FAMILY-GROUP NAMES 



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MACROCEPHALITIDAE Buckman, 1922, Type Ammonites 

 4 : 24, 54 (type genus: Macrocephalites Zittel, 1884) 

 (Cephalopoda) Direction 14 



MACROCYSTELLIDAE Bather, 1 899, Rep. Br. Assoc. Advmt. 

 Sci. 68 : 920 (type genus : Macrocystella Callaway, 1877) 

 (Cystoidea) 0. 927 



MACROPSIDAE Evans, 1938,/Voc. roy.Soc. Tasmania 1938 : 



43 (type genus : Macropsis Lewis, 1834) (Insecta, Hemip- 

 tera) 0. 603 



MADIZINAE Czerny, 1909, in Czerny & Strobl, Verh. zool.- 

 bot. Ges. Wien 59 : 278 (type genus : Madiza Fallen, 1810) 

 (Insecta, Diptera) 0. 1112 



MAIADAE Samouelle, 1819, Entomol. useful Compendium : 

 88 (type genus : Maja Lamarck, 1801) (an incorrect original 

 spelling for MAJIDAE Samouelle, 1819) 0. 511 



MAJIDAE (correction of MATADAE) Samouelle, 1819, Entomol. 

 useful Compendium : 88 (type genus : Maja Lamarck, 

 1801) (Crustacea, Decapoda) 0. 511 



MANIOLIDI Reuter, 1897, Acta Soc. Sci.fenn. 22 : 356 (type 

 genus : Maniola Schrank, 1801) (invalid because based on 

 a misidentified type genus) 0. 506 



MANIOLIDI Verity, 1953, Farfalle diurne Ital. 5 : 228, 237 

 (type genus : Maniola Schrank, 1801) (published as a name 

 for a taxon below subfamily rank) (Insecta, Lepidoptera) 0. 

 506 



MANTELLICERATIDAE Hyatt, 1903, Man. U.S. geol. Surv. 



44 : 105 (type genus : Mantelliceras Hyatt, 1903) (Cephal- 

 opoda) 0. 557 



MARETIINAE (correction of MARETINAE) Lambert, 1905, in 

 Doncieux, Ann. Univ. Lyon (17) : 162 (type genus : Maretia 

 Gray, 1855) (Echinoidea) 0. 608 



MARETINAE Lambert, 1905, in Doncieux, Ann. Univ. Lyon 

 (17) : 162 (type genus : Maretia Gray, 1855) (an incorrect 

 original spelling for MARETIINAE Lambert, 1905) 0. 608 



MARGARITANINAE Ortmann, 1910, Nautilus 23 : 114 

 (type genus : Margaritana Schumacher, 1817) (suppressed 

 under the plenary powers for the purposes of the Principle 

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

 0.495 



MARGARITIFERIDAE Haas, 1940, Field Mus. Publ. (Zool.) 

 24 : 1 19 (validated under the plenary powers) (type genus : 

 Margaritifera Schumacher, 1816) for use by those who 

 consider that Margaritifera Schumacher and Unio Phi- 



^lipsson, 1788 belong to different family-group taxa (Bivalvia) 

 0.495 



MARTINIINAE Waagen, 1883, Pal. ind. (13), Salt Range 

 Fossils 1 : 524 (type genus : Martinia McCoy, 1844) (Bra- 

 chiopoda) Direction 62 



MAYAITIDAE Spath, 1928, Pal. ind. (n.s.) 9 : 165 (type 

 genus: Mayaites Spath, 1924) ruled under the plenary 

 powers to be given precedence over the family-group name 

 GRAYICERATIDAE Spath, 1925 by those who consider that 

 Mayaites Spath and Grayiceras Spath, 1923 belong to the 

 same family-group taxon (Cephalopoda) 0. 471 



MEGALONOTINI Slater, 1957, Bull. Brooklyn entomol. Soc. 

 52 : 35 (type genus : Megalonotus Fieber, [I860]) (Insecta, 

 Hemiptera) 0. 676 



MEGATHYMIDAE Comstock & Comstock, 1895, Man. Study 

 Ins. : 365 (type genus : Megathymus Scudder, 1 872) 

 (Insecta, Lepidoptera) 0. 483 



MELANARGIINAE Verity, 1920, Boll. Lab. Zool. gen., Portici 

 14 : 56 (type genus: Melanargia Meigen, 1828) (Insecta, 

 Lepidoptera) Direction 54 



MELICERTADAE Hudson & Gosse, 1886, The Rotifera or 

 Wheel-Animalcules, both British and foreign 1 : 30 (type 

 genus: Melicerta Schrank, 1803) (an incorrect original 

 spelling for MELICERTIDAE Hudson & Gosse, 1886) 0. 522 



MELICERTIDAE (correction by Collin, Dieffenbach, Sachse 

 & Voigt, 1912, of MELICERTADAE) Hudson & Gosse, 1886, 

 The Rotifera or Wheel-Animalcules 1 : 30 (type genus : 

 Melicerta Schrank, 1803) (Rotifera) 0. 522 



MELLITINAE Stefanini, 1911, Boll. Soc. geol. ital. 30 : 749 

 (type genus : Mellita Agassiz, 1841) (Echinoidea) Direction 

 54 



MELLIVORINA Gray, 1865, Proc. zoo/. Soc. London 1865 : 

 103, 154 (type genus : Mellivora Storr, 1780) (an incorrect 

 original spelling for MELLivoRiNAEGray, 1865) Direction 53 



MELLIVORINAE (correction by Gill, 1872 (Smithson. misc. 

 Coll. 230 : 6, 66) of MELLIVORINA) Gray, 1865, Proc. zool. 

 Soc. London 1865 : 103, 154 (type genus : Mellivora Storr, 

 1780) (Mammalia) Direction 53 



MENOPONIDAE Mjoberg, 1910, Ark. Zool. 6 (13) : 26 (type 

 genus: Menopon Nitzsch, 1818) (Insecta, Mallophaga) 0. 

 628 



MEROPEIDAE (emend, of MEROPIDAE) Tillyard, 1919, Proc. 

 linn. Soc. N.S. Wales 44 : 603 (type genus : Merope 

 Newman, 1838) (form for this family name designated 

 by the ruling given in Opinion 140) (Insecta, Mecoptera) 

 Direction 6 



MEROPIDAE Rafinesque, 1815, Analyse Nature : 66 (type 

 genus : Merops Linnaeus, 1758) (form for this family name 

 designated by the ruling given in Opinion 140) (Aves) 

 Direction 6, Direction 1 1 5 



MEROPIDAE Tillyard, 1919, Proc. linn. Soc. N.S. Wales 44 

 : 603 (type genus : Merope Newman, 1838) (an incorrect 

 original spelling for MEROPEIDAE Tillyard, 1919, the form for 

 this family name designated in Opinion 140) Direction 6 



MERRIIDAE Hedley, 1917, J. Proc. R. Soc. N.S. Wales 51 

 : Suppl, p. M62 (type genus: Merria Gray, 1839(?)) 

 (based on an objective junior synonym of Vanikoro Quoy & 

 Gaimard, 1832)0. 1009 



MESIDOTEINI Racovitza & Sevastos, 1910, Arch. Zool. exp. 

 gen. (5) 6 : 194 (type genus : Mesidotea Richardson, 1905) 

 (Crustacea, Decapoda) 0. 643 



METRIDIIDAE Carlgren, 1893, K. svensk. Vetensk.-Akad. 

 Hand!. 25 (10): 101 (type genus: Metridium Blainville, 

 1824) (Anthozoa)O. 1269 



METRIDIIDAE Sars, 1902, An account of the Crustacea of 

 Norway 4, parts IX and X: 110 (type genus: Metridia 

 Boeck, 1865) (ruled under the plenary powers to be an 

 incorrect original spelling for METRIDINIDAE Sars, 1902) 0. 

 1269 



METRIDINIDAE Sars, 1902, An account of the Crustacea of 

 Norway 4, parts IX and X : 110 (type genus : Metridia 

 Boeck, 1865) (Crustacea, Copepoda) 0. 1269 



