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<blockquote data-quote="joekroex" data-source="post: 3954028" data-attributes="member: 32099"><p>I was mistaken. I was basically trying to rehash the ideas that have been discussed here before.</p><p></p><p>What I did find though was that apart from <em>Pytilia</em> and <em>Tachymarptis</em>, <em>melba</em> has been used for:</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">a bee: <em>Andrena melba</em><br /> OD: K. Warncke. 'Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Bienengattung <em>Andrena</em> F. im Kaukasus, mit Beschreibung einer neuen Art aus Südeuropa (Hymenoptera)' <em>Acta Entomologica Bohemoslovaca</em> 63 (1966): 116–127; (OD not traced)<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">butterflies:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Thecla melba</em> (= <em>Erora melba</em> syn.)<br /> OD: W.C. Hewitson. <em>Illustrations of Diurnal Lepidoptera</em>, Vol. 1 Text, <a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95252#page/254/mode/1up" target="_blank">202</a>, Vol. 2, Plates, pl. <a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95699#page/191/mode/1up" target="_blank">80</a>. London: John Van Voorst, 1877;</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Letis melba</em> (= <em>Feigeria melba</em> syn.)<br /> OD: C. Felder and A.F. Rogenhofer. <em>Lepidoptera. Atlas</em>. Pt 9, Bd. 2, Abt. 2 of <em>Reise der österreichischen Fregatta Novarra um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair</em>, pl. <a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/16568#page/292/mode/1up" target="_blank">114</a>. Wien [Vienna]: Carl Gerold's Sohn, 1874 (plate only); </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Neptis melba</em> (= <em>Neptis armandia</em> syn.)<br /> OD: W.H. Evans. 'A List of Indian Butterflies' <em>Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society</em> 21, no. 2 (1912): <a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95301#page/696/mode/1up" target="_blank">558</a>, <a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95301#page/716/mode/1up" target="_blank">578</a>;</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">a fish: <em>Amphichaetodon melbae</em><br /> OD: W.E. Burgess and D.K. Caldwell in W.E. Burgess. <em>Butterflyfishes of the World. A Monograph of the Family Chaetodontidae</em>. Neptune City, NJ: TFH Publications, 1978; (OD not traced)<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">a spider: <em>Tegenaria melbae</em><br /> OD: P.M. Brignoli. 'Terzo contributo alla conoscenza dei ragni cavernicoli di Turchia (Araneae)' <em>Fragmenta Entomologica</em> 8, no. 3 (1972): <a href="https://wsc.nmbe.ch/pdfdownload/b6b07765fde942c3afd5a06208ec1ea7wqD5MOj68OYnZij" target="_blank">171–173</a> – in Alpine Swift nests.</li> </ul><p></p><p>None of which seem to help us here.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="joekroex, post: 3954028, member: 32099"] I was mistaken. I was basically trying to rehash the ideas that have been discussed here before. What I did find though was that apart from [I]Pytilia[/I] and [I]Tachymarptis[/I], [I]melba[/I] has been used for: [LIST] [*]a bee: [I]Andrena melba[/I] OD: K. Warncke. 'Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Bienengattung [I]Andrena[/I] F. im Kaukasus, mit Beschreibung einer neuen Art aus Südeuropa (Hymenoptera)' [I]Acta Entomologica Bohemoslovaca[/I] 63 (1966): 116–127; (OD not traced) [*]butterflies: [LIST] [*][I]Thecla melba[/I] (= [I]Erora melba[/I] syn.) OD: W.C. Hewitson. [I]Illustrations of Diurnal Lepidoptera[/I], Vol. 1 Text, [URL="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95252#page/254/mode/1up"]202[/URL], Vol. 2, Plates, pl. [URL="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95699#page/191/mode/1up"]80[/URL]. London: John Van Voorst, 1877; [*][I]Letis melba[/I] (= [I]Feigeria melba[/I] syn.) OD: C. Felder and A.F. Rogenhofer. [I]Lepidoptera. Atlas[/I]. Pt 9, Bd. 2, Abt. 2 of [I]Reise der österreichischen Fregatta Novarra um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair[/I], pl. [URL="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/16568#page/292/mode/1up"]114[/URL]. Wien [Vienna]: Carl Gerold's Sohn, 1874 (plate only); [*][I]Neptis melba[/I] (= [I]Neptis armandia[/I] syn.) OD: W.H. Evans. 'A List of Indian Butterflies' [I]Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society[/I] 21, no. 2 (1912): [URL="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95301#page/696/mode/1up"]558[/URL], [URL="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95301#page/716/mode/1up"]578[/URL]; [/LIST] [*]a fish: [I]Amphichaetodon melbae[/I] OD: W.E. Burgess and D.K. Caldwell in W.E. Burgess. [I]Butterflyfishes of the World. A Monograph of the Family Chaetodontidae[/I]. Neptune City, NJ: TFH Publications, 1978; (OD not traced) [*]a spider: [I]Tegenaria melbae[/I] OD: P.M. Brignoli. 'Terzo contributo alla conoscenza dei ragni cavernicoli di Turchia (Araneae)' [I]Fragmenta Entomologica[/I] 8, no. 3 (1972): [URL="https://wsc.nmbe.ch/pdfdownload/b6b07765fde942c3afd5a06208ec1ea7wqD5MOj68OYnZij"]171–173[/URL] – in Alpine Swift nests. [/LIST] None of which seem to help us here. [/QUOTE]
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