ZOOTAXA

ZOOTAXA65Type depository: BMNH: London [!] holotype femaleDistribution: Nearctic: n Mexico; Neotropical: Mexico, Honduras*1888 Matthews: 92 (description) >> Orig. comb.: Necrophorus olidus; auth. attrib.Chevrolat [!N, S]1924 Portevin: 376 (key, descriptions in French)1926a Portevin: 239 (revision: key, descriptions & catalog in French)1927b Hatch: 353 (revision: key, descriptions & catalog)1928 Hatch: 129 (catalog)1933 Semenov-Tian-Shanskij: 156 (catalog in Russian & Latin)1944 Blackwelder: 100 (catalog)1973 Blackwelder: 6 (checklist, synonymy)1985 Peck & Anderson: 269 (key, descriptions, phylogenetics)1986 Nishikawa: 98 (catalog in Japanese (English summary))1995 Navarrete-Heredia: 12 (biology, ecology, key in Spanish)1996 Halffter et al.: 162 (biology, ecology)1997 Deloya: 39 (biology, ecology in Spanish)1998 Arellano: 9 (checklist, distribution in Spanish)1998 Navarrete-Heredia & Fierros-López: 49 (distribution note in Spanish)1998 Rivera-Cervantes & García-Real: 14 (biology, ecology in Spanish)2000 Navarrete-Heredia & Quiroz-Rocha: 4 (biology, ecology, distribution in Spanish)2000 Navarrete-Heredia & Fierros-López: 407 (checklist, distribution in Spanish(English summary)) >> distribution and habitat notes2000 Sikes & Peck: 395 (descriptions, phylogenetics)2001 Burgos Solorio & Trejo-Loyo: 94 (checklist in Spanish)2001 Fierros-Lopez & Navarrete-Heredia: 45-46 (biology, ecology)2001 Navarrete-Heredia: 170 (checklist, distribution in Spanish)= quadricollis Gistel, 1848Type locality: “Mexico” [descrip.]Type depository: ZSMC: München? [lost?]1848 Gistel: 190 (descriptions in German) >> Orig. comb.: Necrophorus quadricollis1857b Gistel: 565 (in German) >> described as new1917 Strand: 83 (descriptions in German) >> as nomen dubium1928 Hatch: 153 (catalog) >> Incertae sedis1944 Blackwelder: 100 (catalog) >> as valid species1973 Blackwelder: 6 (checklist, synonymy) >> as valid speciesGistel’s description of the Mexican N. quadricollis matches N. olidus of Matthews morethan the few alternatives (N. mexicanus, N. marginatus, N. quadrimaculatus). Unfortunately,the Gistel name is older, and thus would have priority over the Matthews name butis apparently without a type and has never been used as the senior to N. olidus. The Matthewsname does not fit the criteria of the ICZN 23.9.1.1. to be made a nomen protectumso we will request the Commission of the ICZN preserve stability and retain N. olidus asthe valid name. The ICZN (23.9.3) states that while such a case is under consideration "useof the junior name is to be maintained."144 © 2002 Magnolia PressSIKES ET AL.