Melanothamnus somalensis Bornet & Falkenberg in Falkenberg, 1901: 684–688, pl. 21: figs. 14–18 (type locality: Somalia).—De Toni, 1903: 1250.— De Toni, 1924: 448.— Kylin, 1956: 554.— Wynne & Banaimoon, 1990: 216–218, figs. 8–12.— Banaimoon, 1992: 165, table I.— Ormond & Banaimoon, 1994: 119.
Misapplied name (fide Shameel, pers. comm.):
Odonthalia washingtonensis.—Shameel, 1990: 430, table I.— Shameel & J. Tanaka, 1992: 54.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Oman (Kuria Muria Islands), Pakistan, Somalia, Yemen.