ZOOTAXA

ZOOTAXA65with the elytral fascia sharply “toothed, as if tattered,” and bound with the side margins ofthe elytra. The similarity to N. vespillo suggests curved metatibiae, which are possessed byN. sayi and N. marginatus. However, N. sayi does not have the elytral fascia toothed,whereas N. marginatus does.Nicrophorus mexicanus Matthews, 1888 desig. lectotypeType locality: “Mexico City”[Mexico; 19.4°N, 99.15°W; label]Type depository: BMNH: London [!] lectotype male, 8 paralectotypesDistribution: Nearctic, Neotropical: southwestern North America, Mexico, Guatemala,El Salvador, Honduras*1888 Matthews: 91 (description) >> Orig. comb.: Necrophorus mexicanus; auth. attrib.Chevrolat [!N, S]1901 Villada: 35 (checklist in Spanish)1924 Portevin: 188 (key, descriptions in French)1926a Portevin: 226 (revision: key, descriptions & catalog in French)1927b Hatch: 357 (revision: key, descriptions & catalog)1928 Hatch: 144 (catalog)1933 Semenov-Tian-Shanskij: 156 (catalog in Russian & Latin)1943 Portevin: 48 (description of variation in French) >> description of variation: 1unavailable name1944 Arnett: 6, 22 (morphology: female genitalia) >> female genitalia figured, pl. 3,fig. 71944 Blackwelder: 100 (catalog)1958 Madge: 56 (revision: key, descriptions, ecology, distributions) >> as N. investigatorsubsp. mexicanus1972 Howden & Peck: 71 (biology, ecology)1973 Blackwelder: 6 (checklist, synonymy)1975 Zaragoza et al.: 459-475 (biology, ecology in Spanish (English summary)) >>focal species1982 Halffter et al.: 50-52 (biology, behavior, morphology: ovaries, in Spanish) >>focal species1984 Halffter et al.: 648-666 (biology, behavior in French) >> focal species1985 Anderson & Peck: 49 (revision: key, descriptions & catalog) >> in key only1985 Peck & Anderson: 267 (key, descriptions, phylogenetics)1986 Nishikawa: 98 (catalog in Japanese (English summary))1987 Peck & Kaulbars: 53 (checklist)1990 Peck: 1122 (key)1992 Halffter: 283 (biology, behavior)1992 Huerta: 13-21 (morphology: sternal glands in Spanish (English summary)) >>focal species1992 Terrón et al.: 315-324 (biology, ecology in Spanish (English summary))1993 Huerta et al.: 151-157 (biology, behavior) >> focal species1993 Peck & Miller: 8 (species-group catalog)1995 Lingafelter: 220 (biology, ecology) >> not found during surveys1995 Navarrete-Heredia: 12 (biology, ecology, key in Spanish)128 © 2002 Magnolia PressSIKES ET AL.