Melittia oedipus Oberthür, 1878

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Higher taxa:	Sesiidae (family)/  Sesiinae (subfamily)/  Melittiini (tribe)/  Melittia (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Oberthür, 1878
Citation:	Melittia Œdipus, Oberthür
Original genus:	Melittia
Publication:	Oberthür C. 1878. Etude sur la faune des lépidoptères de la côte orientale d'Afrique.
Journal:	Etudes d'Entomologie
Volume:	3
Issue:
Pagination:	30–31; pl. 3, fig. 1
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10888729

Melittia oedipus (1)

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Taxonomic note:

See also T. D. Eichlin (1995: 47), O. G. Gorbunov & Y. Arita (1997: 295).

Gorbunov O. G. & Arita Y. 1997. A revision of Ferdinand Le Cerf's clearwing moth types (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae), kept at the Paris Museum. II. Melittiini in the Afrotropical Region.

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Melittia oedipus Oberthür, 1878	Holotype	♂	MNHN	Holotype ♂, MNHN (see Y. Arita et al. 2021: 29).	Tanzania	[Tanzania], Zanzibar, leg. Raffray.	Arita Y., Gorbunov O. G., Kallies A. & Yata N. 2021. Historical type specimens of Sesiidae species kept in European museums. page 30–31; pl. 3, fig. 1

Distribution note:

Records of South Africa (Hampson 1919a: 85) and Zimbabwe (Strand 1917c: 11, as thoracalis) refer to Melittia ignidiscata (Bartsch 2016b: 109).

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Melittia oedipus Oberthür, 1878	Equatorial Guinea		Strand E. 1913d. Zoologische Ergebnisse der Expedition des Herrn G. Tessmann nach Süd-Kamerun und Spanisch-Guinea. Lepidoptera IV. (Verschiedene Familien). page 68 (as oedipoides)
Melittia oedipus Oberthür, 1878	Kenya		Eichlin T. D. 1995. New data and a redescription for Melittia oedipus, an African vine borer (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae). page 48
Melittia oedipus Oberthür, 1878	Malawi		Strand E. 1917d. Neue und wenig bekannte Nebenformen von Syntomididen. page 11 (as thoracalis)
Melittia oedipus Oberthür, 1878	Saudi Arabia		Bartsch D. 2016b. Melittia fiebigi spec. nov. and Afromelittia caerulea spec. nov., two new Melittiini from southern Africa (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae). page 109
Melittia oedipus Oberthür, 1878	Tanzania	Zanzibar (Unguja)	Oberthür C. 1878. Etude sur la faune des lépidoptères de la côte orientale d'Afrique. page 30
Melittia oedipus Oberthür, 1878	Yemen		Petersen M. 2001. Sesiidae aus dem Jemen. page 574
Melittia oedipus Oberthür, 1878	Zimbabwe		Strand E. 1917d. Neue und wenig bekannte Nebenformen von Syntomididen. page 11 (as thoracalis)

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Melittia oedipus Oberthür, 1878	Coccinia grandis	Cucurbitaceae	Tanzania	Eichlin T. D. 1995. New data and a redescription for Melittia oedipus, an African vine borer (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae). page 48

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Melittia oedipus (1)

Melittia thoracalis (1)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Melittia oedipoides Strand, 1913	Strand, 1913	species	Synonym	Melittia oedipoides
Melittia oedippus Le Cerf, 1917	Le Cerf, 1917	species	Misapplied	Melittia oedippus
Melittia thoracalis Strand, 1917	Strand, 1917	species	Misapplied	Melittia thoracalis