Melanohalea ushuaiensis is a species of lichen in the family Parmeliaceae.

It was first formally described in 1917 by Alexander Zahlbruckner as Parmelia ushuaiensis.

[2] Ted Esslinger transferred to the new genus Melanelia in 1978, which he circumscribed to contain the brown parmeliae species.

[3] In 2004, it was moved to the newly created genus Melanohalea.

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