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Distribution of species: Neotropical. 

 Number of species: 3. 



Maecenas Kirkaldy (1904, p. 280). Synonym of Stephanitis. 



Type species: Acanthia pyri Fabricius (1775, p. 696). 



Fixation: Present designation. 



Synonymy: See Stephanitis. Synoirymized by Horvath (1906a, p. 



34). 

 Note: Kirkaldy (1904, p. 280) proposed Maecenas as a new name 



for Tingis Lethierry and Severin (not Fabricius) . Since the type 



species for this polytypic genus has not been named, Acanthia 



pyri Fabricius is here so designated. 



Mafa Hesse (1925, p. 88). (New status.) 



Type species: Mafa lanceolata Hesse (1925, p. 89, fig.). 



Fixation: Hesse (1925, p. 89), by monotypy and original designa- 

 tion. 



Later citation: Monte (1947, p. 5). 



Note: Transferred herein to subfamily Tinginae from subfamily 

 Agrammatinae. 



Distribution of species: Ethiopian. 



Number of species: 1. 



Malandiola Horvath (1925, p. 13). 



Type species: Malandiola simplex Horvath (1925, p. 14, fig.). 

 Fixation: Horvath (1925, p. 14), by monotypy. 

 Later citation: Monte (1947, p. 16). 

 Distribution of species: Australian. 

 Number of species: 3. 



Mecopharsa Drake (1953b, p. 96). 



Type species: Mecopharsa hackeri Drake (1953b, p. 97). 

 Fixation: Drake (1953b, p. 97), by monotypy and original designa- 

 tion. 

 Distribution of species: Australian. 

 Number of species: 1. 



Megalocysta Champion (1897, p. 5). 



T3*pe species: Meyalocysta pellucida Champion (1897, p. 6, fig.). 



Fixation: Champion (1897, p. 6), by monotypy. 



Later citations: Drake and Poor (1936a, p. 387); Monte (1941, p. 



123; 1947, p. 16); Hurd (1946, p. 474). 

 Distribution of species: Neotropical. 

 Number of species: 1. 



