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GENERIC NAMES 



Metastemma Amyot & Serville, 1843, in Roret's Suites a 

 Buff on, Hist. not. Ins. Hemipt. : 327 (an unjustified emenda- 

 tion of Prostemma Laporte, [1832]) Direction 63 



Mctopaster Sladen, 1893, in Sladen & Spencer, in Wright, 

 Man. brit. foss. Echin. cret. Form. (Pal. Soc.) 2 (2) : 

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

 Rasmussen, 1950 (Dansk. geol. Unders. 1 (No. 77) : 16) : 

 Goniaster (Goniodiscus) parkinsoni Forbes, 1848, Mem. geol. 

 Surv. Great Brit. 2 : 472) (Asteroidea) 0. 331 



Metopeurum Mordvilko, 1914, Faunede la Russie, Ins. Hemipt. 

 1 Aphidodea (1) : 67 (gender : neuter) (type species, by 

 designation under the plenary powers : Metopeurum fuscovi- 

 ride Stroyan, 1950, Trans. 8th Int. Congr. Entomol. 1948 : 

 999-1001) (Insecta, Hemiptera) 0. 646 



Metopocarcinus Stimpson, 1860, Ann. Lyceum not. Hist. New 

 York 7:216 (gender : masculine) (type species, by monotypy 

 : Metopocarcinus truncatus Stimpson, 1860, Ann. Lyceum 

 not. Hist. New York 1 : 216) (Crustacea, Decapoda) 0. 85, 

 Direction 37 



Metridia Boeck, 1865, Forh. Videnskabs-Selsk. Christiania for 

 1864 : 237 (gender : feminine) (type species, by designation 

 by Sars, 1902 (An account of the Crustacea of Norway 4 : 

 113) : Metridia armata Boeck, 1865, Forh. Videnskabs- 

 Selsk. Christiania for 1864 : 238) (Crustacea, Copepoda) 

 0. 1269 



Metridium Blainville, 1824, Dictionnaire des Sciences Natu- 

 relles 30 (Mell-MezJaF.G. Levrault, ed. Paris : 470 (gender 

 : neuter) (type species, by monotypy : Actinia dianthus Ellis, 

 1768, Phil. Trans, roy. Soc. London 57 : 436, pi. 19, fig. 8) 

 (Anthozoa) 0. 1269 



Micraster Agassiz, 1836, Mem. Soc. Sci. not. Neuchatel 1 : 

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

 Forbes, 1850 (Mem. geol. Surv. U.K., Dec. 3 : pi. 10, p. 2) 

 : Spatangus coranguinum Leske, 1778, Addit. J.T. Klein not. 

 Disp. Echin. : 221) (Echinoidea) 0. 608 



Micratya Bouvier, 1913, Bull. Soc. entomol. France 1913 : 181 

 (gender : feminine) (type species, by monotypy : Atya poeyi 

 Guerin-Meneville, 1856, in Sagra, Hist. Cuba, Hist. nat. 7 

 : xviii) (Crustacea, Decapoda) 0. 470 



Microdryas Laseron, 1950, Rec. Australian Mus. 22 (3) : 277 

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

 plenary powers : Epigrus iravadioides Gatliff & Gabriel, 

 1913, Proc. roy. Soc. Victoria N.S. 26 ( 1 ) : 67) (Gastropoda) 

 0. 1181 



Micronecta Kirkaldy, 1897, Entomologist 30 : 260 (gender : 

 feminine) (type species, by original designation : Notonecta 

 minutissima Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1 : 439) 

 (Insecta, Hemiptera) 0. 739 



Micropanope Stimpson, [1871], Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. 2 (No. 

 2) : 139 (gender : feminine) (type species, by monotypy : 

 Micropanope sculptipes Stimpson, [1871], Bull. Mus. comp. 

 Zool. 2 (No. 2) : 140) (Crustacea, Decapoda) 0. 85, Direc- 

 tion 37 



Micropeza Meigen, 1803, Mag. f. Insektenk. (Illiger) 2 : 276 

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

 (type species, by monotypy : Musca corrigiolata Linnaeus, 

 1767, Syst. Nat. (ed. 12) 1 (2) : 955) (Insecta, Diptera) 0. 

 369 



Microporella Hincks, 1877, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 20 : 526 

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

 Eschara ciliata Pallas, 1766, Elench. Zooph. : 38) (Bryozoa) 

 0.458 



Micropteron Eschricht, 1849, K. dansk. Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. 

 (5) 1 : 97 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Micropterus 

 Wagner, 1846)0. 1289 



Micropus Denny, 1842, Monogr. Anoplurorum Brit. : 247 (a 

 junior homonym of Micropus Wolf, 1810) 0. 502 



Micropus Gray, 1831, Zool. Miscell. (1) : 20 (a junior 

 homonym of Micropus Wolf, 1810) 0. 502 



Micropus Hiibner, 1818, Zutr. Samml. exot. Schmett. 1 : 24 

 (a junior homonym of Micropus Wolf, 1810) 0. 502 



Micropus Kner, 1868,S/fzBer. Kais. Akad. Wiss. Wien (Math.- 

 Nat. Cl.) 58 (1) : 29, 322 (a junior homonym of Micropus 

 Wolf, 1810) 0. 502 



Micropus Spinola, 1837, Essai Genres Ins. Ordre Hemipt. : 

 218 (a junior homonym of Micropus Wolf, 1810) 0. 502 



Micropus Swainson, [1832], in Richardson, Fauna bor.-amer. 

 2 : 486 (a junior homonym of Micropus Wolf, 1810) 0. 502 



Micropus Wolf, 1810, in Meyer & Wolf, Taschenb. deuts. 

 Vogelk. 1 : 280 (a junior objective synonym of Apus Scopoli, 

 1777) 0. 502 



Microsporus Kolenati, 1846, Melet. entomol. 5 : 64 (gender : 

 masculine) (type species, by monotypy : Microsporus obsidi- 

 anus Kolenati, 1846, Melet. entomol. 5 : 64) (Insecta, 

 Coleoptera) 0. 1331 



Microterys Thomson, [1876], Scandinaviens Hymenopteren 4 

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

 Ashmead, 1900 (Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22 : 390-394) : 

 Encyrtus Sylvius Dalman, 1820, K. svensk. Ventenskaps 

 Akad. Handl., (1) 20 : 154) (Insecta, Hymenoptera) 0. 1 1 10 



Microura Gould, 1837, Icones Avium (1) : expl. to pi. 5 

 (suppressed under the plenary powers for the purposes of 

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

 Homonymy) 0. 695 



Micrurus Wagler, 1824, in Spix, Serpentium brasiliensium, 

 etc. (Munich) : 48 (gender : masculine) (type species, by 

 monotypy : Micrurus spixii Wagler, 1 824, in Spix, Serpen- 

 tium brasiliensium, etc. (Munich) : 48) ruled under the 

 plenary powers to be given precedence over the generic 

 name Elaps Schneider, 1801 whenever the two names are 

 considered synonyms (Reptilia) 0. 1201 



Miersia Kingsley, 1880, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia 

 1879 : 416 (suppressed under the plenary powers for the 

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

 Principle of Homonymy) 0. 359 



Mikropteron Eschricht, 1849, K. dansk. Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. 

 (5) 1 : 98 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Micropterus 

 Wagner, 1846) 0. 1289 



Milax Gray, 1855, Cat. Pulmonata Brit. Mus. : 174 (gender : 

 masculine) (type species, by designation by Hesse, 1926 

 (Abh. Arch. Molluskenk. 2 : 31) and by Kennard & Wood- 

 ward, 1926 (Syn. brit. non-marine Moll. : 204) : Limax 

 gagates Draparnaud, [1801], Tabl. Moll, terrestr. fluviat. 

 France : 100) (Gastropoda) 0. 335 



Mimecomutilla Ashmead, 1903, Canad. Entomol. 35 (12) : 327 

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

 plenary powers : Mimecomutilla renominanda Bischoff, 1921, 

 Arch. Naturgesch. (A) 86 (4) : 508) (Insecta, Hymenoptera) 

 0. 1000 



