That’s what happened with a South American worm salamander originally named Oedipus complex (and its relative, rex), so when it was renamed Oedipina to avoid multiple usage, the original joke ...

Tamaqua Area fifth grade students, from left, Layton Laybourn and Gabe Schuler, show Susan Reier, a Schuylkill County Conservancy volunteer, a critter they found in the creek at Locust Lake State Park ...