ZOOTAXA

ZOOTAXA 1930 Roubal: 240 (catalog in Czech) >> as N. germanicus f. speciosa651944 Arnett: 5 (morphology: female genitalia) >> as N. germanicus ab. speciousComments: The names proposed by Gistel (1848, 1857), all presumably lacking types,have long been a source of confusion in the taxonomy of Nicrophorus – an issue that wascommented on by Strand (1917). Hatch (1928) and others treated them as nomina dubia.RM has studied translations of the original descriptions and proposed most probable synonymsfor all of Gistel’s names. Herein we synonymyze two of them (N. proserpinae Gistel,1857 and N. cadaverinus Gistel, 1857) under N. germanicus.DSS has studied the holotype of Hlisnikovsky's N. ornatus in Praha, which has a typelocality of lowland Thailand, and it is clearly a specimen of N. germanicus with erroneouslocality data. The type has swollen metatibiae, black antennal clubs and red epipleura –states which diagnose N. germanicus, a European species that does not occur east of 50 ° Elongitude. No additional specimens to corroborate such an Asian population have beenfound.Nicrophorus guttula Motschulsky, 1845Type locality: “Sitka” [USA: Alaska; erroneous locality; descrip.]Type depository: ZMUM: MoscowDistribution: Nearctic: western North America (incl. south-western Canada)1845a Motschulsky: 53 (descriptions in French) >> Orig. comb.: Necrophorus guttula[!N, S]1845b Motschulsky: 363 (descriptions in French) >> suggests poss. syn. of unavailableDejean/Esch. name N. lateralis1852 Mannerheim: 331 (checklist, descriptions in German) >> with N. “auripilosus?Eschscholtz, Dejean Cat. 3-ème édit, p. 131” as synonym1853 LeConte: 276 (descriptions)1853 Melsheimer: 39 (catalog)1854 Lacordaire: 200 (biology, catalog in French)1868 Gemminger & Harold: 718 (catalog)1873 Crotch: 37 (checklist) >> as Silpha guttula1880 Horn: 314 (revision: key, descriptions & catalog)1885 Henshaw: 26 (checklist)1894 Hamilton: 15 (checklist)1901 Fall: 13, 58 (checklist)1907 Fall & Cockerell: 164 (checklist)1910 Barkowski: 80 (key, descriptions, regional in German)1920 Angell: 89 (description of variation)1920 Leng: 86 (catalog)1922 Sherborn: 2870 (catalog - index)1924 Portevin: 87 (key, descriptions in French)1925 Hatch & Angell: 216 (descriptions) >> compared with N. hybridus1926a Portevin: 217 (revision: key, descriptions & catalog in French)1927b Hatch: 360, 362 (revision: key, descriptions & catalog) >> description of variation:1 unavailable name: N. guttulus hecate ab. immaculosis62 © 2002 Magnolia PressSIKES ET AL.