Late Neogene Lophophaenidae (Nassellaria, Radiolaria) from the eastern equatorial Pacific Author Trubovitz, Sarah Author Renaudie, Johan Author Lazarus, David Author Noble, Paula text Zootaxa 2022 2022-07-04 5160 1 1 158 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5160.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5160.1.1 1175­5334 10544058 A9179C79-EE43-44E4-8723-919505500049 Lithomelissa sp. A Plate 20, Figs. 1A – 5 . Lithomelissa brevispicula Popofsky, Trubovitz et al. , 2020 , supplementary data 7. Remarks. This species was misidentified as Lithomelissa brevispicula Popofsky in Trubovitz et al., 2020 . Unlike the Popofsky species, this species has a clear distinction between the cephalis and thorax segments. The cephalis is relatively large, sometimes approximately the same length as the cephalis, and the apical spine passes through the center of the cephalis. Material examined. 12 specimens observed from samples 321-1337A-12H-5, 23–26cm (Late Miocene), 321-1337A-7H- 6, 104–107cm (Early Pliocene), 321-1337A-6H-3, 29–32cm (Late Pliocene), 321-1337A-5H-5, 11–14cm (Late Pliocene), 321-1337A-4H- 6, 115–118cm (Early Pleistocene), and 321-1337A-3H- 2, 103–106cm (Middle Pleistocene). Range. Latest Miocene—Middle Pleistocene, EEP ( Table 1 ).