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Mercetaspis Gomez-Menor, 1927, Eos 3 : 292. 



type-speoies : Mercetaspis sphaerocarpae Gomez-Menor, 1927, by original 

 designation and monotypy. 



The author placed this genus close to Adiscodiaspis Marchal. Balachowsky, 

 1954e : 126, after a study of the types, assigned it to the Lepidosaphedina next to 

 Nilotaspis Ferris. 



Mesococcus Bekker-Migdisova, 1959, Akad. Nauk SSSR Paleontol. 

 Inst. Materialy 3 : 115. 



type-species : Mesococcus asiatica Bekker-Migdisova, 1959, by original desig- 

 nation and monotypy. 



The author erected this genus for a specimen of a pre-Cretaceous fossil insect 

 from the Permian period of Central Asia, an oval insect with the appearance of 

 a mealybug. 



Mesolecanium Cockerell, 1902, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (ser. 7) 9 : 

 451. 



type-species : Lecanium nocturnum Cockerell and Parrott, 1899, by original 

 designation. 



The author placed this genus in the Lecaniinae and suggested a similarity to 

 Calymnatus O. G. Costa. 



Metacardia Ramakrishna Ayyar, 1926, Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. Jour. 

 31 : 451. 

 A lapsus for Metatachardia Chamberlin. 



M etaceronema Takahashi, 1955, Insecta Matsumurana 19 : 27. 



type-species : Ceronema japonica Maskell, 1898, by original designation and 

 monotypy. 



The author noted the similarity of this genus to Ceronema Maskell and Mal- 

 lococcus Maskell. Borchsenius, 1957: 91, placed it in the Filippiinae, Coccidae 

 (str.). 



Metadenopus Sulc, 1933, Acta Soc. Sci. Nat. Morav. 8 (12) (Signa- 



tura F76) : 1-2, 15. 



type-species : Metadenopus festucae Sulc, 1933, by monotypy. 



The author placed this genus in the Coccinae (str.), not close to any known 

 genus. Borchsenius, 1949: 185, assigned it to the Pseudococcidae, 

 Pseudococcinae. 



Metandaspis Williams, 1963, Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent. Bui. 15 : 28. 



type-species : Mytilaspis recurvata Froggatt, 1914, by original designation. 



The author placed this genus close to Andaspis MacGillivray in the Lepido- 

 saphes Shimer group of the Diaspidini. 



