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METALEA Mulsaut and Rey, lS75a, p. 299. [Synonym of Rheochara.} 

 Genotype : Metalea procera (Erichson) (Ocalea). 

 Fixed by : Mulsant and Rey, lS75a, p. 299, by monotypy. 

 Later citations : M. spadicea (Erichson) , by Fenyes, 1918, p. 23, not originally 



included. 

 Synonymic homonyms : 



Metalea Mulsaut and Rey, 1875b, p. 461. 

 Synonyms: (See Rheochara). 

 Variant spellings : 



Metalia Fenyes, 1918, p. 23. [Not Gray, 1855.] 

 METALIA [Error for Metalea]. 



METAMIMECITON Reichensperger, 1936b, p. 232. [Subgenus of Mimeciton,] 

 Genotype: Metamimeciton antennatum (Mann) (Mimeciton). 

 Fixed by : Reichensperger, 1936b, p. 232, by original designation. 

 Later citations: M. antennatum (Mann), in Zoological Record for 1943, 



p. 113. 

 Synonyms: (See Mimeciton). 

 METAMISCHA Peyerimhoff, 1938, p. 65. [Subgenus of Amischa.1 

 Genotype: Metamischa scrobicollis (Kraatz) (Homalota). 

 Fixed by : Peyerimhoff, 1938, p. 65, by original designation and monotypy. 

 Synonyms : ( See Amischa ) . 

 METAPINOPHILUS Gridelli, 1928, p. 117. [Subgenus of Pi7iophilus.-i 

 Genotype: Metapinophilus reticulatus (Eppelsheim) (Pinophilus). 

 Fixed by: Blackwelder, 1943, p. 376, by subsequent designation. 

 Synonyms: {See Pinophiliis). 

 METAPONCUS [Error for Metoponcus]. 

 METAXIA [Error for Metaxya]. 



METAXYA Mulsant and Rey, 1873b, p. 181. [Junior homonym of Metaxya 

 Walker, 1856. Synonym of Brundinia.'i 

 Genotype : Metaxya apricans Mulsant and Rey. 

 Fixed by : Blackwelder, here, by subsequent designation. 

 Other citations : M. meridionalis Mulsant and Rey, by Fenyes, 1918, p. 23, 

 not originally included. M. hygrotopora (Kraatz), by Scheerpeltz, 1929b, 

 p. 234; 1934, p. 1594; not originally included. M. meridionalis Mulsant 

 and Rey, by Tottenham, 1949a, p. 78 ; 1949b, p. 391 ; not originally included. 

 (See also Brundinia.) 

 Discussion: All these designations were made under the assumption that 

 the genus was published in 1874. It might be argued that Tottenham fixed 

 the genotype of Metaxya in 1949a when he stated that the new name 

 Brundinia "will, of course, have for its type the species cited by Fenyes, 

 1918, for Metaxya Mulsant and Rey, namely Homalota meridionalis Mul- 

 sant and Rey." However, this species was not included in Metaxya 

 oi'iginally, and it is here believed that a species to be fixed as type of 

 a replacement name must have been originally included under the name 

 being replaced. 

 Synonymic homonyms : 



Metaxya Mulsant and Rey, 1874a, p. 35. 

 Metaxya Mulsant and Rey, 1874d, p. 37. 

 Metaxya Mulsant and Rey, 1874e, p. 5. 

 Metaxya Mulsant and Rey, 1875d, p. 173. 

 Metaxya Mulsant and Rey, 1875e, p. 147. 

 Synonyms: (See Brundinia). 



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