https://www.kerbtier.de/Pages/Content/enGlossar.html, http://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/frank/KISS/kiss5.htm
- aff. – affinis · having affinity with but not identical to
- auct. – auctorum · of authors (written like that by various authors)
- ca. – circa · about (refers to dates)
- cf. – confer · compare with
- coll. – in collectionem · in the collection (usually followed by the name of a collection or museum)
- det. – determinavit · determined by
- e.g. – exempli gratia · for example
- et al. – et alii · and others
- etc. – et cetera · (and the rest), and so on
- ex. – exemplar · example or specimen (the plural is written exx.)
- ibid. – ibidem · from the same place
- id. – idem · the same
- i.e. – id est · that is (to say), or in other words
- in coll. – in collectionem · in the collection (usually followed by the name of a collection or museum)
- indet. – indeterminans · unidentified
- in litt. – in litteris · in correspondence
- leg. – legit · he, she, or it collected
- loc. cit. – loco citato · in the place (work, paper, etc. cited)
- n.b. – nota bene · take good note
- op. cit. – opere citato · in the work cited
- p. – pagina · page (singular; plural is paginae, abbreviated pp.)
- q.v. – quod vide · see (for which, see)
- s.l. – sensu lato · in the broad sense
- sp. – species · species (singular; plural is species, abbreviated as spp.)
- sp. nov. – species nova · new species (singular; plural is species novae, abbreviated as spp. nov.)
- ssp. – subspecies · subspecies (singular; plural is subspecies, abbreviated sspp.)
- s. str. – sensu stricto · in the strict sense. Added after a taxon to mean the taxon is being used in the sense of the original author, or without taxa which may otherwise be associated with it.
- viz. – videlicet · namely