ZOOTAXA

ZOOTAXA Nicrophorus maculifrons Kraatz, 187765Type locality: “Japan” [descrip.]Type depository: unknown; not DEIC: Eberswalde [L. Zerche, in litt.] 2 syntype malesDistribution: Palearctic: Russia: easternSiberia, Amur, Ussuri reg., Kuriles, Sakhalin;northeastern China, Japan, Korea1877 Kraatz: 101 (descriptions in German) >> Orig. comb.: Necrophorus maculifrons[!N, S]1877 Harold: 346 (descriptions in German) >> as syn. of N. nepalensis1878 Deyrolle & Fairmaire: 91 (descriptions in French) >> as valid species; comparedto N. ocellatus1887 Lewis: 339 (description) >> as valid species; disagrees with Harold 1877 syn.under N. nepalensis1891 Fairmaire: 191 (checklist in French) >> as valid species; as N. maculifrons var.quadripunctatus1895b Reitter: 325 (description of variation in German) >> as valid species1897 Reitter: 48 (description of variation in German) >> comments on (agrees with)status as valid species1908 Heyne & Taschenberg: 38 (descriptions in German) >> as N. nepalensis var.maculifrons1910 Jakobson: 612 (checklist in Russian) >> as valid species1914b Portevin: 224 (description of variation in French) >> as valid species1915 Roubal: 169 (description of variation in German)1921 Lucas: 185 >> as valid species1923 Portevin: 306 (key, descriptions in French) >> as valid species1925 Winkler: 263 (catalog) >> as valid species1926a Portevin: 206 (revision: key, descriptions & catalog in French) >> as valid species1927b Hatch: 354 (revision: key, descriptions & catalog)1928 Hatch: 130 (catalog)1929 Kôno: 161, 164 (checklist, annotated) >> description of variation: 1 unavailablename1930 Yokoyama: 123 (descriptions in Japanese)1932 Hlisnikovsky: 27 (key, descriptions in German)1933 Kano: 100 (checklist in Japanese (English summary)) >> misidentification of N.investigator as N. maculifrons1933 Semenov-Tian-Shanskij: 156 (catalog in Russian & Latin)1933a Shchegoleva-Barovskaya: 177 (revision: key, descriptions & catalog in Russian)1936 Cho: 156 (checklist in Korean) >> new record for Korea1937 Mochizuki & Tsunekawa (checklist)1937 Wu (catalog)1939 Masui (checklist)1953 Mazokhin-Porshnyakov: 236 (descriptions, catalog in Russian)1955a Nakane: 48 (checklist, brief descriptions)1955b Nakane: 53 (key, descriptions in Japanese)1956 Esaki et al.: 1029 (checklist, descriptions in Japanese)1957 Cho (catalog in Korean)120 © 2002 Magnolia PressSIKES ET AL.