39. Poecilomelitta ornata Popov, 1951

(Fig. 39a–e)

Poecilomelitta ornata Popov, 1951: 577, ♂.

Type locality: Jeddah, Makkah Province (Saudi Arabia).

Published (original) locality: “Dzhedda, Aravia”.

Lectotype (designated here): ♂, N 114, [Saudi Arabia, Makkah Province, Jeddah, 39°10′N 21°32′E], [February, N.N. Zhehzhurist leg.] // Poecilomelitta ornata Popov, Typ. V. Popov, 1950 [handwritten by V. Popov] // Lectotypus Poecilomelitta ornata Popov, 1951, desidn. Astafurova & Proshchalykin, 2024 <red label> // Meliturgula ornata, ♂, Det. Patiny 2002 // Zoological Institute St. Petersburg INS_HYM_0002597.

Paralectotypes: 2 ♀, the same label as in the lectotype.

Current status. Meliturgula (Popovmeliturgula) ornata (Popov, 1951) (according to Michener 2007: 293).

Distribution. Saudi Arabia (Popov 1951).