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Melia Berthold, 1827

Lybia tessellata
Lybia tessellata

205074  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205074)

 unaccepted (name pre-occupied by Melia Bosc, 1813 [Crustacea])
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  1. Species Melia brevipes Haswell, 1881 accepted as Litocheira bispinosa Kinahan, 1856 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  2. Species Melia caestifer Alcock, 1898 accepted as Lybia caestifera (Alcock, 1898) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  3. Species Melia pugil Alcock, 1898 accepted as Lybia pugil (Alcock, 1898) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  4. Species Melia quadridentata Latreille, 1828 accepted as Pseudorhombila quadridentata (Latreille, 1828) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  5. Species Melia tessellata (Latreille in Milbert, 1812) accepted as Lybia tessellata (Latreille in Milbert, 1812) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  6. Species Melia tresselata (Latreille in Milbert, 1812) accepted as Lybia tessellata (Latreille in Milbert, 1812) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
Berthold, A.A. (1827). Naturliche Familien des Thierreichs aus dem Franzosischen. Mit Anmerkungen und Zusätzen. Landes-Industrie Comptoirs, Weimar, x + 606 pp. [details] OpenAccess publication
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Melia Berthold, 1827. Accessed at: https://www.decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205074 on 2025-09-11
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original description Berthold, A.A. (1827). Naturliche Familien des Thierreichs aus dem Franzosischen. Mit Anmerkungen und Zusätzen. Landes-Industrie Comptoirs, Weimar, x + 606 pp. [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Bouvier, E.L. (1915). Decapodes marcheurs (Reptantia) et Stomatopodes recueillis a l'ile Maurice par M. Paul Carie. Bull. Scient. Fr. Belg. 3 (48): 178-318. (look up in IMIS) [details] 
Unreviewed
Synonymy Preoccupied name: Rathbun (1904: not seen) in Bouvier (1915) <204>. Bouvier does not follow Rathbun; more recent authors seem to do. [details]
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