Schalk Jacobus Botha de Meillon, South African entomologist (Prieska, Cape Province 15 October 1902 – Philadelphia, USA 06 December 2000)
Authored 189 papers
DESCRIBED TAXA
Diptera
Genera & Subgenera
Ankylohelea 1987 with Wirth
Capehelea 1987 with Wirth
Fanthamia 1939
Kolenohelea 1981 with Wirth
Luciamyia 1937
Notoceratopogon 1986 with Downes
Pedilohelea 1980 with Wirth
Rhinohelea 1979 with Wirth
Species
423 being 219 in Ceratopogonidae and 37 in Simuliidae
Siphonaptera
Genera
Cryptopsylla 1949
Epirimia 1940
Macroscelidopsylla 1958
Species
38
Acari
Species
At least 2 (Echinonyssus latiscutatus 1944 & Myonyssoides spinosus 1944 both with Lavoipierre)
HONORS
Demeillonia Hopkins & Rothschild 1956 (Siphonaptera)
Demeillonius Davidson 1980 (Diptera)
Bothamia Meiswinkel 1987 (Diptera)
Bothahelea Grogan & Wirth 1983 (Diptera)
Subgenus Meilloniellum Rubtsov 1962 (Diptera)