ZOOTAXA

ZOOTAXA 1925 Winkler: 264 (catalog)651926a Portevin: 225 (revision: key, descriptions & catalog in French)1930 Kieseritzky: 63 (descriptions in Russian (German summary))1933 Semenov-Tian-Shanskij: 156 (catalog in Russian & Latin)1986 Nishikawa: 98 (catalog in Japanese (English summary))1993b Kozminykh: 67 (key, descriptions, regional in Russian)= burmanicus Hlisnikovsky, 1964 NEW SYNONYM of N. oberthuri PortevinType locality: “Adung Valley, Nord Burma, 12,000 feet” [label]Type depository: BMNH: London [!] 2 (or more) syntypes1964a Hlisnikovsky: 223 (key, descriptions in German) >> Orig. comb.: Necrophorus(Necrophoriscus) burmanicus [!N, S]1982 Schawaller: 256 (checklist in German (English summary)) >> as valid species1986 Nishikawa: 99 (catalog in Japanese (English summary)) >> as valid species1993b Kozminykh: 63 (key, descriptions, regional in Russian) >> as valid species2002 Nikolajev & Kozminykh: 111 (catalog, distribution, descriptions, keys, figures inRussian (English summary)) >> as valid species, compared with N. lunatus= unifasciatus Hlisnikovsky, 1964 NEW SYNONYM of N. oberthuri PortevinType locality: “Tasienlu-Kiulung China” [Kangding; 30.00°N, 102.04° E; label]Type depository: NMPC: Praha [!] holotype male1964a Hlisnikovsky: 224 (key, descriptions in German) >> Orig. comb.: Necrophorus(Necrophoriscus) unifasciatus [!N, S]1986 Nishikawa: 99 (catalog in Japanese (English summary)) >> as valid species1993b Kozminykh: 63 (key, descriptions, regional in Russian) >> as valid species1996 RÉÓigka & Schneider: 81 (checklist in English (Czech summary)) >> as validspecies2002 Nikolajev & Kozminykh: 111 (catalog, distribution, descriptions, keys, figures inRussian (English summary)) >> as valid species, compared with N. lunatusComments: Hlisnikovsky (1964a) showed no indication that he was aware of Portevin'sN. oberthuri when he described two new unifasciate species of Nicrophorus. He comparedhis two new species, which differed apparently in aspects of their pygidial pubescence,to another unifasciate Nicrophorus, N. lunatus Fisch. – a species not closely relatedto N. oberthuri. We have studied the types of both of Hlisnikovsky's N. burmanicus and N.unifasciatus and they agree in all critical respects with the holotype of N. oberthuri in theParis museum (which itself bore a determination label of N. unifasciatus!)Nicrophorus obscurus Kirby, 1837Type locality: “N. amer.”[label] “from New York to Cumberland-House”[descrip]Type depository: BMNH: London [!] holotype femaleDistribution: Nearctic: northeastern Rocky mountains1837 Kirby: 97 (descriptions) >> Orig. comb.: Necrophorus obscurus [!N, S]1853 LeConte: 275 (descriptions) >> missidentified as N. Melsheimeri142 © 2002 Magnolia PressSIKES ET AL.