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GENERIC NAMES 



Megalichthys Agassiz, 1835, in Hibbert, Trans, roy. Soc. Edin- 

 burgh 13 : 202 (gender : masculine) (type species, by 

 monotypy : Megalichthys hibberti Agassiz, 1835, in Hibbert, 

 Trans, roy. Soc. Edinburgh 13 : 202, as interpreted by the 

 neotype designated under the plenary powers) (Osteichthyes) 

 0.930 



Megalonotus Fieber, [1860], Europ. Hemipt. : 181 (gender : 

 masculine) (type species, by designation by China, 1941 

 (Proc. R. entomol. Soc. London (B) 10 : 130) : Lygaeus 

 chiragra Fabricius, 1794, Entomol. syst. 4 : 168) (Insecta, 

 Hemiptera) 0. 676 



Megalopalpus Rober, 1886, CorrespBl. entomol. Ver. Iris \ : 

 5 1 (gender : masculine) (type species, by original designation 

 : Megalopalpus simplex Rober, 1886, CorrespBl. entomol. 

 Ver. Iris 1 : 51, pi. 4, fig. 4) (Insecta, Lepidoptera) 0. 566 



Megalophthalmus Gray, 1832, in Griffith's Cuvier, Anim. 

 Kingdom 14 : 371 (a junior homonym of Megalophthalmus 

 Leach, 1830) 0. 578 



Megalophthalmus Leach, 1830, Trans. Plymouth Inst. 1 : 176 

 (suppressed under the plenary powers for the purposes of 

 the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of 

 Homonymy) 578 



Megalophthalmus Lorenz, 1906, Z. deutsche geol. Ges. 58 : 

 62 (a junior homonym of Megalophthalmus Leach, 1830) 

 0.578 



Megalopta Smith, 1853, Cat. hymenopt. Ins. Coll. Brit. Mus. 

 1 : 83 (gender : feminine) (type species, by designation under 

 the plenary powers : Megalopta idalia Smith, 1853, Cat. 

 hymenopt. Ins. Coll. Brit. Mus. 1 : 83) (Insecta, Hymenop- 

 tera) 0. 788 



Megasteraum Mulsant, 1844, Hist. not. coleopteres de France, 

 Palpicornes : 187 (gender : neuter) (type species, by desig- 

 nation under the plenary powers : Dermestes obscurus Mar- 

 sham, 1802, Entomol. Britannica, I Coleoptera : 72) 

 (Insecta, Coleoptera) 0. 1178 



Megastropha Walker, 1918, Univ. Michigan Studies, Publ. 

 No. 6 : 106, 207 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for 

 Megasystropha Lea, 1864) 0. 432 



Megasystropha Lea, 1 864, Proc. Acad. not. Sci. Philadelphia 

 1864 : 5 (suppressed under the plenary powers for the 

 purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the 

 Principle of Homonymy) 0. 432 



Megathymus Scudder, 1872, 4th Ann. Rep. Peabody Acad. Sci. 

 1871 : 83 (gender : masculine) (type species, by original 

 designation : Eudamus ? yuccae Boisduval & Leconte, 

 [1837], Hist. gen. Icon. Lepid. Chen. Am'er. sept. 1 : pi. 70, 

 6 figs, [no text]) (Insecta, Lepidoptera) 0. 483 



Megatyloceras Humphrey, 1949, Bull. geol. Soc. Amer. 60 

 (No. 1) : 149 (gender : neuter) (type species, by original 

 designation : Douvilleiceras coronatum Rouchadze, 1932, 

 Bull. Inst. geol. Georgie 1 (3) : 195, pi. 3, fig. 4; text-figs. 

 12, 13) (Cephalopoda) 0. 428 



Melanargia Meigen, [1828], Syst. Beschr. Europ. Schmett. 1 

 (3) : 97 (validated under the plenary powers) (gender : 

 feminine) (type species, by designation by Kirby, 1894 

 (Allen's Nat. Libr., Lepid. 1 : 240) : Papilio galathea 

 Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1 : 474) (Insecta, 

 Lepidoptera) 0. 400 



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

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

 purposes) 0. 427 



Melanoplus Stal, 1873, Recens. Orth. 1 : 79 (gender : masculine) 

 (type species, by designation by Scudder, 1897 (Bull. U.S. 

 not. Mus. 20 : 122) : Acrydium femumibnim de Geer, 1773, 

 Mem. Hist. Ins. 3 : 498, pi. 42, fig. 5) (Insecta, Orthoptera) 

 0.835 



Meleagris Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1 : 156 (gender 

 : feminine) (type species, by Linnean tautonymy : Meleagris 

 gallopavo Linnaeus, \15S,Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1 : 156) (Aves) 

 Direction 17 



Melibaea Forbes, 1838, Malac. Monensis : 4 (an incorrect 

 subsequent spelling for Melibe Rang, 1829) 0. 697 



Meliboea Forbes, 1838, Malac. Monensis : 59 (an incorrect 

 subsequent spelling for Melibe Rang, 1829) 0. 697 



Melicerta Peron & Lesueur, 1810, Ann. Mus. Hist, not., Paris 

 14 (83) : 352 (a junior homonym of Melicerta Schrank, 

 1803) 0. 522 



Melicerta Risso, 1816, Hist. not. Crust. Nice : 109 (a junior 

 homonym of Melicerta Schrank, 1803) 0. 522 



Melicerta Schrank, 1803, Fauna boica 3 (2) : 302, 310 (gender 

 : masculine) (type species, by monotypy : Sabella ringens 

 Linnaeus, 1767, Syst. Nat. (ed. 12) 1 (2) : 1268) (Rotifera) 

 0. 522 



Melicerta Stephens, 1833, Nomencl. Brit. Ins. (ed. 2) : 129 (a 

 junior homonym of Melicerta Schrank, 1803) 0. 522 



Melicerta Tilesius, 1831, Nova Ada Acad. Caes. Leap. Carol. 

 15(2): 257 (a junior homonym of Melicerta Schrank, 1 803) 

 0. 522 



Melissodes Latreille, 1829, in Cuvier, Regne Anim. (ed. 2) 5 : 

 354 (gender : feminine) (type species, by designation under 

 the plenary powers : Melissodes leprieuri Blanchard, 1849, 

 in Cuvier, Regne Anim. (ed. 3) 2 : atlas pi. 129 bis, figs. 4, 

 4a) (Insecta, Hymenoptera) 0. 750 



Melita Bertrand, 1763, Diet. Univ. Foss. Propres Foss. Accid. 

 2 : 103 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural 

 purposes) 0. 592 



Melitea Lamouroux, 1812, Nouv. Bull. Soc. philom. Paris 3 

 (63) 6 : 188 (a junior homonym of Melitea Peron & Lesueur, 

 1810) 0. 1304 



Melithaea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857, Histoire naturelle 

 des coral liaires ou polypes proprement dits : 199 (gender : 

 feminine) ruled under the plenary powers to be an available 

 name (type species, through Melitea Lamouroux, 1812 

 (Nouv. Bull. Soc. philom. Paris 3 (63) 6 : 188) : Isis 

 ochracea Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1 : 799) 

 (Anthozoa) 0. 1304 



Melitodes Verrill, 1864, Bull. Mus. comp. Zoo/. 1 : 38 (a junior 

 objective synonym of Melithaea Milne Edwards & Haime, 

 1857) 0. 1304 



Mellita Agassiz, 1841, Mon. Echin., Monogr. 2 : 34 (validated 

 under the plenary powers) (gender : feminine) (type species, 

 by designation under the plenary powers : Echinodiscus 

 quinquiesperforatus Leske, 1 778, Addit. J. T. Klein not. Disp. 

 Echin. : 197) (Echinoidea) 0. 393 



Mellita Fabricius, [1823], Fortegnelse over afg. Biskop Fabri- 

 ciusses eft. Natur. : 110 (suppressed under the plenary 

 powers for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and 

 the Principle of Homonymy) 0. 393 



