ZOOTAXA

ZOOTAXA Ptomascopus zhangla Háva, Schneider & RÉÓigka, 199965Type locality: “China, N. Sichuan, Zhangla” [32.8°N, 103.67°E; label]Type depository: SMNS: Stuttgart [!] holotype male, allotype female [SMNS], 4paratypes [JHC, JSC, JRC]Distribution: Oriental: China: Sichuan, Shaanxi, & Gansu provinces1999 Háva et al.: 70 (key, descriptions) >> Orig. comb.: Ptomascopus zhangla [!S]2001 Nagano & Hoshina: 2 (description of variation in Japanese) >> elytral patterncompared to variation in P. morioFossilsNicrophorusNicrophorus pliozaenicus Gersdorf, 1969 [fossil]Type locality: “n Germany, Upper Tertiary” [descrip.]Type depository: unknown, holotype (impression fossil of wing)1969 Gersdorf: 305 (fossils, descriptions in German) >> Orig. comb.: Necrophoruspliozaenicus; misspelled as N. pliocaenicus in abstract [!N, S]PALAEOSILPHA Flach, 1890: 106Type species: Palaeosilpha fraasii Flach, 1890 (monotypy)Palaeosilpha fraasii Flach, 1890 [fossil]Type locality: “Aveyron von Caylux” [s. France; descrip]Type depository: SMFD?: Frankfurt? holotype1890 Flach: 107 (descriptions in German) >> Orig. comb.: Paleosilpha Fraasii [!N, S]1927b Hatch: 368 (revision: key, descriptions & catalog) >> confirms diagnosis in subfamilyNicrophorinae1932 Hatch: 391 (nomenclature)1969 Gersdorf: 303 (fossils, descriptions in German)1980 Madge: 359 (catalog)1999 Háva et al.: 73 (key, descriptions) >> compared to P. zhanglaPtomascopusPtomascopus aveyronensis Flach, 1890 [fossil]Type locality: “Aveyron von Caylux” [s. France; descrip]Type depository: SMFD?: Frankfurt? holotype1890 Flach: 106 (descriptions in German) >> Orig. comb.: Ptomascopus Aveyronensis[!N, S]228 © 2002 Magnolia PressSIKES ET AL.