Taxa described in 1917

The Synlestidae are a family of damselflies commonly known as sylphs or malachites. They occur in Sub-Saharan Africa, Australia, Asia and the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean.

Neodiplothele is a genus of South American brushed trapdoor spiders first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1917.

Pycnothele is a genus of South American mygalomorph spiders in the family Pycnothelidae. First described by Ralph Vary Chamberlin in 1917, it was moved to the funnel-web trapdoor spiders in 1985, but moved back to Pycnothelidae in 2020. It is a senior synonym of Agersborgia and Androthelopsis.

Mimene is an Australasian genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

The Dothioraceae are a family of fungi in the order Dothideales. Species in this family have a widespread distribution, and are biotrophic or necrotrophic, usually associated with woody plants.

The Cephalothecaceae are a family of fungi in the class Sordariomycetes. The family was circumscribed in 1917 by Austrian naturalist Franz Xaver Rudolf von Höhnel. Species in this family are saprobic, often growing on rotten wood or on other fungi. They are known to be distributed in northern temperate regions. The family was placed in a monotypic class Cephalothecales in Index Fungorum 424: 1 (2019).

thumb | right | Different types of Paratimea massutii sponge Paratimea is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Stelligeridae.

Eremothecella is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Arthoniaceae. The genus is widespread in tropical areas.

Tychaedon is a genus of passerine birds in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae that are found in Sub-Saharan Africa. It contains species that were formerly placed in the genus Cercotrichas.

Dragmacidon is a genus of sponges in the family Axinellidae, first described in 1917 by E.F.Hallman .

genus of plants

Lophodermella is a genus of fungi in the family Rhytismataceae. The genus contains nine species.

Limentinus is a genus of African leafhoppers in the subfamily Coelidiinae and tribe Coelidiini, erected by William Lucas Distant in 1917.

Allohelea is a genus of predaceous midges in the family Ceratopogonidae. There are more than 30 described species in Allohelea.

Cyclotheca is a genus of fungi in the family Microthyriaceae.

==Description== Harpiliopsis, meaning "harp-like form," is a genus of small shrimp belonging to the family Palaemonidae. They're known as flattened coral shrimp due to their laterally compressed bodies, adapted for life in coral reefs and crevices.

Pyrenothrix is a small genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Pyrenotrichaceae. It comprises two species of filamentous lichens, which are organisms formed by a symbiotic relationship between fungi and photosynthetic partners. The genus is characterized by its unique structure, featuring densely arranged filaments composed of cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) wrapped in fungal threads. Pyrenothrix species form dark greyish-brown growths on various surfaces, with one species found on tree bark and the other on leaves in tropical forests. The genus was circumscribed in 1917 by American scien

Losbanosia is a small genus of planthoppers from the family Derbidae, tribe Zoraidini, currently (2024) with 5 species. The species are found in eastern Asia from Japan and southern parts of far-eastern Russia in the North to the Philippines and "Indo-China" in the South. They can be easily recognized by the wavy or serrated hind margin of the forewings which is unique in the tribe Zoraidini. The shape of the forewing is further unusual in its club-like outline, forming a distinct angle at the hind margin, around one third from the wing base. The hind wings are much shorter than half the forew

Pycnothelidae is a family of mygalomorph spiders first described in 1917. It was downgraded to a subfamily of the funnel-web trapdoor spiders in 1985, but returned to family status in 2020.

Euterpnosia is a genus of cicada native to the island of Formosa, the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan, Hainan and mainland Asia - China, Bhutan, Nepal and Vietnam. The type species is Euterpnosia chibensis Matsumura, 1917. Until 2013 this genus was placed in the subtribe Leptopsaltriina, but is now considered typical of the subtribe Euterpnosiina .