ZOOTAXA

ZOOTAXA65Type depository: MCZC: Cambridge [!] holotype female1854 LeConte: 20 (descriptions) >> Orig. comb.: Necrophorus confossor [!S]1866a LeConte: 367 (nomenclature) >> as N. maritimus var. confossor1868 Gemminger & Harold: 718 (catalog) >> as N. maritimus var. confossor1873 Crotch: 37 (checklist) >> as Silpha confossor, as syn. of Silpha melsheimeri1880 Horn: 314 (revision: key, descriptions & catalog) >> as syn. of N. pustulatussensu Horn 18801920 Leng: 86 (catalog) >> as syn. of N. pustulatus subsp. melsheimeri1926a Portevin: 255 (revision: key, descriptions & catalog in French) >> as syn. of N.investigator1928 Hatch: 140 (catalog) >> as syn. of N. investigator; auth. attrib. incorrectly toMots.1933a Shchegoleva-Barovskaya: 186 (revision: key, descriptions & catalog in Russian)>> as syn. of N. investigator1944 Arnett: 5 (morphology: female genitalia) >> as syn. of N. investigator; auth.attrib. incorrectly to Mots.1982 Peck & Miller: 152 (nomenclature) >> as syn. of N. investigator1985 Anderson & Peck: 61 (revision: key, descriptions & catalog) >> as syn. of N.investigator1993b Kozminykh: 66 (key, descriptions, regional in Russian) >> as syn. of N. investigator1993 Peck & Miller: 8 (species-group catalog) >> as syn. of N. investigator1996 Ratcliffe: 70 (revision: key, descriptions & catalog) >> as syn. of N. investigator2002 Nikolajev & Kozminykh: 119 (catalog, distribution, descriptions, keys, figures inRussian (English summary)) >> as syn. of N. investigator= funerator Fauvel, 1890 [unjust. emendation of N. funeror Reitter] NEW STATUSas absolute syn. of N. investigator ZetterstedtType locality: see N. funeror ReitterType depository: see N. funeror Reitter1890 Fauvel: 348 (descriptions in French) >> Orig. comb.: Necrophorus funerator;Unjustified emendation of Silpha funeror. [!S]1926a Portevin: 255 (revision: key, descriptions & catalog in French) >> as objectivesyn. of N. investigator ab. funeror1928 Hatch: 141 (catalog) >> as syn. of N. investigator ab. funeror1933a Shchegoleva-Barovskaya: 187 (revision: key, descriptions & catalog in Russian)>> as N. investigator ab. funerator1944 Arnett: 5 (morphology: female genitalia) >> as N. investigator subsp. investigatorab. funerator= funeror (Reitter, 1884) NEW STATUS as absolute syn. of N. investigator ZetterstedtType locality: “Im westlichen Caucasus-Gebirgsstocke: Swanetien” [Georgia; descrip& label]Type depository: HNHM: Budapest [!] 3 syntypes100 © 2002 Magnolia PressSIKES ET AL.