Genus Monocrita Förster, 1856

(junior synonym of Isostasius Förster, 1856)

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Monocrita Förster, 1856: 106, 109. Type species Inostemma atinas Walker, 1835 by monotypy. Junior synonym of Isostasius Förster, 1856 – Masner 1965: 131.

Remarks

Förster differentiated Monocrita from Metaclisis based on the antennal segments. What he interpreted as a one-segmented clava in Monocrita is in fact an elongate A10 (Masner & Huggert 1989). The type species of Monocrita, Inostemma atinas Walker, 1835, was transferred to Isostasius by Masner (1965). Thus, Monocrita is a junior synonym of Isostasius . However, not all species described in Monocrita belong to Isostasius . Monocrita monheimii Förster, 1861 was transferred to Metaclisis (Vlug 1973) . The type specimen and taxonomic position of Monocrita affinis Förster, 1861 are unknown (Vlug 1995).