ZOOTAXA

ZOOTAXA = aurora Motschulsky, 1860 NEW STATUS as absolute syn. of N. vespilloides65HerbstType locality: “de la Russie septentrionale” [Russia; descrip.]Type depository: ZMUM: Moscow1860 Motschulsky: 126 (descriptions in French) >> Orig. comb.: Necrophorus aurora[!N, S]1868 Gemminger & Harold: 717 (catalog) >> as valid species1884 Marseul: 193 (key, descriptions in French) >> as valid species1885 Marseul: 169 (catalog in French) >> as valid species1895b Reitter: 328 (description of variation in German) >> as syn. of N. vespilloides1906 Heyden et al.: 247 (checklist) >> as syn. of N. vespilloides1910 Jakobson: 612 (checklist in Russian) >> as syn.of N. vespilloides1916 Pasquet: 147 (description of variation in French)1924 Portevin: 375 (key, descriptions in French) >> as N. vespilloides ab. aurora1926a Portevin: 258 (revision: key, descriptions & catalog in French) >> as N. vespilloidesab. Aurora1928 Hatch: 138 (catalog) >> as N. vespilloides ab. aurora1933a Shchegoleva-Barovskaya: 182 (revision: key, descriptions & catalog in Russian)>> as N. vespilloides ab. aurora1944 Arnett: 4 (morphology: female genitalia) >> as N. vespilloides ab. aurora1965 Báguena: 52 (checklist in Spanish) >> as N. vespilloides ab. aurora1979 Salgado & Régil: 87 (catalog, annotated & figured in Spanish) >> as N. vespilloidesvar. aurora1989 Núñez et al.: 443 (checklist in Spanish (English summary)) >> as N. vespilloidesvar. aurora; most freq. var. observed behind typical form= borealis Portevin, 1914 CONFIRMED as SYNONYM of N. vespilloides HerbstType locality: “Laponie : Kirkeness. Ile Sakhaline” [Norway?; descrip.]Type depository: MNHN: Paris [!] holotype1914a Portevin: 195 (description of variation in French) >> Orig. comb.: Necrophorusvespilloides var. borealis [!N, S]1924 Portevin: 375 (key, descriptions in French) >> noted as ‘nov’ N. vespilloides var.borealis1925 Winkler: 265 (catalog) >> as N. vespilloides ab. borealis1926a Portevin: 259 (revision: key, descriptions & catalog in French) >> as N. vespilloidesvar. borealis1928 Hatch: 138 (catalog) >> as N. vespilloides var. borealis1929 Kôno: 161, 164 (checklist, annotated) >> as N. vespilloides f. borealis1933 Kano: 101 (checklist in Japanese (English summary)) >> as N. vespilloides var.1933aborealisShchegoleva-Barovskaya: 182 (revision: key, descriptions & catalog in Russian)>> as N. vespilloides ab. borealis1940 Hatch: 235 (description of variation) >> as N. vespilloides var. borealis1944 Arnett: 4 (morphology: female genitalia) >> as N. vespilloides var. borealis1967 Kuwayama (checklist in Russian)1973 Krivolutskaya: 71 (checklist in Russian (with electronic english translation)) >>as N. vespilloides var. borealis (cites Kano 1933-1934 usage)204 © 2002 Magnolia PressSIKES ET AL.