ZOOTAXA

ZOOTAXA65Type depository: MZHF: Helsinki 2 syntypes1833 Dejean: 117 (catalog in French) >> as valid species; auth. attrib. Eschscholtz[predescription reference of N. maritimus Mann. 1843]1836 Dejean: 131 (catalog in French) >> as valid species, auth. attrib. Eschscholtz[predescription reference of N. maritimus Mann. 1843]1843 Mannerheim: 251 (descriptions in German) >> Orig. comb.: Necrophorus maritimus;New junior primary homonym, not Guérin-Méneville 1835, [!S]1853 LeConte: 278 (descriptions) >> as valid species but unknown to author; N. maritimusMann. as valid but Guérin also cited1853 Mannerheim: 169 (descriptions in German) >> as valid species; auth. attrib. toEschsch & validated by Mann. 18431853 Melsheimer: 39 (catalog) >> as valid species; Guerin-M. also cited1854 Lacordaire: 200 (biology, catalog in French) >> as valid species1868 Gemminger & Harold: 718 (catalog) >> not as available name, but as citation ofN. maritimus Guérin by Mann. 18431870 LeConte: 398 (nomenclature) >> as syn. of N. hebes1877 Kraatz: 102 (descriptions in German) >> as valid species; as N. maritimusGuérin, Mann.1880 Horn: 314 (revision: key, descriptions & catalog) >> as syn. of N. pustulatus(sensu Horn 1880)1920 Leng: 86 (catalog) >> as syn. of N. pustulatus subsp. melsheimeri1927b Hatch: 357 (revision: key, descriptions & catalog) >> as N. investigator subsp.maritimus1987 Silfverberg: 49 (nomenclature) >> as syn. of N. investigator (following Hatch1928); 2 syntypes in MZHF= maritimus Gistel, 1857 (junior primary homonym, not N. maritimus Guérin-Méneville)NEW SYNONYM of N. investigator ZetterstedtType locality: “Sittcha, Amer. bor. ross.” [USA: Alaska; descrip.]Type depository: unknown1857b Gistel: 565 (in German) >> Orig. comb.: Necrophorus maritimus, with N. aleuticusGistel 1848 as syn. [!N]= melsheimeri Kirby, 1837 CONFIRMED as SYNONYM of N. investigator ZetterstedtType locality: “n. amer” [label] “from New York to Cumberland-House” [descrip.]Type depository: BMNH: London [!] holotype male1837 Kirby: 97 (descriptions) >> Orig. comb.: Necrophorus Melsheimeri [!N, S]1853 LeConte: 275 (descriptions) >> Missid of N. obscurus as N. Melsheimeri, asvalid species1853 Melsheimer: 39 (catalog) >> as valid species1854 Lacordaire: 200 (biology, catalog in French) >> as valid species1859c LeConte: 37 (checklist) >> as valid species1866a LeConte: 367 (nomenclature) >> as valid species1870 LeConte: 398 (nomenclature) >> as syn of N. sayi106 © 2002 Magnolia PressSIKES ET AL.