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Genera in the family or subfamily Melanonidae: [ 2 ] records

Melanonosoma Gilchrist [J. D. F.] 1902:106 Neut. Melanonosoma acutecaudatum Gilchrist 1902. Type by monotypy. The spelling Melanonosoma was used twice on p. 106 when published in 1902; the spelling Melanosoma was used in the index, but the name does not appear in the "Corrigenda to vol. II". •Synonym of Melanonus Günther 1878 -- (Cohen 1986:328 [ref. 5646] as Melanosoma). Current status: Synonym of Melanonus Günther 1878. Melanonidae.

Melanonus Günther [A.] 1878:19 Masc. Melanonus gracilis Günther 1878. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Melanonus Günther 1878 -- (Cohen 1973:327 [ref. 6589], Cohen 1986:328 [ref. 5646], Cohen 1984:263 [ref. 13646], Fahay & Markle 1984:266 [ref. 13653], Cohen in Whitehead et al. 1986:724 [ref. 13676], Paxton et al. 1989:304 [ref. 12442], Chiu & Markle 1990:188 [ref. 21686], Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:318 [ref. 18936], Miller 1993:561 [ref. 21297], Gomon et al. 1994:337 [ref. 22532], Henriques et al. 2001:43 [ref. 25317], Iwamoto & Cohen 2003:1001 [ref. 27011], Paxton et al. 2006:618 [ref. 28995], Gomon 2008:349[ref. 30616], Parin et al. 2014:170 [ref. 33547], Struthers 2015:868 [ref. 34261], Bañón et al. 2016:316 [ref. 34397]). Current status: Valid as Melanonus Günther 1878. Melanonidae.