Hawaii | United States Geological Survey | University of Hawaii | Hawaii Five-O | Ordnance Survey | Coast Survey | Biological specimen | British Geological Survey | Hawaii Five-0 | Biological membrane | Sloan Digital Sky Survey | Kailua, Honolulu County, Hawaii | Territory of Hawaii | Geological Survey of Canada | Queen Emma of Hawaii | Marine Corps Base Hawaii | Marine Biological Laboratory | Archaeological Survey of India | survey | International Union of Biological Sciences | Dominion Land Survey | California Geological Survey | University of Hawaii at Manoa | South Georgia Survey | Hilo, Hawaii | Convention on Biological Diversity | biological pest control | Biological classification | Wahiawa, Hawaii | U.S. National Geodetic Survey |
In 2002, the species was named after the model and actress Carmen Electra by Neal Evenhuis, former president of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature and senior entomologist at the Hawaii Biological Survey.