User:Pengo/Latin/Top 1000
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These are the 1000 most common species epithets.
These are the species epithets, also known as specific names, ordered by the number of binominal names (within the Catalogue of Life) in which they are found. They have all been added to Wiktionary now!
See also:
- Top 100 unfilled — the top 100 which still need Wiktionary entires. Same order as this list, but filled words are removed.
- User:Pengo/Latin — more information
For more:
- Most Common Epithets 1 — the complete version of this list, starting with the top 6000.
Top 1000
[edit]0: gracilis (2140)
[edit]- gracilis 2140
- elegans 1833
- bicolor 1643
- similis 1492
- minor 1478
- simplex 1392
- australis 1388
- orientalis 1344
- affinis 1337
- pallida 1237
- intermedia 1168
- obscura 1147
- occidentalis 1051
- minuta 1043
- nigra 990
- insularis 963
- maculata 957
- japonica 934
- elongata 924
- montana 921
- robusta 899
- unicolor 894
- grandis 892
- fasciata 882
- major 850
- tenuis 840
- indica 838
- apicalis 819
- viridis 766
- mirabilis 763
- brasiliensis 751
- capensis 745
- insignis 743
- fusca 720
- punctata 711
- mexicana 706
- variabilis 696
- ornata 681
- pusilla 679
- borealis 676
- minutus 673
- longipes 671
- flava 668
- monticola 668
- elongatus 667
- rufescens 658
- parva 654
- brunnea 652
- minima 643
- africana 632
- nana 629
- fallax 628
- meridionalis 627
- modesta 625
- variegata 625
- marginata 621
- pulchra 621
- sinensis 620
- californica 616
- longicornis 606
- reticulata 605
- montanus 600
- tristis 599
- flavescens 598
- tibialis 598
- brevis 597
- niger 592
- intermedius 582
- pacifica 580
- humilis 578
- spinosa 578
- dubia 575
- maculatus 571
- striata 567
- pubescens 566
- inermis 562
- lateralis 562
- obscurus 561
- chinensis 556
- lineata 552
- uniformis 550
- rufipes 548
- robustus 539
- dispar 538
- flavipes 538
- nitida 534
- nigrescens 527
- pulchella 526
- fasciatus 518
- grisea 513
- pallidus 510
- hirsuta 507
- tricolor 503
- basalis 496
- americana 489
- alba 485
- ornatus 483
- laevis 479
- ferruginea 477
- variegatus 476
100: confusa (475)
[edit]- confusa 475
- humeralis 469
- indicus 467
- punctatus 461
- pilosa 460
- dentata 458
- parvula 458
- splendens 458
- mexicanus 457
- chilensis 453
- japonicus 453
- decipiens 452
- gigantea 450
- concolor 447
- vittata 447
- brevicornis 444
- dorsalis 444
- picta 443
- pygmaea 443
- bakeri 442
- singularis 442
- formosana 440
- nitens 438
- rosea 437
- nigricans 436
- cinerea 435
- truncata 434
- rufa 428
- fragilis 426
- mollis 426
- acuminata 425
- pusillus 423
- striatus 423
- suturalis 423
- distincta 421
- nigripes 421
- debilis 420
- natalensis 416
- madagascariensis 410
- versicolor 408
- anomala 405
- discolor 402
- triangularis 402
- linearis 401
- tuberculata 401
- gigas 398
- magna 398
- lutea 396
- speciosa 396
- frontalis 395
- parvus 395
- interrupta 394
- modestus 390
- reducta 390
- tuberculatus 389
- carinata 388
- exilis 388
- lineatus 383
- glabra 382
- carinatus 381
- philippinensis 380
- yunnanensis 380
- africanus 379
- collaris 379
- paradoxa 379
- aberrans 378
- alpina 378
- aurea 378
- brunneus 377
- rubra 377
- ochracea 375
- spectabilis 375
- canadensis 374
- armata 372
- spinosus 371
- borneensis 370
- parvulus 369
- serrata 367
- nitidus 365
- obsoleta 365
- atra 364
- setosa 363
- nobilis 361
- bimaculata 360
- pilosus 359
- violacea 359
- dubius 357
- formosa 356
- aurantiaca 355
- fulva 355
- virescens 355
- pictus 354
- peruviana 352
- purpurea 352
- cornuta 351
- lugubris 350
- nanus 349
- rugosa 349
- vulgaris 349
- angusta 348
200: californicus (347)
[edit]- californicus 347
- abdominalis 346
- ovalis 346
- irregularis 345
- villosa 345
- brevipes 343
- confluens 343
- australiensis 342
- simulans 342
- bella 341
- gracilipes 339
- angulata 338
- reticulatus 338
- acuta 337
- fuscus 337
- caudata 336
- exigua 336
- magnifica 336
- latifrons 335
- longipennis 335
- panamensis 335
- vittatus 335
- marginatus 334
- scutellaris 334
- canescens 333
- albescens 331
- inaequalis 331
- sordida 331
- longirostris 330
- dissimilis 328
- pumila 328
- setosus 328
- lanceolata 327
- pygmaeus 327
- radiata 326
- assimilis 325
- castanea 325
- signata 322
- crassipes 320
- atlantica 319
- neglecta 318
- septentrionalis 318
- crassa 315
- pacificus 314
- rugosus 314
- griseus 313
- maculipennis 313
- armatus 312
- ciliata 311
- angustifolia 310
- ovata 310
- pallens 310
- arcuata 308
- concinna 308
- minimus 307
- furcata 306
- inornata 306
- undulata 305
- annulata 304
- centralis 304
- ambigua 303
- venusta 303
- ater 302
- lobata 302
- subtilis 302
- marginalis 301
- nepalensis 301
- americanus 300
- cristata 300
- femoralis 300
- obtusa 300
- pectinata 300
- fuscipennis 299
- sericea 299
- alticola 298
- falcata 298
- grisescens 298
- maxima 297
- olivacea 297
- attenuata 296
- hirsutus 296
- rostrata 296
- suffusa 296
- brevipennis 295
- glauca 294
- cinereus 293
- clavata 291
- fimbriata 288
- filiformis 287
- antarctica 286
- argentea 286
- nigriceps 286
- texana 286
- tomentosa 286
- varians 286
- virgata 285
- angolensis 284
- inconspicua 284
- lucida 283
- marmorata 283
300: rufus (283)
[edit]- rufus 283
- littoralis 282
- ocellata 281
- pallescens 281
- difficilis 280
- longicauda 280
- nigricornis 280
- polita 278
- costaricensis 277
- denticulata 277
- grandiflora 277
- incerta 276
- obliqua 276
- lata 274
- latifolia 274
- superba 274
- cinerascens 273
- costata 273
- vicina 273
- immaculata 272
- pulcher 272
- dentatus 271
- analis 270
- confusus 269
- walkeri 268
- persimilis 267
- proxima 267
- depressa 266
- nebulosa 266
- granulatus 265
- micans 265
- pallipes 265
- testacea 265
- costalis 264
- siamensis 264
- brevirostris 263
- tenella 263
- albida 262
- asiatica 262
- puncticollis 262
- bifasciata 261
- purpurascens 261
- aequalis 260
- crassicornis 260
- latipennis 260
- rigida 260
- velutina 259
- flavicornis 257
- ruficornis 257
- verrucosa 257
- amabilis 256
- limbata 256
- rudis 255
- pulchellus 254
- albicans 253
- longicollis 253
- maculosa 253
- alternans 252
- maritima 252
- splendida 252
- compacta 251
- divergens 251
- amoena 250
- coronata 250
- laticeps 250
- bimaculatus 249
- cylindrica 249
- hispida 249
- palustris 249
- caudatus 248
- aculeata 246
- arctica 245
- gracile 244
- muelleri 244
- annulipes 243
- floridana 243
- papuana 243
- aspera 241
- bipunctata 241
- latus 241
- celebensis 240
- dimidiata 240
- javanica 240
- sulcata 240
- capitata 239
- costatus 239
- elliptica 239
- mutabilis 239
- hirta 238
- perrieri 238
- smithi 238
- valida 238
- vicinus 238
- acuminatus 237
- anceps 237
- barbata 237
- canariensis 237
- ferrugineus 237
- lutescens 237
- nigripennis 237
400: ramosa (237)
[edit]- ramosa 237
- communis 236
- emarginata 236
- atrata 234
- senegalensis 234
- smithii 234
- brunnescens 233
- delicata 233
- flavus 233
- hamata 233
- incisa 233
- nebulosus 233
- ruficollis 233
- distinctus 232
- marmoratus 232
- parallela 232
- globosa 231
- magnus 231
- opaca 231
- parviflora 231
- rufiventris 231
- amazonica 230
- crassus 230
- cristatus 230
- regalis 230
- hyalina 229
- sinuata 229
- cuneata 228
- hystrix 228
- turneri 227
- bilineata 226
- cornutus 226
- media 226
- sulcatus 226
- varia 226
- decorata 225
- inflata 225
- jamaicensis 225
- signatus 225
- funebris 224
- repens 223
- serratus 223
- oculata 222
- truncatus 222
- interruptus 221
- alluaudi 220
- infuscata 220
- candida 219
- sumatrana 219
- tarsalis 219
- nigriventris 218
- sibirica 218
- abbreviata 217
- castaneus 217
- cubensis 217
- rubescens 217
- bicornis 216
- perplexa 216
- propinqua 216
- sinica 216
- aurata 215
- boliviana 215
- edwardsi 215
- hainanensis 215
- notabilis 215
- angustus 214
- divisa 214
- nivea 214
- pellucida 214
- stellata 213
- alata 212
- compressa 212
- pectoralis 212
- sanguinea 212
- terminalis 212
- campestris 211
- eximia 211
- metallica 211
- nuda 211
- acutus 210
- fenestrata 210
- guttata 210
- flavipennis 209
- lacustris 208
- punctulata 208
- annulatus 207
- bidentata 207
- divaricata 207
- fulvus 207
- fumosa 207
- notata 207
- thoracica 207
- transversa 207
- lepida 206
- pauliani 206
- arenicola 205
- nigrifrons 205
- princeps 205
- clara 204
- longifolia 204
500: mongolica (204)
[edit]- mongolica 204
- rupestris 204
- vestitus 204
- caucasica 203
- depressus 203
- digitata 203
- hawaiiensis 203
- conjuncta 202
- granulata 202
- mariae 202
- venosa 202
- venustus 202
- cincta 201
- politus 201
- strandi 201
- cingulata 200
- constricta 200
- morio 200
- ocellatus 200
- plana 200
- pumilus 200
- texanus 200
- ventralis 200
- bidens 199
- boliviensis 199
- erecta 199
- fumipennis 199
- proximus 199
- varius 199
- angustata 198
- bifida 198
- curvata 198
- nevadensis 198
- cuspidata 197
- delicatula 197
- amurensis 196
- decora 196
- quadrata 196
- bifasciatus 195
- laeta 195
- luteus 195
- mixta 195
- pruinosa 195
- carolinensis 194
- irrorata 194
- litoralis 194
- varipes 194
- distans 193
- exiguus 193
- flexuosa 193
- marshalli 193
- punctipennis 193
- tridentata 193
- albifrons 192
- diffusa 192
- paradoxus 192
- taiwanensis 192
- cordata 191
- notatus 191
- tonkinensis 191
- angustifrons 190
- formosanus 190
- fusiformis 190
- giganteus 190
- glacialis 190
- laevigata 190
- ussuriensis 190
- villosus 190
- appendiculata 189
- hilaris 189
- martini 189
- microphylla 189
- squamosus 189
- angulatus 188
- cylindricus 188
- testaceus 188
- diversa 187
- formosus 187
- inornatus 187
- albomaculata 186
- antennata 186
- guatemalensis 186
- nigrita 186
- oblonga 186
- parallelus 186
- scabra 186
- schmidti 186
- wilsoni 186
- fuliginosa 185
- lugens 185
- pulcherrima 185
- laticollis 184
- ruficeps 184
- straminea 184
- werneri 184
- beckeri 183
- fulgens 183
- macrophylla 183
- nivalis 183
- stricta 183
600: tessellatus (183)
[edit]- tessellatus 183
- vestita 183
- bengalensis 182
- coriacea 182
- deserticola 182
- oblongus 182
- regularis 182
- spinifera 182
- undulatus 182
- fulvipes 181
- insolita 181
- brevicollis 180
- curta 180
- floridensis 180
- minuscula 180
- tenera 180
- crenulata 179
- ferox 179
- obtusus 179
- producta 179
- tridens 179
- umbrosa 179
- agilis 178
- angustipennis 178
- bidentatus 178
- guineensis 178
- ovatus 178
- rossi 178
- cinctus 177
- cyanea 177
- fasciculata 177
- micrantha 177
- minutissima 177
- mucronata 177
- simoni 177
- sordidus 177
- speciosus 177
- tessellata 177
- uncinata 177
- arizonensis 176
- bivittata 176
- caeca 176
- clavatus 176
- elegantula 176
- rotundata 176
- asper 175
- excavata 175
- javana 175
- lepidus 175
- obesus 175
- obscurata 175
- oculatus 175
- palmeri 175
- trifasciata 175
- arabica 174
- bifurcata 174
- confinis 174
- dimidiatus 174
- maculosus 174
- nervosa 174
- obliquus 174
- fulvescens 173
- intermedium 173
- schoutedeni 173
- annulicornis 172
- arenaria 172
- assamensis 172
- moorei 172
- sericeus 172
- vernalis 172
- alpinus 171
- anomalus 171
- caerulea 171
- marina 171
- robustum 171
- spinipes 171
- validus 171
- browni 170
- consimilis 170
- incertus 170
- quadrimaculata 170
- tenebrosa 170
- abnormis 169
- attenuatus 169
- echinata 169
- fischeri 169
- hispidus 169
- tenuicornis 169
- bilineatus 168
- conica 168
- neglectus 168
- obesa 168
- sikkimensis 168
- vagans 168
- fuscipes 167
- pauciflora 167
- procera 167
- arcuatus 166
- atratus 166
- minutum 166
700: elongatum (165)
[edit]- elongatum 165
- gressitti 165
- guianensis 165
- guttatus 165
- imperialis 165
- scutellata 165
- argentina 164
- cognata 164
- furcatus 164
- gracillima 164
- kaszabi 164
- longulus 164
- rostratus 164
- rupicola 164
- thoracicus 164
- virens 164
- bellus 163
- concinnus 163
- conspersa 163
- conspicua 163
- extensa 163
- nasuta 163
- tenuipes 163
- verrucosus 163
- amoenus 162
- antennalis 162
- flavida 162
- geniculata 162
- glandulosa 162
- imitans 162
- laxa 162
- levis 162
- spiralis 162
- ambiguus 161
- angustatus 161
- brevicauda 161
- coronatus 161
- rotunda 161
- sauteri 161
- sumatrensis 161
- tomentosus 161
- zebra 161
- secunda 160
- bolivari 159
- caerulescens 159
- cana 159
- constrictus 159
- denticulatus 159
- dimorpha 159
- longiceps 159
- longispina 159
- rugicollis 159
- williamsi 159
- granulosa 158
- opacus 158
- paniculata 158
- parvifolia 158
- saxicola 158
- strigosa 158
- bispinosa 157
- flaviventris 157
- imitator 157
- japonicum 157
- limbatus 157
- luteola 157
- mediterranea 157
- munda 157
- persica 157
- pinguis 157
- rubripes 157
- separata 157
- soror 157
- spicata 157
- aethiops 156
- axillaris 156
- citrina 156
- coloradensis 156
- dilatata 156
- flaviceps 156
- fraterna 156
- lurida 156
- batesi 155
- coccinea 155
- johnsoni 155
- laetus 155
- nodosa 155
- olivaceus 155
- peruvianus 155
- zonata 155
- barbatus 154
- columbiana 154
- jordani 154
- murina 154
- nutans 154
- auriculata 153
- cephalotes 153
- floridanus 153
- helenae 153
- obsoletus 153
- perplexus 153
800: viridescens (153)
[edit]- viridescens 153
- autumnalis 152
- breviceps 152
- convexa 152
- jacobsoni 152
- ruber 152
- simillima 152
- utahensis 152
- convergens 151
- incana 151
- mandibularis 151
- nasutus 151
- petiolata 151
- abyssinica 150
- congoensis 150
- nigerrima 150
- plicata 150
- propinquus 150
- pungens 150
- sinuosa 150
- teres 150
- bipunctatus 149
- crinita 149
- festiva 149
- gardneri 149
- mira 149
- multiflora 149
- racemosa 149
- recta 149
- wheeleri 149
- andina 148
- argentata 148
- curtus 148
- fimbriatus 148
- gibbosa 148
- himalayensis 148
- hispanica 148
- longiseta 148
- piceus 148
- pini 148
- rufipennis 148
- sumatranus 148
- terrestris 148
- excelsa 147
- eximius 147
- jucunda 147
- acutipennis 146
- ampla 146
- decoratus 146
- fuscata 146
- horrida 146
- obovata 146
- praecox 146
- punctulatus 146
- angularis 145
- frigida 145
- fuscescens 145
- heterophylla 145
- hookeri 145
- intricata 145
- mixtus 145
- pictipennis 145
- antarcticus 144
- cuprea 144
- fletcheri 144
- glaber 144
- lunata 144
- milleri 144
- plumosa 144
- spinulosa 144
- stenophylla 144
- surinamensis 144
- verticillata 144
- wallacei 144
- wrightii 144
- aureus 143
- excavatus 143
- lucens 143
- rufithorax 143
- setigera 143
- solitaria 143
- subfasciatus 143
- trilineata 143
- wagneri 143
- cognatus 142
- hirtus 142
- inflatus 142
- lobatus 142
- papuanus 142
- patens 142
- saxatilis 142
- tuberosa 142
- weberi 142
- aenea 141
- alpestris 141
- approximata 141
- atlanticus 141
- flavifrons 141
- horridus 141
- integra 141
900: malaisei (141)
[edit]- malaisei 141
- microps 141
- pauper 141
- pumilio 141
- rivularis 141
- schultzei 141
- taylori 141
- albus 140
- alternata 140
- dives 140
- erubescens 140
- magnificus 140
- maximus 140
- obscurior 140
- oregonensis 140
- papuensis 140
- plaumanni 140
- trimaculata 140
- caucasicus 139
- jacksoni 139
- macrocarpa 139
- papillosa 139
- penicillata 139
- pringlei 139
- albipes 138
- beccarii 138
- collina 138
- excellens 138
- excisa 138
- expansa 138
- hybrida 138
- palpalis 138
- rubiginosa 138
- sibiricus 138
- silvicola 138
- typica 138
- apiculata 137
- carbonaria 137
- diluta 137
- evanescens 137
- femorata 137
- globosus 137
- lanata 137
- luctuosus 137
- medius 137
- nitidula 137
- rubens 137
- schwarzi 137
- verticalis 137
- adusta 136
- bracteata 136
- indistincta 136
- luzonensis 136
- rothschildi 136
- sylvestris 136
- tenuifolia 136
- conferta 135
- crenata 135
- desertorum 135
- evansi 135
- granulosus 135
- hastata 135
- helleri 135
- parkeri 135
- riparia 135
- scalaris 135
- scandens 135
- spinifer 135
- tropica 135
- albidus 134
- aperta 134
- banksi 134
- bullata 134
- cyaneus 134
- freyi 134
- montanum 134
- patula 134
- reflexa 134
- butleri 133
- calcaratus 133
- championi 133
- disjuncta 133
- elata 133
- falcatus 133
- floribunda 133
- aeneus 132
- curvipes 132
- duplicata 132
- glabrata 132
- incisus 132
- nudus 132
- orbicularis 132
- peninsularis 132
- pullus 132
- sachalinensis 132
- sparsus 132
- aurora 131
- claripennis 131
- ingens 131
- latipes 131
1000: oberthuri (131)
[edit]- oberthuri 131
- peregrinus 131
- pusillum 131
- quadrimaculatus 131
- staudingeri 131
- victoriae 131
- zonatus 131
For more: User:Pengo/Latin/Most Common Epithets 1 — the complete version of this list, starting with the top 6000.
Also: Top 100 unfilled — The top epithets which have not yet been added to Wiktionary.
More info: User:Pengo/Latin for more information and other lists sorted in different ways