ZOOTAXA

= mckittricki Pierce, 1949 [fossil]Type locality: “McKittrick” [USA: California: Kern Co.; descrip]Type depository: LACM: Los Angeles1949 Pierce: 66 (fossils, descriptions) >> Orig. comb.: Nicrophorus mckittricki [fossil][!N, S]1979 Miller & Peck: 96 (fossils) >> as syn. of N. marginatus1985 Anderson & Peck: 63 (revision: key, descriptions & catalog) >> as syn. of N.marginatus1993 Peck & Miller: 8 (species-group catalog) >> as syn. of N. marginatus1996 Ratcliffe: 72 (revision: key, descriptions & catalog) >> as syn. of N. marginatusZOOTAXA65= montezumae Matthews, 1888 CONFIRMED as SYNONYM of N. marginatusFabriciusType locality: “Mexico, Villa Lerdo in Durango, Cholula, Jalapa, Mexico city, Esperanza”[descrip.]Type depository: BMNH: London [!] 3 syntypes1888 Matthews: 92 (description) >> Orig. comb.: Necrophorus montezumae [!N, S]1924 Portevin: 83 (key, descriptions in French) >> as valid species, with reservation1926a Portevin: 211 (revision: key, descriptions & catalog in French) >> as valid species1928 Hatch: 147 (catalog) >> as syn. of N. marginatus1944 Arnett: 4 (morphology: female genitalia) >> as syn. of N. marginatus1985 Anderson & Peck: 63 (revision: key, descriptions & catalog) >> as syn. of N.marginatus1985 Peck & Anderson: 266 (key, descriptions, phylogenetics) >> as syn. of N. marginatus1993 Peck & Miller: 8 (species-group catalog) >> as syn. of N. marginatus1996 Ratcliffe: 72 (revision: key, descriptions & catalog) >> as syn. of N. marginatus= obtusiscutellum Pierce, 1949 [fossil]Type locality: “Pit A” [USA: California: Los Angeles Co., Rancho La Brea; descrip]Type depository: LACM: Los Angeles1949 Pierce: 67 (fossils, descriptions) >> Orig. comb.: Nicrophorus obtusiscutellum[fossil] [!N, S]1979 Miller & Peck: 96 (fossils) >> as syn. of N. marginatus1985 Anderson & Peck: 63 (revision: key, descriptions & catalog) >> as syn. of N.marginatus1993 Peck & Miller: 8 (species-group catalog) >> as syn. of N. marginatus1996 Ratcliffe: 72 (revision: key, descriptions & catalog) >> as syn. of N. marginatusComments: As discussed above (see N. germanicus and N. interruptus) regarding thenames proposed by Gistel (1848, 1857), usually treated as nomina dubia, we herein moveN. lunulatus Gistel, 1848 from synonymy under N. sayi to N. marginatus based on the following:Gistel described N. lunulatus from North America as being like N. vespillo butCATALOG OF NICROPHORINAE© 2002 Magnolia Press 127