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| Spelling: | Metopia | |
| Authorship: | Meigen | |
| Publication: | Versuch einer neuen GattungsEintheilung der europäischen zweiflügligen Insekten. Magazin für Insektenkunde 2: 259-281. | |
| Page: | 280 | |
| Type Species: | by monotypy: Musca leucocephala Rossi, 1790, Fauna Etrusca, 2: 306, a senior subjective synonym of Tachina argyrocephala Meigen, 1824, Syst. Beschr. europ. zweiflüg. Ins., 4: 372, but a junior primary homonym of Musca leucocephala Villers, 1789 --------- Metopia Meigen, 1803 was placed on the Official List of Generic Names (Opinion 1772) |
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