Taxa described in 1878

Luehdorfia is a genus of butterflies in the family Papilionidae. It contains the following species: Luehdorfia chinensis Leech, 1893 – Chinese luehdorfia Luehdorfia japonica Leech, 1889– Japanese luehdorfia Luehdorfia longicaudata Lee, 1982 Luehdorfia puziloi (Erschoff, 1872)

Absidia is a genus of fungi in the family Cunninghamellaceae. Absidia species are ubiquitous in most environments where they are often associated with warm decaying plant matter, such as compost heaps. Some species in the genus can cause phycomycosis.

Isophya is a genus of bush crickets, in the tribe Barbitistini, found from mainland Europe to western Asia.

Hyalothyrus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae, in which it is placed in tribe Entheini.

genus of insects

Saribia is a genus of butterflies in the family Riodinidae.

The Achlyodidini (sometimes – but apparently in error – spelled Achylodidini) are a tribe in the skipper butterfly subfamily Pyrginae. Many species of them are notable for their (by skipper butterfly standards) gaudy colors and the unusually-shaped wings, which look as if the forewing tips have been squarely cut off. They are only found in the Americas, with few occurring out of tropical areas.

Pithauria is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Cyclosemia is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Halpe is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.

Plagioscyphus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Sapindaceae. Its native range is Madagascar.

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species of plant

Ectomis is a genus of Neotropical and Nearctic butterflies in the family Hesperiidae (Eudaminae).

Dichomera is a genus of fungi in the family Botryosphaeriaceae. There are 39 species.

Paranectria is a genus of fungi in the class Sordariomycetes. It consisted of three species in 2008, in 2023 it had 8 species.

Sympterichthys is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Brachionichthyidae, the handfishes. These fishes are endemic to Australia.

Cyamioidea is a superfamily of bivalve mollusks in the superorder of Imparidentia. It was described by Sars in 1878. There is currently no widespread consensus as to which taxa belong in Cyamioidea, but it currently contains the families of Cyamiidae, Gaimardiidae, and Sportellidae. The group is suspected to be polyphyletic.

Phacellothrix is a genus of flowering plants in the pussy's-toes tribe within the daisy family.

Entosiphon is a genus of euglenids. It was described by Friedrich Stein in 1878.

Eurytheca is a genus of fungi in the family Myriangiaceae.

Pisinna is a genus of gastropods belonging to the family Anabathridae.

Actinus is a genus of beetles of the Staphylinidae family, Staphylininae subfamily, first described by Charles Adolphe Albert Fauvel in 1878.

Cecidostiba is a genus of parasitoid wasps in the tribe Pteromalini. All species in the genus are parasitoids of gall wasps (Cynipidae) on Quercus, Castanea and Acer.

Geckobia is a genus of parasitic mites in the family Pterygosomatidae.

Trichosphaerium is a genus of amoebozoan protists that present extraordinary morphological transformations, both in size and shape, during their life cycle. They can present a test that may or may not be covered in spicules. They are related to the family Microcoryciidae, which contains other amoebae with tests, within the clade Corycidia of the phylum Amoebozoa.