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ZOOTAXA65Walkden, H.H. (1944) Insects and other arthropods collected in pasture grasses, waste lands, andforage crops, Manhattan Kansas, 1937-1940. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 17,128-143. (biology, ecology)Walker, F. (1866) List of Coleoptera. In: Lord, J.K. The Naturalist in Vancouver Island and BritishColumbia. R. Bentley, London. Vol. 2, pp. 309-334. (descriptions) [Original description of N.conversator (=N. defodiens).] [!N]Walker, T.J., Jr. (1957) Ecological studies of the arthropods associated with certain decaying materialsin four habitats. Ecology, 38, 262-276. (biology, ecology) [!N, S]Wallace, F.L. & Fox, R.C. (1980) A comparative morphological study of the hindwing venation ofthe order Coleoptera, Part II. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 82,609-654. (morphology: wing venation) [!S]Walsh, B.D. (1867) [Burying beetles]. Practical Entomologist, 2, 108. (comment: ecology)Walsh, B.D. & Riley, C.V. (1869) Burying Beetles. The American Entomologist, 2, 61. (comment)Walsh, G.B. (1931) Studies in the British necrophagous Coleoptera. I. The activity of carrion-feedingbeetles during the year. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 67, 76-81. (biology)Walsh, G.B. (1933) Studies in the British necrophagous Coleoptera. II The attractive powers of variousnatural baits. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 69, 28-32. (biology, ecology) [!M, N]Weber (1925) In: Blunck, Syll. Ins.-Biol. Col. I [not found; “Biology” - Hatch 1928.]Weber, F. (1801) Observationes entomologicae, continentes novorum quae condidit generum characteres,et nuper detectarum specierum descriptiones. Impensis Bibliopolii Academici Novi,Kiliae. xii + 116 + (1) pp. (descriptions) [Original description of N. tomentosus.] [!S]Weber, L. (1905) Zur Lebensgeschichte der Necrophoren. Insekten-Börse, XII (biology, ecology,behavior in German)Weber, L. (1918) Die Lebenserscheinungen der Kafer. Entomologische Blätter, 14, 1-19. (biology,behavior in German) [“Biology; incubation” -Hatch 1928.]Weigel, J.A.V. (1806) Faunae Silesiacae prodromus. Verzeichniss der Thiere, die in Schlesienbisher entdeckt und bestimmt sind. Himburg, Berolini. 358 pp. (descriptions in German) [Originaldescription of N. funerarius (nomen dubium).]Weiss, H.B. & West, E. (1920) Fungous insects and their hosts. Proceedings of the Biological Societyof Washington, 33, 1-20. (biology, ecology)Welch, R.C. (1967) The Coleoptera of Monks Wood National Nature Reserve, Huntingdonshire.First Supplement. Entomologist's Gazette, 19, 9-20. (biology, ecology)Werner, S.M. & Raffa, K.F. (2000) Effects of forest management practices on the diversity ofground-occurring beetles in mixed northern hardwood forests of the Great Lakes Region. ForestEcology and Management, 139, 135-155. (comment: ecology) [!S]Westhoff, F. (1881) [“1881-1882”] Die Käfer Westfalens. Verhandlungen des NaturhistorischenVereins der Preussischen Rheinlande und Westfalens, 38 (supplement): xxvii + 1-140, 141-323.(description of variation in German) [Original description of N. vespillo var. minor (=N. vespillo);N. vespillo var. varendorffi (=N. vespillo); N. vespillo var. Bolsmanni (=N. vespillo); N.vespilloides var. Altumi (=N. vespilloides).] [!N]Westwood, J.O. (1839) An introduction to the modern classification of insects, founded on the naturalhabits and corresponding organization of the different families. Vol. 1, xii + 462 pp. Longman,Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans, London. (biology) [!N]Wetzel, D. (1995) American burying beetles at the Roger Williams Park Zoo. American Associationof Zoological Parks And Aquariums, Annual Conference Proceedings, 1995, 562-566. (Conferencereport: biology, conservation)Wetzel, D. (1996) Conservation spotlight: American burying beetles make a home at Roger WilliamsPark Zoo. Endangered Species Update, 13 (4&5), 12. (biology, conservation) [!N]White, R.E. (1983) A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston.xii + 368 pp. (field guide) [!N]298 © 2002 Magnolia PressSIKES ET AL.