Mecrona

uperregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Staphyliniformia
Superfamilia: Staphylinoidea

Familia: Staphylinidae
Subfamilia: Aleocharinae
Tribus: Oxypodini
Genus: Mecrona
Species: M. algophila
Name

Mecrona Blackwelder, 1952: 232 [nom. nov.]

Type species: Calodera algophila Broun, 1886, fixed by autotypy.

Synonymy

Calonotus Cameron, 1945: 171 [preoccupied, not Calonotus Agassiz 1846 (Lepidoptera), Calonotus Jan, 1863 (Reptilia)]
Dasydera Cameron, 1948: 731 [new name for Calonotus Cameron; preoccupied, not Dasydera LeConte, 1861 (Glaphyridae)]

References
Primary references

Blackwelder, R.E. 1952. The generic names of the beetle family Staphylinidae, with an essay on genotypy. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 200: i–iv, 1–483. hdl: 10088/30426 . BHL. Reference page. [nom. nov.: p. 232]
Cameron, M. 1948 [1947]. New species of Staphylinidae (Col.) from New Zealand. The Annals and magazine of natural history (11)14: 723–731. [nom. nov.: p. 731]
Cameron, M. 1945. Some observations on the Staphylinidae of the Broun Collection of Coleoptera in the British Museum, with descriptions of new genera and species (continued). The Annals and magazine of natural history (11)12: 158–180. [original description of Calonotus: p. 171]