Longest animal name
- Who
- Parastratiosphecomyia stratiosphecomyioides
- When
- 01 January 0001
The longest scientific binomial name given to any animal is Parastratiosphecomyia stratiosphecomyioides (containing 42 letters), which is a species of stratiomyid fly with a metallic green thorax and abdomen, known as the soldier fly.