Genus Metatanais Shiino, 1952

Diagnoses. See Shiino (1952: new genus and diagnosis); Błażewicz-Paszkowycz & Zemko (2009: genus diagnosis and remarks); and Bird (2015: remarks on genus, including subfamilial diagnosis). Type species. Metatanais cylindricus Shiino, 1952 .

Composition (four species). M. bipunctatus; Błażewicz-Paszkowycz & Zemko, 2009; M. cylindricus; M. progenitor Bird, 2015; M. spinipropodus sp. nov.