Lithomelissa, , Nishimura, 1990

Trubovitz, Sarah, Renaudie, Johan, Lazarus, David & Noble, Paula, 2022, Late Neogene Lophophaenidae (Nassellaria, Radiolaria) from the eastern equatorial Pacific, Zootaxa 5160 (1), pp. 1-158 : 50

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5160.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10544198
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scientific name	Lithomelissa
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Lithomelissa View in CoL View at ENA ? sakaii O’Connor, 2000

Lithomelissa ? sakaii n. sp., O’Connor, 2000, pl. 2, figs. 9A–15.

Remarks. Like Lithomelissa maureenae O’Connor, 1997 , this species has an atypical skeletal structure within the cephalis. In addition, it has very strong feet/wings that extend below the thorax, which are not present in most Lithomelissa species. Future work may find that this species fits better in a different genus, but since we did not observe it we do not make a formal transfer here.