Poecilomelitta dzheddaensis Popov 1951

37. Poecilomelitta dzheddaensis Popov, 1951 (Fig. 37a–d) Poecilomelitta dzheddaensis Popov, 1951: 579, ♂. Type locality: Jeddah, Makkah Province (Saudi Arabia). Published (original) locality: “Dzhedda, Aravia”. Holotype: ♂, N 114 [Saudi Arabia, Makkah Province, Jeddah, 39°10′N 21°32′E], [February, N.N. Zhehzhurist leg.] // Poecilomelitta dzheddaensis Popov, Typ. V. Popov, 1950 [handwritten by V. Popov] // Holotypus Poecilomelitta dzheddaensis Popov, 1951 <red label> // Meliturgula minima, ♂, Det. Patiny 2002 // Zoological Institute St. Petersburg INS_HYM_0002627. Current status. Meliturgula (Meliturgula) scriptifrons (Walker, 1871) (according to Michener 2007: 293). Distribution. Africa, Saudi Arabia (Ascher & Pickering 2024).