Entity:

Authorship

SN2000 author citation

Urios et al., 2008, nom. praeocc.

Eponymous persons

Melite: ["Μελίτη"] Greek mythology: the "gracious" Nereid (a sea-nymph) of the calm seas Ref: 2020-present: [4 May 2026]. ("referring to the marine origin")

Attributes

Illegitimate name (nom. illeg.) [ICNP, 2025: Rule 51b]				Ref: LPSN, 2020-present. LPSN: [4 May 2026] ("illegitimate name").
Later homonym (nom. illeg.[: praeocc.]) [ICNP, 2022: Rule 51b(5) (>2000: ICNP/ICZN/ICN)]				Ref: LPSN, 2020-present. LPSN: [4 May 2026] ("Later homonym of ... Péron and Lesueur 1810 (Scyphozoa, Cnidaria) and ... Lamouroux 1812 (Anthozoa, Cnidaria).").

Types

Type, by monotypy

Melitea salexigens Urios et al. 2008

Homonyms

Senior homonym (unavailable)

Melitea (Genus) Rafinesque, 1815, orth. inval.

Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present: [<4 May 2026].

Synonyms

Accepted name (objective)	:	*Neomelitea* (Genus) Deshmukh and Oren 2023		Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [4 May 2026] ("homotypic").
Replacement name	:	*Neomelitea* (Genus) Deshmukh and Oren 2023		Ref: Deshmukh & Oren, 2023: title. [new]