1877: 292. Collected by ARW in Sulawesi.
Macratria wallacei Champion, 1916: 203. Collected by ARW in Waigiou.
Mecocerus wallacei Pascoe, 1860: 43. Probably collected by ARW in Borneo.
Microcossonus wallacei Wollaston, 1873. Collected by ARW in New Guinea.
Monolepta wallacei Baly, 1888: 166. Collected by ARW in Sulawesi.
Nodostoma wallacei Baly, 1865. Collected by ARW in Sarawak.
*Omoglymmius wallacei Bell & Bell, 1988. A beetle from Sulawesi.
Onthophagus wallacei Harold,1871: 114. Probably collected by ARW in the Sunda Islands and Sulawesi.
Ortalia wallacii Crotch,1874: 276 (= Apolinus lividigaster wallacii). Collected by ARW from Aru and Salwalty.
Paropsis wallacei Baly,1865. Collected by ARW in Manokwari, West Papua.
Phyllocharis wallacei Baly, 1861: 292. Probably collected by ARW (on Bacan Island).
Pseudocophora wallacei Baly, 1888: 173. Collected by ARW in Bouru Island .
Platynaspis wallacii Crotch, 1874: 198. Collected by ARW from Flores Island.
Platypus wallacei Thomson, 1857: 343 (= Crossotarsus wallacei). Collected by ARW in Borneo.
Rhaphipodus wallacii Pascoe, 1869: 669. A Prioninae beetle collected by ARW in Sarawak.
Rhinosimus wallacei Pascoe, 1861: 128 (= Platysalpingus wallacei). Collected by ARW in Dorey (Manokwari, West Papua).
Rhynchites (Cartorhynchites) wallacei Voss, 1935: 103. This species is found in Sumatra and Java and it may have been collected by ARW. It was (probably) named after him.
Rhyparida wallacei Baly, 1865, Wallace's Leaf Beetle. Collected by ARW in Sarawak.
Scolocnemus wallacei Kirsch, 1875:. 39. Probably collected in Malacca (Malaysia) by ARW.
Sphaeromorphus wallacei Pascoe, 1860: 43 (= Cyphopisthes wallacei). Probably collected by ARW (in Sarawak).
Symphyletes wallacei Pascoe, 1864: 77 (= Platyomopsis wallacei). Collected by ARW in the Matabello Islands, Indonesia.
Tachys wallacei Andrewes, 1925: 490 (= Tachyta wallacei). Collected by ARW in New Guinea.
Thallis? wallacii Crotch, 1876: 400 (= Neothallis wallacii). Collected by ARW in the Aru Islands.
Therates wallacei Thomson, 1857. Collected by ARW in Sarawak.
Tricondyla wallacei Thomson, 1857. Collected by ARW in Sarawak.
Xenidea wallacei Baly, 1877: 318. Collected by ARW in Sulu Islands.
Xestoderma wallacei Wollaston, 1873: 641. Collected by ARW in Ceram and Ternate.
Xyleborus wallacei Blandford, 1896 (= Euwallacea wallacei). Collected by ARW in Dorey, New Guinea.
*Beetle genera named after him are: Wallacedea Cassola, 1991 (Cicindelinae - tiger beetles) and Wallacea Baly 1858: 97 (hispine beetles).
Caddisflies (Trichoptera)
Macronema wallacei McLachlan, 1866: 262 (= Macrostemum wallacei). Collected by ARW in New Guinea.
Macronema wallacei
Flies (Diptera)
Elaphomyia wallacei Saunders, 1861 (= Phytalmia megalotis Gerstaecker, 1860). Collected by ARW in Manokwari, West Papua. This name is a synonym.
Elaphomyia wallacei
Monoceromyia wallacei Shannon, 1927. Collected by ARW in Sulawesi.
Ants, Bees & Wasps (Hymenoptera)
*Anaphes wallacei Girault, 1912: 147 (= Erythmelus wallacei). A mymarid wasp from Queensland, Australia. Not collected by ARW.
*Augochlora wallacei Cockerell, 1900 (= Augochloropsis wallacei). A bee from Brazil.
*Doddifoenus wallacei Burks & Krogmann, 2009: 24. A giant parasitic chalcid wasp from Laos and Thailand.
*Strumigenys wallacei Emery, 1897: 578. A species of ant from New Guinea, not collected by ARW but probably named after him.
*There is a genus of parasitic wasps named after him - Wallaceaphytis Polaszek & Fusu, 2013 Click HERE for more information.
Fish
*Crenicichla wallacii Regan, 1905: 163, Wallace's Cichlid. Wallace drew a specimen from the Rio Negro which is in his unpublished pencil drawings of fish, now in the Natural History Museum, London.
*Hydrolycus wallacei Toledo-Piza, Menezes & Santos, 1999. Found in the Rio Negro and upper portions of the Rio Orinoco basin.
*Tetranematichthys wallacei Vari & Ferraris, 2006 (see http //si-pddr.si.edu/jspui/bitstream/10088/903/1/VariFerrarisTetranem.pdf). This species occurs in the Amazon and Orinoco basins. Wallace drew a specimen from the Rio Negro or Rio Uaupés basins which is in his unpublished pencil drawings of fish, now in the Natural History Museum, London.
Frogs
*Epipedobates darwinwallacei Cisneros-Heredia & Yánez-Muñoz, 2010, Darwin-Wallace Poison-Frog. This species from Ecuador was named in honour of both Darwin and Wallace!
Birds
Aegotheles wallacii Gray, 1859: 154, Wallace's Owlet-nightjar. Collected by ARW in Manokwari, West Papua.
Alcyone azurea wallaceana Mathews, 1918: 94 (= Alcyone azurea lessonii), Azure Kingfisher. Possibly named after ARW. This name is a synonym.
Astur wallacii Sharpe, 1874: 95 (= Accipiter fasciatus wallacii), Australasian Goshawk.
Buchanga wallacii Walden, 1870: 220 (= Dicrurus leucophaeus leucophaeus), Ashy Drongo. This name is a synonym.
Ceyx wallacii Sharpe, 1868: 70 (= Ceyx lepidus wallacii), Variable Dwarf Kingfisher. Collected by ARW in the Sula Islands.
Chalcophaps wallacei Brüggemann, 1877: 464 (= Chalcophaps stephani wallacei), Stephan’s Dove.
Columba plumbea wallacei Chubb, 1917: 22 (= Columba plumbea pallescens), Plumbeous Pigeon. This name is a synonym.
Dendrochelidon wallacii Gould, 1859: 100 (= Hemiprocne longipennis wallacii), Grey-rumped Treeswift. Collected by ARW in Sulawesi.
Dendrochelidon wallacii
Dendrocincla fuliginosa wallacei Chubb, 1919: 52 (= Dendrocincla fuliginosa fuliginosa), Plain-brown Woodcreeper. This name is a synonym.
Dissemurus paradiseus wallacei Hachisuka, 1926: 58 (= Dicrurus paradiseus formosus), Greater Racket-tailed Drongo. This name is a synonym.
Habroptila wallacii Gray, 1860: 365 Invisible or Drummer Rail. Collected by ARW in east Halmahera Island, Indonesia.
Heteropelma wallacii Sclater & Salvin, 1867: 579 (= Schiffornis turdina wallacii), Thrush-like Schiffornis. Collected by ARW in Belém, Brazil.
Lorius wallacei Finsch, 1864: 411 (= Eos squamata squamata), Violet-necked Lory. Collected by ARW in Waigeo. This name is a synonym.
Megapodius wallacei Gray, 1860: 362 (= Eulipoa wallacei), Moluccan Megapode. Collected by ARW in east Halmahera.
Mulleripicus wallacei Tweeddale, 1877: 533 (= Mulleripicus fulvus wallacei), Ashy Woodpecker. Collected by ARW in southern Sulawesi.
Munia wallacii Sharpe, 1890: 339 (= Lonchura quinticolor), Five-coloured Munia. This name is a synonym.
Osmotreron wallacei Salvadori, 1893: 42 (= Treron griseicauda wallacei), Grey-cheeked Green Pigeon.
Picumnus wallacii Hargitt, 1889: 230 (= Picumnus aurifrons wallacii), Wallace's or Bar-breasted Piculet. Collected by ARW in the "Upper Amazons".
Pipromorpha oleaginea wallacei Chubb, 1919: 301 (= Mionectes oleagineus wallacei), Ochre-bellied Flycatcher.
Procnias albus wallacei Oren & Novaes, 1985: 23, White Bellbird.
Ptilinopus wallacii Gray, 1858: 185, Wallace's Fruit-Dove . Collected by ARW in the Aru Islands, Indonesia.
Paradisea (Semioptera) wallacii Gray, 1859: 130 (= Semioptera wallacii), Wallace's Standardwing Bird of Paradise. Collected by ARW on Bacan Island, Indonesia, in 1858.
Paradisea (Semioptera) wallacii
Todopsis wallacii Gray, 1862: 429 (= Sipodotus wallacii), Wallace's Fairywren. Collected by ARW on Misoöl Island, Indonesia.
Zosterops wallacei Finsch,1901: 23, Yellow-spectacled White-eye
Mammals
Myoictis wallacii Gray, 1858 (= Myoictis wallacei), Wallace's Dasyure. Collected by ARW in the Aru Islands
Myoictis wallacii
Pteropus wallacei Gray, 1866 (= Styloctenium wallacei), Wallace's Stripe-faced Fruit Bat. Collected by ARW in Sulawesi.
*Tarsius wallacei Merker et al., 2010, Wallace's Tarsier. From Sulawesi. See http //www.springerlink.com/content/l6g2818052rn7r20/
Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Blanca Huertas (UK), William Baker (UK), Sergio Pérez Gorjón (Spain) for helping to track down Wallace patronyms.
References
Gorjón, S. P. & Aparecida de Jesus, M. 2012. Some new species and new records of corticioid fungi (Basidiomycota) from the Brazilian Amazon. Phytotaxa, 67: 38–54.