no. 171!). TYPE-SPECIES OF AMERICAN DIPTERA— COQUILLETT. 569 



Meigen, Illiger's Mag., vol. 2, p. 280, 1803. 1 species. Type, Musca leuco- 

 cephala Rossi. Syn., Ophelia Desvoidy, 1830; Araba Desvoidy, 1830; Argyria Des- 

 voidy, 1863; Argyrella Desvoidy, 1863; Arabella Desvoidy, 1863; Anicia Desvoidy, 

 1863. 



i Metopilla Rondani, Dipt. Ital. Prodr., vol. 3, p. 210, 1859. Originally published as 

 a synonym of Heteropterina Macquart, with 1 species. Type, Heteropterina multi- 

 punctata Rondani. Equals Taxigramma Peeris, 1852. 

 -^ Metopina Macquart, Hist. Nat., Dipt, vol. 2, p. 666, 1835. 1 species. Type, 



Phora galeata Haliday. Syn., Leptophova Six, 1878; Drepanophora Strobl, 1880. 

 "^ Metriocnemus Wulp, Tijdschr. Ent., vol. 17, p. 136, 1874. 6 species. Type, Chi- 



ronomus albolineatus Meigen, the first species, by present designation. 

 •^ Miastor Meinert, Nat. Tidsskr. for 1864, p. 42, 1864.* 1 species. Type, Miastor 



metraloas Meinert. 

 ^ Micetoica Rondani, Dipt. Ital. Prodr., vol. 4, p. 12, 1861. Change of name for 

 Mycetobia Meigen, 1818, under the mistaken idea that it is preoccupied by Mycetobia 

 Dumeril, 1806, used for a section in Coleoptera. Type, Mycetobia pallipes Meigen. 

 Equals Mycetobia Meigen, 1818. 

 "^ Michogaster Macquart, Hist. Nat., Dipt., vol. 2, p. 483, 1835. 3 species. Type, 

 Cephalia femoralis Wiedemann, the first species, by designation of Schiner, Reise 

 Novara, Zool., vol. 2, 1868, p. 255. Syn., Conopsida Macquart, 1851. 

 •^ Micraedes Coquillett, Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington, vol. 7, p. 185, 1906. 1 species. 



Type, Micraedes bisidcatus Coquillett. 

 «-"■" Micraptoma Westwood, Intr., vol.2, Synops., p. 136, 1840. 1 species. Type, Musca 



segnis Linn^us. Equals Zelima Meigen, 1800. 

 W' Microcera Meigen, Illiger's Mag., vol. 2, p. 273, 1803. No species. In his Syst. 

 Beschr., vol. 4, 1824, p. 19, he states that it equals Pipunculus Latreille, 1802. Type, 

 Pipunadus campestris Latreille. Equals Dorilas Meigen, 1800. 

 W Microcera Zetterstedt, Ins. Lapp., p. 572, 1838. 1 species. Type, Heleodromia 

 immacidata Haliday (as roslrata, new species). Not Microcera Meigen, 1803. Equals 

 Heleodromia Haliday, 1833. 



Microcera Lioy, Atti Inst. Veneto, ser. 3, vol. 9, p. 906, 1864. 1 species (as 2). 

 Type, Musca ciliata Fabricius. Equals Hydrotaea Desvoidy, 1830. 



Microchaetina Wulp, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Dipt., vol. 2, p. 240, 1891. 1 species. 

 Type, Microchtctina cinerea Wulp. 

 "^ Microcheilosia Macquart, Ann. Soc. Ent. France for 1855, p. 183, 1855. 1 species. 

 Type, Microcheilosia nitida Macquart. Equals Rhinophora Desvoidy, 1830. 



Microchira Brauer and Bergenstamm, Denkschr. Kais. Akad. Wiss. Wlen, vol. 60, 

 p. 128, 1893. 1 species. Type, Microchira mexicana Brauer and Bergenstamm. 

 Equals Paradidyma Brauer and Bergenstamm, 1891. 



Microchrysa Loew, Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien, vol. 5, p. 146, 1855. 1 species. 

 Type, Musca polita Linn^us. Equals Chrysomyia Macquart, 1834. 



Microdon M eigen, Illiger's Mag., vol. 2, p. 275, 1803. 1 species. Type, Musca mu- 

 tdbilis'Lis'SMVs. Syn., Aphritis Latreille, 1805; Ceratophya Wiedemann, 1824; Chy- 

 mophila Macquart, 1834; Dimeraspis Newman, 1838; if esophila Walker, 1849; Vbristes 

 Walker, 1852. 



Microdromya Bigot, Ann. Soc. Ent. France for 1857, p. 557, 1857. No species. 

 The characters given apply to Tachydromia oratorio Fallen, which may be taken as 

 the type. Type Tachydromia oratorio Fallen. 



Micropalpis Macquart, Rec. Trav. Soc. Sci. Lille for 1834, p. 316, 1834. 6 sup- 

 posed species. Type, Tachina cornta Fallen (the first, third, and fourth supposed spe- 

 cies), by designation of Westwood, lntr., vol. 2, Synops., 1840, p. 138 (as fulgens 

 Meigen). Equals Bonnetia Desvoidy, 1830. 



Microyez a Meigen, Illiger's Mag., vol. 2, p. 276, .1803. 1 species. Type, Musca 

 corrigiolata Linnaeus. Equals Tylos Meigen, 1800. 



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