Melithaea maldivensis ( Ofwegen, 1987 )

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Melithaea maldivensis ( Ofwegen, 1987)

Clathraria maldivensis Ofwegen, 1987: 17–20 , fig. 9–11 ( Maldives).

Opinion: This species does occur in the region.

Justification:

Literature analysis: This species was originally described as Clathraria maldivenis and Ofwegen & Vennam (1991), Venkataraman et al. (2004), and Kumar et al. (2019) just list the species.