ZOOTAXA

1975 Emetz & Schawaller: 231 (checklist in German (English summary)) >> as N.(Acanthopsilus) concolor subsp. rotundicollis1977 Schawaller: 259 (checklist in German) >> as Acanthopsilus concolor subsp.rotundicollis1982 Schawaller: 253 (checklist in German (English summary)) >> as N. concolorsubsp. rotundicollis1993b Kozminykh: 63 (key, descriptions, regional in Russian) >> as N. concolor subsp.rotundicollis2002 Nikolajev & Kozminykh: 105 (catalog, distribution, descriptions, keys, figures inRussian (English summary)) >> as N. concolor subsp. rotundicollisZOOTAXA65Nicrophorus confusus Portevin, 1924Type locality: “Tchian-Chan: Karagai-Tau, Kouldscha” [Tian Shan Mts., Karagai Tau,Yining, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, China; Kazakhstan; descrip.]Type depository: MNHN: Paris [!] holotype maleDistribution: Palearctic: China: Thian Shan Mts; Russian Georgia; Caucasus; Turkey;Ukraine1924 Portevin: 147 (key, descriptions in French) >> Orig. comb.: Necrophorus confusus[!N, S]1925 Winkler: 264 (catalog) >> as valid species1926a Portevin: 256 (revision: key, descriptions & catalog in French) >> as valid species1927b Hatch: 359 (revision: key, descriptions & catalog) >> as valid species; specimensnot seen by Hatch1928 Hatch: 145 (catalog) >> as valid species1930 Kieseritzky: 62 (descriptions in Russian (German summary)) >> as valid species1932 Hlisnikovsky: 28 (key, descriptions in German) >> as valid species1933 Semenov-Tian-Shanskij: 156 (catalog in Russian & Latin) >> as valid species1933a Shchegoleva-Barovskaya: 184 (revision: key, descriptions & catalog in Russian)>> as valid species1964a Hlisnikovsky: 223 (key, descriptions in German) >> as valid species1975b Emetz: 104 (checklist in Russian) >> as valid species1986 Nishikawa: 98 (catalog in Japanese (English summary)) >> as valid species1992 Kozminykh: 64 (checklist in Russian) >> as valid species1993b Kozminykh: 66 (key, descriptions, regional in Russian) >> as N. sepultor subsp.confusus1998 Háva et al.: 179 (distribution note in English (Czech summary)) >> as valid species2002 Nikolajev & Kozminykh: 123 (catalog, distribution, descriptions, keys, figures inRussian (English summary)) >> as valid speciesComments: This species was made a junior synonym of N. sepultor by Kozminykh (1993)but treated most recently as valid by Háva et al. (1998) and otherwise considered validthroughout its history. It is clearly closely related to N. sepultor and these two taxa areprobably sister species, if not conspecific. The only diagnosable difference found betweenCATALOG OF NICROPHORINAE© 2002 Magnolia Press 39