GENERIC NAMES OF THE FAMILY STAPHYLINIDAE 231 



MARESIA Cameron, 1947b, p. 117. 



Oenotype: Maresia grossepunctata Cameron. 



Fixed ty : Cameron, 1947b, p. 117, by monotypy. 

 MASEOCHARA Sharp, 1883, p. 154. 



Oenotype: Maseochara opaceUa Sharp. 



Fixed l>y : Fenyes, 1918, p. 23, by subsequent designation. 



Synonyms : 



TiTHANis Casey, 1884a, p. 16. 



Variatit spellings : 



Mesochara Vori.s, 1934. p. 244." 

 MASSETIA (Keen, 1905, p. 297,°" nomen nudum) . 

 MASTOPSENIUS Seevers, 1945, p. 64. 



Genotype: Mastopsenlus australis Seevers. 



Fixed hy: Seevers, 1945, p. 64, by original designation and monotypy. 

 MASURIA Cameron, 1928a, p. 51. 



Genotype: Masuria plumhea Cameron. 



Fixed hy : Cameron, 1928a, p. 51, by original designation. 



Later citations: M. plumhea Cameron, by Scheenwltz, 1934, p. 1530. 



Synonyms : 



Almora Cameron, 19.39b, p. 25. [Objective.] 



Notes : The name Almora was a manuscript name of Bernhauer. Cameron 

 listed it as a synonym of Masuria, thereby validating it as an objective 

 synonym. 

 MATARIS Fauvel, 1886, p. 111. 



Genotype: Mataris grouvellei Fauvel. 



Fixed hy : Fauvel, 1886, p. Ill, by monotypy. 



Later citation~s : M. grouvellei Fauvel, by Fenyes, 1918, p. 23. 

 MATIDUS Motschulsky, lS60c, p. 569. [Synonym of Ocypus.] 



Genotype : Matidus forficularius Motschulsky. 



Fixed hy: Motschulsky, lS60c, p. 569, by monotypy. 



Later citations : M. forficularius Motschulsky, by Blackwelder, 1943, p. 444. 



Synonyms: {See Ocypus). 



Notes : This has previously been listed as a synonym of Staphylinus. 

 MAURACHALIA [Error for Maurachelia]. 

 MAURACHELIA Bernhauer, 1902c, p. 183. [Subgenus of Oxypoda.'i 



Genotype: Maurachelia pilosicollis (Bernhauer) (Oxypoda). 



Fixed hy : Bernhauer, 1902c, p. 183, by monotypy. 



Later citations: M. pilosicollis (Bernhauer), by Fenyes, 1918, p. 23. 



Synonyms : ( See Oxypoda ) . 



Variant spellings : 



Maurachalia Eichelbaum, 1909, p. 254. 

 MAYETIA Mulsant and Rey, 187r.c, p. 87. 



Genotype: Mayetia sphaerifera Mulsant and Rey. 



Fixed by : Mulsant and Rey, lS75c, p. 87, by monotypy. 



Later citations : M. sphaerifer Mulsant and Rey, by I<ucas, 1920, p. 394. 



Synonymic homonyms : 



Mayetia Mulsant and Rey, 1876a, p. 9. 



Variant spellings : 



Magetia Varendorff, 1889, p. les.*" 



»" Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, vol. 28. 

 »* Can. Ent., vol. 37. 

 *» Societas Ent., vol. 3. 



