ZOOTAXA

1928 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.marginatus1993 Peck & Miller: 8 (species-group catalog) >> as syn. of N. marginatus (cited as“syn. following Hatch 1928”)1996 Ratcliffe: 72 (revision: key, descriptions & catalog) >> as syn. of N. marginatusZOOTAXA65= velutinus Fabricius, 1801 CONFIRMED as SYNONYM of N. tomentosus WeberType locality: “in Carolina”, [USA, label]Type depository: ZMUC: Kiel; syntype- MNHN: Paris [!] 2 (or more) syntypes1801 Fabricius: 334 (descriptions) >> Orig. comb.: Necrophorus velutinus [!N, S]1806 Melsheimer: 16 (catalog) >> misspelled as Microphorus velutinus1807 Herschel: 271 (descriptions in German) >> as valid species1821 Dejean: 42 (catalog) >> auth. attrib. P. B. as syn. of N. marginatus, auth. attrib. F.as valid species1833 Dejean: 117 (catalog in French) >> as valid species1836 Dejean: 131 (catalog in French) >> as valid species1837 Kirby: 96 (descriptions) >> as valid species & senior syn. of N. tomentosus [firstreviser]1839 Matzek: 23 (morphology: internal & external anatomy in Latin) >> as N. velutinum1840 Laporte: 2 (descriptions in French) >> as valid species & senior syn of N. tomentosus1853 LeConte: 277 (descriptions) >> as valid species & senior syn of N. tomentosus;with note discussing priority of N. velutinus F. vs. N. tomentosus Web.1853 Melsheimer: 39 (catalog) >> as senior syn. of N. tomentosus1854 Lacordaire: 200 (biology, catalog in French) >> as valid species1859c LeConte: 37 (checklist) >> as valid species1862 Osten-Sacken: 409 (biology, behavior in German) >> as valid species1868 Gemminger & Harold: 719 (catalog) >> as valid species1873 Crotch: 37 (checklist) >> as Silpha velutina, as syn. of Silpha tomentosa1877 Provancher: 224 (in French)1880 Horn: 315 (revision: key, descriptions & catalog) >> as syn. of N. tomentosus1881 Schaupp: 38 (morphology, larval stages) >> as valid species (although N. tomentosusis name used in title)1903 Portevin: 331 (descriptions in French) >> as valid species1908 Heyne & Taschenberg: 38 (descriptions in German) >> as valid species, with N.tomentosus as syn.1920 Leng: 86 (catalog) >> as syn. of N. tomentosus1922 Sherborn: 6835 (catalog - index)1925 Portevin: 170 (description of variation in French) >> as valid species & seniorsyn. of N. tomentosus; description of variation: 1 unavailable name1926a Portevin: 245 (revision: key, descriptions & catalog in French) >> as valid species,as senior syn. of N. tomentosus1928 Hatch: 150 (catalog) >> as syn. of N. tomentosusCATALOG OF NICROPHORINAE© 2002 Magnolia Press 181