ZOOTAXA

ZOOTAXA = olfactor Gistel, 1848 NEW SYNONYM of N. vestigator Herschel65Type locality: “Spain” [descrip.]Type depository: ZSMC: München?1848 Gistel: 190 (descriptions in German) >> Orig. comb.: Necrophorus Olfactor [!N]1917 Strand: 84 (descriptions in German)1928 Hatch: 153 (catalog) >> Incertae sedis= rautenbergi Reitter, 1900 [corrected spelling] NEW STATUS as absolute syn. ofN. vestigator HerschelType locality: “Hildesheim“ [nw Germany: 52.15°N, 9.97°E; label]Type depository: HNHM: Budapest [!] holotype female1900 Reitter: 82 (description of variation in German) >> Orig. comb.: Necrophorusvestigator var. Rauterbergi [!S]1902 Heyden: 12 (nomenclature in French) >> as senior syn. of N. vestigator var.degener1906 Heyden et al.: 247 (checklist) >> as N. vestigator var. rautenbergi1909 Reitter: 241 (in German)1910 Jakobson: 612 (checklist in Russian) >> as N. vestigator var. rautenbergi1911 Reitter: 106 (description of variation in German) >> as N. vestigator ab. Rauterbergi1913 Kuhnt: 336 (in German)1914a Portevin: 195 (description of variation in French) >> compared to N. vestigatorvar. obscuripennis1916 Schaufuss: 274 (checklist in German)1922 Everts: 1821925 Portevin: 168 (description of variation in French) >> as N. vestigator ab. Rauterbergi1925 Winkler: 265 (catalog) >> as N. vestigator ab. rautenbergi1926a Portevin: 247 (revision: key, descriptions & catalog in French) >> as syn. of N.vestigator ab. cadaverinus1928 Hatch: 148 (catalog) >> as N. vestigator ab. Rauterbergi1933a Shchegoleva-Barovskaya: 180 (revision: key, descriptions & catalog in Russian)>> as N. vestigator ab. rauterbergi1965 Báguena: 51 (checklist in Spanish) >> as N. vestigator ab. rauterbergi= sepultor Gyllenhal, 1827 (junior primary homonym, not Charpentier, 1825)Type locality: “Scania” [ Skåne; descrip.]Type depository: unknown1827 Gyllenhal: 308 (descriptions) >> Orig. comb.: Necrophorus sepultor [!N, S]1821 Dejean: 42 (catalog) >> nomen nudum, no descriptions1829a Stephens: 7 (checklist) >> attrib. “DeJ.”1829b Stephens: 75 (catalog) >> attrib. “DeJean C. 42, Gyll. iv.308”1830 Stephens: 17 (biology, descriptions) >> attrib. Gyllenhal1832 Ménétriés: 167 (checklist in French) >> as valid species, attrib. “Dej. Gyll.”1833 Dejean: 117 (catalog in French) >> auth. attrib. Dejean220 © 2002 Magnolia PressSIKES ET AL.