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Melanorhopala Stal (1873, p. 130). 



Type species: Tingis (Melanorhopala) clavata Stal (1873, p. 130). 

 Fixation: Van Duzee (1916, p. 26), by subsequent designation. 

 Later citations: Van Duzee (1917, p. 220); Drake and Poor (1936a, 



p. 387); Monte (1941, p. 154; 1947, p. 16); Hurd (1946, p. 446). 

 Note: Founded as a subgenus of Tingis; raised to generic level by 



Horvath (1908, p. 564). Lethierry and Severin (1896, p. 18) 



wrongly treated Melanorhopala as a synonym of Lasiacantha Stal 



(pro parte). 

 Distribution of species : Nearctic. 

 Number of species : 3. 



Menodora Horvath (1912b, p. 324). See Stephanitis (Menodora). 



[Metatropis Breddin (1907, p. 94). Family Berytidae 



Note: Zoological Record (1907, p. 380) listed Metatropis as the 

 family Tingitidae. Breddin correctly described it as a Berytidae.] 



Mokanna Distant (1910a, p. 111). Synonym of Stephanitis. 



Type species: Mokanna princeps Distant (1910a, p. 112, fig.). 



Fixation: Distant (1910a, p. Ill), by monotypy and original desig- 

 nation. 



Later citations: China (1943, p. 246); Monte (1947, p. 16). 



Synonymy: See Stephanitis. Synonymized by Horvath (1912b, p. 

 319). 



Monanthia Le Peletier and Serville (1828, p. 653). Synonym of 

 Copium. (New synonymy.) 



Type species: Cimex clavicornis Linnaeus (1758, p. 442). 



Fixation: Westwood (1840, p. 121, synopsis), by subsequent desig- 

 nation. (See note below). 



Later citation: China (1943, p. 248). 



Invalid fixations: (1) Monanthia echii (Schrank) (1782, p. 276): 

 Distant (1903c, p. 144) and Monte (1947, p. 16) wrongly spelled 

 the author's name "Schranck." (2) Monanthia rotundaia (Herrich- 

 Schaeffer) (1835, p. 59) = Tingis echii Fabricius (1803, p. 126): 

 Kirkaldy (1904, p. 281); Oshanin (1912, p. 45); Van Duzee 

 (1916, p. 26; 1917, p. 223); Monte (1939, p. 388; 1941, p. 123); 

 Drake and Poor (1936a, p. 388); Hurd (1946; p. 450). (3) Mon- 

 anthia humuli (Fabricius) (1794, p. 77): China (1943, p. 248), 

 in a discussion of possible type fixation, suggested that "Cimex 

 clavicornis Linnaeus 1758= ? Acanthia humuli Fabricius 



