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SPECIFIC NAMES 



melanocercus, Drymarchon corals, Smith, 1941, J. Washington 

 Acad. Sci. 31 : 473, 474 (a junior objective synonym of 

 melanurus, Spilotes, Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril, 1854) 0. 

 746 



melanochirus, Chlorodopsis, Milne Edwards, 1873, Nouv. Arch. 

 Mus. Hist, not., Paris 9 : 228 (specific name of type species of 

 Chlorodopsis Milne Edwards, 1873) (Crustacea, Decapoda) 

 Direction 36 



melanops, Polyommatus, Boisduval, 1828, Europ. Lep. Index 

 meth. : 13 (Insecta, Lepidoptera) 0. 972 



melanopterus, Carcharias, Quoy & Gaimard, 1 824, in Freycinet, 

 Voy. autour Monde 'Uranie' & 'Physicienne' (Zool.) : 194 

 (specific name of type species of Carcharhinus Blainville, 

 1816) (Chondrichthyes) 0. 723 



melanopyga, Asterophrys, Doria, 1875, Ann. Mus. civ. Star, 

 not. Genova 6 : 355, 356 (specific name of type species of 

 Lechriodus Boulenger, 1882) (Amphibia) 0. 1063 



melanurus, Spilotes, Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril, 1854, Erp. 

 Gen. 1 : 224, 225 (ruled under the plenary powers not to 

 be invalidated by its senior secondary homonym, Coluber 

 melanurus Schlegel, 1837) (Reptilia) 0. 746 



melas, Dermestes, Marsham, 1802, Entomologia britannica : 

 78 (specific name of type species of Anisarthria Stephens, 

 1830) ruled under the plenary powers not to be given priority 

 over the specific name pus ilium Gyllenhal, 1808, as publi- 

 shed in the binomen Scaphidium pusillum, whenever the 

 two names are considered synonyms (Insecta, Coleoptera) 

 0. 1277 



meleagris, Phasianus, Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1 : 

 158 (specific name of type species of Numida Linnaeus, 

 1764) (Aves) Direction 43 



meleagris, Testudo, Shaw, 1793, Nat. Miscell. : tab. 44 (sup- 

 pressed under the plenary powers for the purposes of the 

 Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of 

 Homonymy) 0. 660 



meliceps, Mydaus, Cuvier, 1821, in Geoffrey Saint-Hilaire & 

 Cuvier, Hist. not. Mammif. 2 (27) : Telagon' 2 (specific 

 name of type species of Mydaus Cuvier, 1821) (Mammalia) 

 0.384 



melichari, Leprota, Fennah, 1963, Bull. zoo/. Nomencl. 20 : 

 303 (specific name of type species of Leprota Melichar, 

 1912) (Insecta, Hemiptera) 0. 751 



melinus, Strymon, Hiibner, 1818, Zutr. Samml. exot. Schmett. 

 1 : 22, pi. [21], figs. 121, 122 (specific name of type species 

 of Strymon Hiibner, 1818) (Insecta, Lepidoptera) 0. 541 



Melitenses, Ophiodontes, Bertrand, 1763, Diet. Univ. Foss. 

 Propres Foss. Accid. 1 : 192 (included in a work rejected 

 for nomenclatural purposes) 0. 592 



melleri, Rhinogale, Gray, [1865], Proc. zoo/. Soc. London 1864 

 : 575, text-fig, (specific name of type species of Rhynchogale 

 Thomas, 1894) (Mammalia) 0. 384 



membranaceus, Peneus, Risso, 1816, Hist. not. Crust. Nice : 

 98, as interpreted by the neotype designated by Holthuis, 

 1961 (Bull. zoo/. Nomencl. 18 : 309, 310, pi. 4) (valid name 

 at the date of Opinion 611 of type species of Solenocera 

 Lucas, 1849) (Crustacea, Decapoda) 0. 611 



menapiensis, Ctenodonta, Hicks, 1873, Quart. J. geol. Soc. 

 London 29 : 47 (Bivalvia) 0. 1022 



menardii, Rotalia, Parker, Jones & Brady, 1865, Ann. Mag. 

 not. Hist. (3) 16 : 20, pi. 3, fig. 81, as interpreted by the 

 neotype proposed by Stainforth, Lamb & Jeffords, 1978 

 (Bull. zoo/. Nomencl. 34 : 260, 261, pis. 1, 2) and designated 

 under the plenary powers (Rhizopoda) 0. 1234 



men-atom, Voluta, Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1 : 730 

 (specific name of type species of Columbella Lamarck, 1 799) 

 (Gastropoda) Direction 73 



mercatorum, Drosophila, Patterson & Wheeler, 1942, Univ. 

 Texas Publ. No. 4213 : 93, 94 (Insecta, Diptera) 0. 1099 



mercenaria, Corixia, Say, 1832, Descr. new spp. heteropt. 

 Hemipt. N. America : 39 (specific name of type species of 

 Corisella Lundblad, 1928) (Insecta, Hemiptera) 0. 1311 



mercurialis, Sphargis, Merrem, 1820, Tent. Syst. Amph. : 19 

 (a junior objective synonym of coriacea, Testudo, Linnaeus, 

 1766) Direction 56 



merdigera, Chrysomela, Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1 

 : 375 (specific name of type species of Lilioceris Reitter, 

 1912) (Insecta, Coleoptera) 0. 1130 



mergi, Pediculus, Fabricius, 1781, Spec. Ins. 2 : 480 (a junior 

 objective synonym of mergiserrati, Ricinus, de Geer, 1778) 

 0.627 



mergiserrati, Ricinus, de Geer, 1778, Mem. Hist. Ins. 7 : 78, as 

 interpreted by the neotype designated by Clay & Hopkins, 

 1954 (Bull. Brit. Mus. (nat. Hist.) Entomol. 3 : 241) 

 (Insecta, Mallophaga) 0. 627 



meridionalis, Abderites, Ameghino, 1887, Bol. Mus. de la Plata 

 1 : 5 (specific name of type species of Abderites Ameghino, 

 1887) (Mammalia) 0. 1241 



meridionalis, Gypaetos [sic], Keyserling & Blasius, 1840, Wir- 

 belth. Europas : xxviii (Aves) Direction 81 



merula, Saxicola, Lesson, 1828, in Duperrey, Voy. 'Coquille', 

 Zool. 1 (2) : 622 (suppressed under the plenary powers for 

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

 the Principle of Homonymy) 0. 684 



mesoleucum, Liotheum, Nitzsch, 1818, Mag. Entomol. 

 (Germar) 3 : 300 (a junior objective synonym of cornicis, 

 Ricinus, de Geer, 1778) 0. 627 



mesolobus, Chonetes, Norwood & Pratten, 1854, J. Acad. nat. 

 Sci. Philadelphia 3 : 27, pi. 2, figs. 7a-c, as interpreted by 

 the neotype designated by Hoare, 1964 (Bull. zoo/. Nomencl. 

 21 : 316, pi. 2, figs. 1-3) (specific name of type species of 

 Mesolobus Dunbar & Condra, 1932) (Brachiopoda) 0. 797 



methwoldensis, Heterodera, Cooper, 1955, A preliminary key 

 to British species of Heterodera for use in soil examination, in 

 Soil Zoology, Proceedings of the University of Nottingham 

 Second Easter School in Agricultural Science, Kevan (ed.), 

 Butterworth, London : 277, 279 (Nematoda) 0. 1336 



meunieri, Schizoneura, Heie, 1969, Bull. zoo/. Nomencl. 25 : 

 222 (Insecta, Hemiptera) 0. 1162 



mexicanus, Gryinus, Shaw, 1 789, Nat. Misc. 9 : 343, 344, ruled 

 under the plenary powers not to be given priority over 

 Salamandra tigrina Green, 1825 by those who consider that 

 both names apply to the same species (Amphibia) 0. 649, 0. 

 1025 



micans, Bostrichus, Kugelmann, 1794, Mag. Lieb. Entomol. 

 [Schneider's] 5 : 523 (specific name of type species of 

 Dendroctonus Erichson, 1836) (Insecta, Coleoptera) 0. 670 



