Taxa with fairytale-esque names

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I recently figured out that the scientific name of Draeculacephala, a genus of leafhoppers that’s extremely common in my lawn, means “little dragon head”. Now I’m curious about the translation of other scientific names with “draco” in them…

There are a couple species of praying mantises with the common name “Dragon Mantis”, but Stenophylla cornigera looks the most convincing to me.

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