ZOOTAXA

1870 LeConte: 398 (nomenclature) >> as syn. of N. sayi1873 Crotch: 37 (checklist) >> as syn. of Silpha sayi1877 Provancher: 225 (in French)1880 Horn: 314 (revision: key, descriptions & catalog) >> as syn. of N. sayi1920 Leng: 86 (catalog) >> as syn. of N. sayi1926a Portevin: 256 (revision: key, descriptions & catalog in French) >> as syn. of N.sayi1928 Hatch: 129 (catalog) >> as syn. of N. sayi1944 Arnett: 4 (morphology: female genitalia) >> as syn. of N. sayi1982 Peck & Miller: 152 (nomenclature) >> desig. lectotype; as syn. of N. sayi; ashomonym of N. lunatus Fisch.1985 Anderson & Peck: 69 (revision: key, descriptions & catalog) >> as syn. of N. sayi1993 Peck & Miller: 9 (species-group catalog) >> as syn. of N. sayiZOOTAXA65= luniger Harold, 1868 (nomen novum for lunatus LeConte)Type locality: see N. lunatus LeConteType depository: see N. lunatus LeConte1868 Harold: 104 (descriptions in German) >> Orig. comb.: Necrophorus luniger;(new name (nomen novum) (replacement name) for preoccupied lunatusLeConte) [!M]1868 Gemminger & Harold: 718 (catalog) >> as valid species1920 Leng: 86 (catalog) >> as syn. of N. sayi1926a Portevin: 256 (revision: key, descriptions & catalog in French) >> as syn. of N.sayi1928 Hatch: 129 (catalog) >> as syn. of N. sayi1944 Arnett: 4 (morphology: female genitalia) >> as syn. of N. sayi1982 Peck & Miller: 152 (nomenclature) >> as syn. of N. sayi1985 Anderson & Peck: 69 (revision: key, descriptions & catalog) >> as syn. of N. sayi1993 Peck & Miller: 9 (species-group catalog) >> as syn. of N. sayi= pulsator Gistel, 1848 NEW SYNONYM of N. sayi LaporteType locality: “America borealis” [Canada; descrip.]Type depository: ZSMC: München?1848 Gistel: 190 (descriptions in German) >> Orig. comb.: Necrophorus pulsator1857b Gistel: 564 (in German) >> indicated as new; with “N. americanus? Melsheimer”as synonym1917 Strand: 83 (descriptions in German)1928 Hatch: 153 (catalog) >> Incertae sedis1993 Peck & Miller: 9 (species-group catalog) >> as unplaced species / incertae sedisComments: See comments for N. germanicus and N. interruptus regarding the names ofGistel. We herein move N. pulsator Gistel, previously considered a nomen dubium, tosynonymy under N. sayi. Gistel’s description indicates N. pulsator is similar to N. vespillo,suggesting the metatibiae are curved, which would limit this species to either N. marginatusor N. sayi; the description also indicates that the posterior fascia are round spotswhich excludes N. marginatus but matches N. sayi.CATALOG OF NICROPHORINAE© 2002 Magnolia Press 165