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ZOOTAXA65Peck, S.B. & Miller, S.E. (1982) Type designations and synonymies for North American Silphidae(Coleoptera). Psyche (Cambridge), 89(1-2), 151-156. (nomenclature) [Synonymized N. hecateBland under N. guttula Mots.] [!N, S]Peck, S.B. & Miller, S.E. (1993) A catalog of the Coleoptera of America north of Mexico. Family:Silphidae. U.S.D.A. Agricultural Research Service, Washington, DC (Agriculture Handbook529-28). x + 24 pp. (species-group catalog) [Explanation of N. nigrita as a noun in apposition.][!N, S]Peck, S.B. & Thomas, M.C. (1998) A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida.Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas, 16: viii + 180 pp. (checklist, distribution)[!N]Peña G., L.E. (1981) El Nicrophorus chilensis Philippi. Revista Chilena de Entomologia, 11, 10.(distribution note in Spanish)Peña G., L.E. (1996) Introducción al estudio de los Insectos de Chile. Cuarta edición. EditorialUniversitaria, Santiago. 253 pp., 16 col. plates. (biology, ecology in Spanish) [!N]Pennington, M. [ed.] (1997) Update. Shetland Entomological Group Newsletter, 14, 9-12. (distributionnote)Perreau, M. (1998) Commensal Coleoptera with Alcidae birds to the northeast of the Siberia(Coleoptera, Silphidae, Agyrtidae and Leiodidae Cholevinae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologiquede France, 103(1), 83-89. (biology, ecology in French (Englishsummary)) [Nicrophorusspp. on dead Auks, not commensal.]Peschke, K., Krapf, D. & Fuldner, D. (1987) Ecological separation, functional relationships, andlimiting resources in a carrion insect community. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik,Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere, 114, 241-265. (biology, ecology) [!N]Petruµka, F. (1964) Beitrag zur Bewegungsaktivität einiger Aaskäfer-Arten (Col. Silphidae et Histeridae)Acta Universitatis Palackianae Olomucensis, Facultas Rerum Naturalium, 16, 159-189. (biology, ecology in Czech (German summary)) [!N]Petruµka, F. (1968) The carrion-beetles as a component part of the insects fauna of the fields in theUnicov Plain. Acta Universitatis Palackianae Olomucensis, Facultas Rerum Naturalium, 28,159-187. (biology, ecology in Czech (English summary)) [!N]Petruµka, F. (1976) The effect of predominating winds on the flight of some species of beetles fromthe group of Silphidae into pitfall traps (Col. Silphidae). Acta Universitatis Palackianae OlomucensisFacultas Rerum Naturalium, 51, 155-175. (biology, ecology in Czech (English summary))Peyerimhoff, P. de. (1934) Les Necrophorus (Col. Silphidae) en Berbérie. Bulletin de la Sociétéd'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord, 25, 333-334. (distribution note in French) [Recordsof N. interruptus and N. humator from North Africa.] [!M, S]Peyton, M.M. (1994) A report on the collection of 40 specimens of the endangered American buryingbeetle (Nicrophorus americanus) in the Upper Platte River Valley. Unpublished Report tothe U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 12 pp. (unpublished report: biology, conservation)Peyton, M.M. (1996) The American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus). Range and populationstudy for the dissected hills south of the Platte River, Dawson and Lincoln Counties,Nebraska, 1996. Unpublished Report to the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the NebraskaGame and Parks Commission, 16 pp. (unpublished report: biology, conservation)Philippi, F. (1887) Catálogo de los coleópteros de Chile. Annales Universidad de Chile, 71, 619-806. (catalog in Spanish)Philippi, R.A. (1871) Beschreibung einiger neuer chilenischer Insecten. Stettiner EntomologischeZeitung, 32, 285-295. (descriptions in German) [Original description of N. chilensis.] [!S]Pic, M. (1917a) Descriptions abrégées diverses. Mélanges Exotico ñ Entomologiques, 26, 2-24.(description of variation in French) [Original description of N. didymus var. peruvianus (=N.didymus); N. insularis var. humeralis (=N. insularis).] [!N, S]276 © 2002 Magnolia PressSIKES ET AL.