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Genus Gerarus 
Gerarus Scudder 1885:344; Handlirsch 1906a: 147, I906b:702, 1911: 313, 1919:38. 
Type: Gerarus vetus Scudder (original designation). 
Sihenaropuda Brongniart 1885:59; Handlirsch 1906a: 148, 1906b: 704, 1919:30. Type: 
St henaropoda fischeri (or\g\n-d\ designation), nkw synony my.'’ 
Genopteryx Scudder 1885:327; Handlirsch 1906a: 148, 1906b:704, 1919:30. Type: 
Genopteryx constricta (original designation). Nt:w synonymy.^ 
Archaeacridites Meunier 1909a:39. 1909c: 145; Handlirsch 1919:39. Type: Archaea- 
cridites hruesi (original designation), nhw s^ non'i my. 
Rossites Richardson 1956:44. Type: Rossites inopinus (original designation). 
M W SYNONYMY. 
Description 
Fore wing: membranous, larger than hind wing, rounded at 
apex; SC long, weakly turning anteriorly to fuse with C at point 
three-fourths to two-thirds the length of the wing; R parallel to SC, 
terminating in C slightly anteriorad to wing apex. Fore wings differ 
from hind wings in the following veins: in the fore wing, RS 
branches from R in the basal third of the wing, and bifurcates two 
or three times. M four- or five-branched, either connecting to RS by 
a cross vein or fusing with it; CUA coalesces with M for short 
distance at wing base and may be weakly branched; CUP simple, 
elbowed towards CUA; network of anal veins present. 
Hind wing: RS has three to six distinct pectinate branches and 
does not fuse with M; M multiply branched, arising from RS; CUA 
^Some doubt exists concerning the date of publication of this paper with respect to 
Scudder’s 1885 article, but 1 have concluded for the following reasons that Scudder 
had priority of publication: 1 ) Although we do not know the month of publication 
for Brongniart’s paper, we do know that Scudder’s was published early in April, 
1885. Unfortunately, attempts to obtain the exact date of publication for Brongni- 
art’s article from the Museum d’Histoire Naturelle de Rouen and the Societe des 
Amis des Sciences Naturelles de Rouen have met with no response. 2) Citations of 
these two papers (e.g., Handlirsch, 1906a, 1922) have consistently listed Scudder’s 
paper before Brongniart’s. 3) Scudder’s 1885 account of Gerarus includes a full 
description, figures, and designation of a type species {G. vetus), whereas Brongni- 
art’s paper only mentions Sthenaropuda and gives no formal description. 
''Gerarus and Genopteryx were named and described by Scudder in the same paper 
(1885). In accordance with the I.C.Z.N. procedures, and as the first reviser, I have 
treated Genopteryx as the junior synonym of Gerarus, the better known and 
larger genus. 
