ZOOTAXA

ZOOTAXA65Type depository: BMNH: London [!] holotype female1879 Lewis: 460 (descriptions) >> Orig. comb.:Ptomascopus carbunculus [!N, S]1909 Arrow: 190 (redescriptions) >> as syn. of P. morio; states type locality of “Amazons”is incorrect1914b Portevin: 223 (description of variation in French) >> suggest might be syn. of P.morio1926a Portevin: 249 (revision: key, descriptions & catalog in French) >> as syn. of P.morio1928 Hatch: 154 (catalog) >> as syn. of P. morio1933a Shchegoleva-Barovskaya: 170 (revision: key, descriptions & catalog in Russian)>> as syn. of P. morio1993b Kozminykh: 61 (key, descriptions, regional in Russian) >> as syn. of P. morio= lewisi Portevin, 1914 NEW STATUS as absolute syn. of P. morio KraatzType locality: not mentionedType depository: MNHN: Paris [not found]1914b Portevin: 223 (description of variation in French) >> Orig. comb.: Ptomascopusmorio var. Lewisi [!N, S]1923 Portevin: 70 (key, descriptions in French) >> as P. morio ab. Lewisi1925 Winkler: 265 (catalog) >> as P. morio ab. lewisi1926a Portevin: 184 (revision: key, descriptions & catalog in French) >> as P. morio ab.Lewisi1928 Hatch: 154 (catalog) >> as P. morio ab. Lewisi1933a Shchegoleva-Barovskaya: 170 (revision: key, descriptions & catalog in Russian)>> as P. morio ab. lewisi2001 Nagano & Hoshina: 3 (description of variation in Japanese) >> demonstrationthat this variety does not deserve subspecific rank= villosus Portevin, 1923 NEW STATUS as absolute syn. of P. morio KraatzType locality: “Corée” [Korea; label]Type depository: MNHN: Paris [!] holotype1923 Portevin: 70 (key, descriptions in French) >> Orig. comb.:Ptomascopus moriovar. villosus [!N, S]1925 Winkler: 265 (catalog) >> as P. morio var. villosus1926a Portevin: 249 (revision: key, descriptions & catalog in French) >> as P. moriovar. villosus1928 Hatch: 154 (catalog) >> as P. morio var. villosus1933a Shchegoleva-Barovskaya: 170 (revision: key, descriptions & catalog in Russian)>> as P. morio ab. villosusPtomascopus plagiatus (Ménétriés, 1854)Type locality: “mongolie chinoise et aux environs de Pékin” [ne China; descrip.]Type depository: MNHN: Paris? [not found]Distribution: Palearctic: neChina, Korea, Japan?, Russia: Ussuri reg.1854 Ménétriés: 27 (descriptions in French) >> Orig. comb.: Necrophorus plagiatus[!N, S]224 © 2002 Magnolia PressSIKES ET AL.