GENERIC NAMES 



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Mansonia Blanchard, 1901, C.R. Soc. Biol., Paris 53 : 1046 

 (validated under the plenary powers) (gender : feminine) 

 (type species, by designation by Neveu-Lemaire, 1902 

 (Mem. Soc. zool. France 15 : 214) : Culex titillans Walker, 

 1848, List Dipt. Brit. Mus. (1) : 5) (Insecta, Diptera) 0. 550 



Mantelliceras Hyatt, 1903, Mon. U.S. geol. Surv. 44 : 113 

 (gender : neuter) (type species, by original designation : 

 Ammonites mantelli Sowerby, 1814, Min. Conch. 1 : 1 19, pi. 

 55) (Cephalopoda) 0. 557 



Mantes Geoffrey, 1762, Hist, abreg. Ins. Paris 1 : 399 (included 

 in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes) 0. 299 



Mantis Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1 : 425 (not made 

 available in the work cited; published as a term intermediate 

 between generic and specific names and not possessing the 

 status of a subgeneric name) 0. 299 



Mantis Linnaeus, 1767, Syst. Nat. (ed. 12) 1 (2) : 689 (gender 

 : feminine) (type species, by designation by Latreille, 1810 

 (Consid. gen. Anim. Crust. Arach. Ins. : 433, 247) : Gryllus 

 religiosus Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1 : 426) 

 (Insecta, Orthoptera) 0. 149 



Manucodia Boddaert, 1783, Tabl. PL enlum. Hist. not. Dau- 

 benton : 39 (gender : masculine) (type species, by monotypy 

 and through Opinion 67 and Article 67e (1961 Code) : 

 Paradisea [sic] chalybata Forster, 1781, Indische Zool. : 40) 

 (Aves) 0. 67, Direction 43, Direction 44 



MaretiaGray, 1855, Cat. rec. Echin. B.M. (1) Echin. Irreg. : 48 

 (gender : feminine) (type species, by monotypy : Spatangus 

 planulatus Lamarck, 1816, Hist. not. Anim. sans Vertebr. 3 

 : 31) (Echinoidea) 0. 608 



Margaritana Schumacher, 1817, Essai nouv. Syst. Habitations 

 Vers test. : 4 1 , 1 23 (a junior objective synonym of Margariti- 

 fera (emend, of Margartifera) Schumacher, 1816) 0. 495 



Margaritifera (emend, of Margartifera) Schumacher, 1816, 

 Overs. K. Dansk Vidensk. Selsk. Forhandl. Kjobenhavn 7 : 

 7 (gender : feminine) (type species, by monotypy : Mya 

 margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1 : 671) 

 (Bivalvia) 0. 495 



Margartifera Schumacher, 1816, Overs. K. Dansk. Vidensk. 



J Selsk. Forhandl. Kjobenhavn 7 : 7 (an incorrect original 



spelling for Margaritifera Schumacher, 1816) 0. 495 



Marginella [Renier], [1807], [Tav. serv. Class. Conn. Anim.] 

 : Tav. VII (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural 

 purposes) 0. 427 



Marginelligenus [Renier], [1807], [Tav. serv. Class. Conn. 

 Anim.] : Tav. VII (included in a work rejected for nomencla- 

 tural purposes) 0. 427 



Marginelligenus [Renier], [1807], [Tav. serv. Class. Conn. 

 Anim.] : Tav. VIII (included in a work rejected for nomencla- 

 tural purposes) 0. 427 



Marstonia Baker, 1 926, Trans. Wisconsin Acad. Sci. Arts 22 : 

 195 (gender : feminine) (type species, by original designation 

 : Amnicola lustrica Pilsbry, 1890, Nautilus 4 (5) : 53) 

 (Gastropoda) 0. 1108 



Marthamea Klapalek, 1907, Rospr. Ceske Akad. (2) 16 (16) : 

 19 (gender : feminine) (type species, by designation by 

 Klapalek, 1923 (Colls, zool. Selys Longchamps : 97) : Perla 

 vitripennis Burmeister, 1839, Handb. Entomol. 2 (2) : ii, 

 850) (Insecta, Plecoptera) 0. 1276 



M artinia McCoy, 1 844, Syn. Char. Carb. Limest. Foss. Ireland 

 : 128, 139 (gender : feminine) (type species, by designation 

 under the plenary powers : Spirifer glaber Sowerby, 1820, 

 Min. Conch. 3 : 123, pi. 269, as interpreted by the lectotype 

 designated and figured by Muir-Wood, 1951 (Ann. Mag. 

 not. Hist. (12) 4 : 111, pi. 3, figs. 2a-c)) (Brachiopoda) 0. 

 421 



Mastigodryas Amaral, 1934, Mems. Inst. Butantan 8 : 157 

 (gender : feminine) (type species, by monotypy : Mastigo- 

 dryas danieli Amaral, 1934, Mems. Inst. Butantan 8 : 158) 

 (Reptilia) 0. 1035 



Maurea Oliver, [20th] December 1926, Proc. malac. Soc. 

 London 17 (2/3) : 107, 108 (gender : feminine) (type species, 

 by original designation and through Opinion 479 and Article 

 67e (1961 Code) : Trochus tigris Gmelin, [1791], in Lin- 

 naeus, Syst. Nat. (ed. 13) 1 (6) : 3585, as interpreted by 

 reference to the holotype, namely the specimen figured by 

 Martyn, 1784 (Univ. Conch. 2 : fig. 75)) (Gastropoda) 0. 

 479 



Mauriella Oliver, 1926, Proc. malac. Soc. London 17 : 107, 109 

 (gender : feminine) (type species, by original designation : 

 [Trochus] punctulatus Martyn, 1784, Univ. Conch. 1 : fig. 

 36) (Gastropoda) 0. 479 



Mayaites Spath, 1924, Pal. ind. (n.s.) 9 : 9 (gender : masculine) 

 (type species, by original designation : Ammonites maya 

 Sowerby, 1840, Trans, geol. Soc. London (2) 5 : expl. to pi. 

 61, fig. 8) (Cephalopoda) 0. 471 



Mayorella Schaeffer, 1926, Taxonomy of the Amebas : 56 

 (gender : feminine) (type species, by original designation : 

 Amoeba bigemma Schaeffer, 1918, Trans, amer. micros. 

 Soc. 94 : 80-88) ruled under the plenary powers to be given 

 precedence over the generic name Dactylamoeba Korotneff, 

 1880 whenever the two names are considered synonyms 

 (Rhizopoda) 0. 1344 



Mechanitis Fabricius, 1807, Mag.f. Insektenk. (Illiger) 6 : 284 

 (validated under the plenary powers) (gender : feminine) 

 (type species, by designation by Scudder, 1875 (Proc. amer. 

 Acad. Arts Sci., Boston 10 : 212) : Papilio polymnia Lin- 

 naeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1 : 466) (Insecta, Lepidop- 

 tera) 0. 232 



Mechanitis [Illiger], 1807, Allgem. Lit. Ztg., Halle (Jena) 1807 

 (No 2) : 1180, 1181 (suppressed under the plenary powers 

 for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the 

 Principle of Homonymy) 0. 232 



Mecocerus Billberg, 1820, Enum. Ins. Mus. Billberg : 44 

 (suppressed under the plenary powers for the purposes of 

 both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of 

 Homonymy) 0. 982 



Mecocerus Schoenherr, 1833, Gen. Spec. Cure. 1 (1) : 115 

 (gender : masculine) (type species, by original designation : 

 Mecocerus gazella Gyllenhal, in Schoenherr, 1833, Gen. 

 Spec. Cure. 1 (1) : 115) (Insecta, Coleoptera) 0. 982 



Medaeus Dana, 1851, Amer. J. Sci. (2) 12 : 125 (gender : 

 masculine) (type species, by subsequent monotypy : Medaeus 

 ornatus Dana, 1852, Proc. Acad. not. Sci. Philadelphia 6 : 

 76) (Crustacea, Decapoda) 0. 712 



Megachile Latreille, 1802, Hist. not. Fourmis : 434 (gender : 

 feminine) (type species, by designation by Curtis, 1 828 (Brit. 

 Entomol. 5 : pi. 218) : Apis centuncularis Linnaeus, 1758, 

 Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1 : 575) (Insecta, Hymenoptera) 0. 219 



