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Taxa in this genus:
* EUMALLOPODA Wallengren 1858 - Junior subjective synonym
* PANSA Wallengren 1865 - Junior subjective synonym
* PARASA Wallengren 1863 - Junior homonym
abyssiniensis Hampson 1919 - Valid Name
acosmetes Hampson 1919 - Valid Name
aethiopica Le Cerf 1917 - Valid Name
ambigua Snellen 1901 - Valid Name
amblyphaea Hampson 1919 - Valid Name
amboinensis Felder 1861 - Valid Name
* asiatica Le Cerf 1917 - Junior subjective synonym
* celebica Le Cerf 1916 - Junior subjective synonym
* doddi Le Cerf 1916 - Junior subjective synonym
erythrina Diakonoff 1954 - Valid Name
* javana Le Cerf 1916 - Junior subjective synonym
* meeki Le Cerf 1916 - Junior subjective synonym
arcangelii Giacomelli 1911 - Valid Name
astarte Westwood 1848 - Valid Name
aureosquamata Wallengren 1863 - Valid Name
* houlberti Le Cerf 1917 - Junior subjective synonym
auriplumia Hampson 1910 - Valid Name
* laboissierei Le Cerf 1917 - Junior subjective synonym
aurociliata Aurivillius 1879 - Valid Name
azrael Le Cerf 1914 - Valid Name
barnesi Dalla Torre 1925 - Valid Name
* superba Barnes & Lindsey 1922 - Unavailable name: Infrasubspecific name
* lindseyi Barnes & Benjamin 1925 - Junior subjective synonym
batchiana Le Cerf 1917 - Valid Name
bergii Edwards 1884 - Valid Name
binghami de Nicéville 1900 - Valid Name
* burmana Le Cerf 1916 - Junior subjective synonym
bombyliformis Cramer 1782 - Valid Name
* anthedoniformis Hübner 1819 - Junior subjective synonym
* arrecta Meyrick 1918 - Junior subjective synonym
* bombylipennis Boisduval 1875 - Junior subjective synonym
* chalciformis Fabricius 1793 - Junior subjective synonym
boulleti Le Cerf 1917 - Valid Name
brabanti Le Cerf 1916 - Valid Name
brevicornis Aurivillius 1905 - Valid Name
butleri Druce 1883 - Valid Name
calabaza Duckworth & Eichlin 1973 - Valid Name
callosoma Hampson 1919 - Valid Name
chalconota Hampson 1910 - Valid Name
* congoana Le Cerf 1916 - Junior subjective synonym
chalybescens Miskin 1892 - Valid Name
* proserpina Hampson 1919 - Junior subjective synonym
chimana Le Cerf 1916 - Valid Name
chlorophila Hering 1935 - Valid Name
chrysobapta Hampson 1919 - Valid Name
chrysogaster Walker, F. 1864 - Valid Name
congruens Swinhoe 1890 - Valid Name
* dorsatiformis Hampson 1891 - Junior subjective synonym
cucurbitae Harris 1828 - Valid Name
* amoena Edwards 1882 - Junior subjective synonym
* ceto Westwood 1848 - Junior subjective synonym
cyaneifera Walker, F. 1856 - Valid Name
* reducta Le Cerf 1917 - Junior subjective synonym
dichroipus Hampson 1919 - Valid Name
distincta Le Cerf 1916 - Valid Name
dolens Druce 1899 - Valid Name
ectothyris Hampson 1919 - Valid Name
elaea Hampson 1919 - Valid Name
endoxantha Hampson 1919 - Valid Name
eurytion Westwood 1848 - Valid Name
* strigipennis Walker, F. 1864 - Junior subjective synonym
flaviventris Hampson 1919 - Valid Name
formosana Matsumura 1911 - Valid Name
funebris Le Cerf 1917 - Valid Name
funesta Le Cerf 1917 - Valid Name
gigantea Moore 1879 - Valid Name
* humerosa Swinhoe 1892 - Junior subjective synonym
tigripes Diakonoff 1954 - Valid Name
haematopis Fawcett 1916 - Valid Name
gloriosa Edwards 1880 - Valid Name
grande Strecker 1881 - Valid Name
* beckeri Druce 1892 - Junior subjective synonym
* hermosa Engelhardt 1946 - Junior subjective synonym
hampsoni Beutenmüller 1894 - Objective replacement name: Valid Name
* grandis Hampson 1892 - Junior homonym
hervei Le Cerf 1917 - Valid Name
hyaloxantha Meyrick 1928 - Valid Name
imperator Rothschild 1911 - Valid Name
indica Butler 1874 - Valid Name
* bombyliformis Walker, F. 1856 - Junior subjective synonym
* sumatrana Le Cerf 1916 - Junior subjective synonym
inouei Arita & Yata 1987 - Valid Name
iridisquama Mabille 1890 - Valid Name
josepha Le Cerf 1916 - Valid Name
khmer Le Cerf 1917 - Valid Name
kuluana Moore 1888 - Valid Name
lagopus Boisduval 1874 - Valid Name
lanireniis Wallengren 1860 - Valid Name
latimargo Butler 1874 - Valid Name
lentistriata Hampson 1919 - Valid Name
leucogaster Hampson 1919 - Valid Name
louisa Le Cerf 1916 - Valid Name
madureae Le Cerf 1916 - Valid Name
magnifica Beutenmüller 1899 - Valid Name
marangana Le Cerf 1916 - Valid Name
moluccaensis Hampson 1919 - Valid Name
natalensis Butler 1874 - Valid Name
* aenescens Butler 1896 - Junior subjective synonym
* occidentalis Le Cerf 1917 - Junior subjective synonym
nepcha Moore 1879 - Valid Name
xanthodes Diakonoff 1954 - Valid Name
newara Moore 1879 - Valid Name
nipponica Arita & Yata 1987 - Valid Name
notabilis Swinhoe 1890 - Valid Name
oberthuri Le Cerf 1916 - Valid Name
oedipus Oberthür 1878 - Valid Name
* ignidiscata Hampson 1910 - Junior subjective synonym
* oedipoides Strand 1912 - Junior subjective synonym
* thoracalis Strand 1916 - Junior subjective synonym
pauper Le Cerf 1916 - Valid Name
pellecta Swinhoe 1890 - Valid Name
phorcus Westwood 1848 - Valid Name
pomponia Le Cerf 1911 - Valid Name
powelli Le Cerf 1916 - Valid Name
* chrysescens Schade 1939 - Junior subjective synonym
proxima Le Cerf 1917 - Valid Name
pulchripes Walker, F. 1856 - Valid Name
dangeloi Köhler 1972 - Valid Name
pyropis Hampson 1919 - Valid Name
riograndensis Brèthes 1920 - Valid Name
rufodorsa Hampson 1910 - Valid Name
rugia Druce 1910 - Valid Name
rutilipes Walker, F. 1864 - Valid Name
satyriniformis Hübner 1825 - Valid Name
scoliiformis Schade 1938 - Valid Name
siamica Walker, F. 1864 - Valid Name
* sumatrana Le Cerf 1916 - Junior subjective synonym
smithi Druce 1889 - Valid Name
snowii Edwards 1882 - Valid Name
staudingeri Boisduval 1874 - Valid Name
sulphureopyga Le Cerf 1916 - Valid Name
superba Rothschild 1909 - Valid Name
tabanus Le Cerf 1916 - Valid Name
umbrosa Zukowsky 1937 - Valid Name
ursipes Walker, F. 1856 - Valid Name
* hirtipes Boisduval 1874 - Junior subjective synonym
usambara Le Cerf 1917 - Valid Name
victrix Le Cerf 1916 - Valid Name
viridisquama Mabille 1890 - Valid Name
volatilis Swinhoe 1890 - Valid Name
xanthogaster Hampson 1919 - Valid Name
xanthopus Le Cerf 1916 - Valid Name
nigra Le Cerf 1917 - Valid Name
combusta Le Cerf 1916 - Valid Name
rufescens Le Cerf 1916 - Valid Name
MELITTIA Hübner [1819] - Valid Name
* MELITHA Kirby 1879 - Incorrect subsequent spelling
* microfenestrata Strand 1915 - Unavailable name: Infrasubspecific name
nagaii Arita & Gorbunov 1997 - Valid Name
gephyra Gaede 1933 - Valid Name
sangaica Moore 1890 - Valid Name
nipponica Arita & Yata 1987 - Valid Name
* thaumasia Turner 1917 - Junior subjective synonym
* MELITTINA Le Cerf 1917 - Junior subjective synonym
* NEOSPHECIA Le Cerf 1916 - Junior subjective synonym
* PODERIS Boisduval [1875] - Nomen nudum: Published as synonym and not validated before 1961
* PREMELITTIA Le Cerf 1916 - Junior subjective synonym
Current Comb:
MELITTIA aethiopica
Le Cerf, 1917
Original Comb:
MELITTIA
Le Cerf, 1917
MS Comb:
Superfamily:
Cossoidea
Family:
Sesiidae
Subfamily:
Sesiinae
Tribe:
Last updated by Peter Wing - 10/05/2011
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Distribution
Original publication details:
Scientific Name of Taxon:
aethiopica
Original Rank:
?
Current Status:
Valid Name
Current Rank:
SPECIES
Original Combination:
MELITTIA
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Le Cerf, 1917
Comments:
Original Description Reference:
Current valid name:
Current Valid Name:
MELITTIA aethiopica
Le Cerf, 1917
Comments:
Current Valid Name Reference:
No previously published combinations of this name have been recorded in this database.
The database contains no manuscript combinations for this taxon.
No lectotype or neotype designated.
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The database contains no additional references for this taxon.
Zoogeographic regions:
W Palaearctic
Afrotropical
New Zealand
E Palaearctic
Malagasy
Nearctic
Oriental
Australasian
Neotropical