Monday, November 23, 2009 Catalog of the Subfamily Nicrophorinae Kirby, 1837 Click here to search the catalog There are 76 records below. Junior synonyms whose types I have examined are hotlinked to their images. To avoid having to re-load this found set you can right-click (Win) or control-click (Mac) to be presented with the option to open a link in a new window. Palaeosilpha fraasii (fossil) Flach, 1890   Synonyms: Palaeosilpha fraasii Flach 1890:107, plate I:1 Extra: pdf file of scanned original publication -- You need Adobe® Acrobat® to view. Type locality: “Aveyron von Caylux” (s. France) 1° Type Depository: Frankfurt? [SMFD?] Distribution:Old World Images: habitus drawing taken from Hatch 1927 search the catalog Ptomascopus aveyronensis (fossil) Flach, 1890   Synonyms: Ptomascopus aveyronensis Flach 1890:106 plate I:2 Extra: pdf file of scanned original publication -- You need Adobe® Acrobat® to view. Type locality: “Aveyron von Caylux”=s France 1° Type Depository: Frankfurt? [SMFD?] Distribution:Old World Images: habitus drawing taken from Hatch 1927 search the catalog Ptomascopus morio Kraatz, 1877   Synonyms: Ptomascopus morio Kraatz 1877:104 Ptomascopus carbunculus Lewis, 1879:460 Ptomascopus morio var. Lewisi Portevin, 1914c:223 Ptomascopus morio var. villosus Portevin, 1923b:70 Extra: pdf file of scanned original publication -- You need Adobe® Acrobat® to view. Type locality: “Japan” 1° Type Depository: Berlin [DEIC] Distribution:Japan , nChina, Korea, Taiwan Images: left wing, dorsal view, not a type Recorded Stridulation(s): 1. male defensive stridulation, recorded 1 July 1998, Storrs, CT.: *play sound* | *View oscillograms* DNA data: Cytochrome Oxidase II 18S search the catalog Ptomascopus plagiatus (Ménétries, 1854)   Synonyms: Necrophorus plagiatus Ménétries 1854:27 Ptomascopus 4-maculatus Kraatz, 1877:104 Ptomascopus Davidis Deyrolle & Fairmaire, 1878:91 Ptomascopus plagiatipennis Lewis, 1879:460 Ptomascopus Weberi Bodemeyer, 1916:112 Extra: pdf file of scanned original publication -- You need Adobe® Acrobat® to view. Type locality: “mongolie chinoise et aux environs de Pékin” =ne China [from title of paper] 1° Type Depository: Paris? [MNHN?] Distribution:neChina, Korea, Japan search the catalog Ptomascopus zhangla Háva, Schneider & Ruzicka, 1999   Type locality: “China, N. Sichuan, Zhangla” 1° Type Depository: Praha [JHAC-coll. of J. Háva] Distribution:China: Sichuan Images: - holotype, lateral habitus - holotype, dorsal habitus - holotype, labels - holotype, pronotum - holotype, elytra - holotype, abdomen - holotype, stridulatory files search the catalog Nicrophorus agastor Sikes & Madge (unpub.)new species   Type locality: Sichuan, China 1° Type Depository: London [to be BMNH] Distribution:China: Sichuan Images: to be paratype male (ZMHB) , lateral habitus to be paratype male (ZMHB), dorsal habitus Note:This nomenclatural change is not to be considered validly published. Please do not use this name in any form until after it has been validated through publication.Click here to read more about the nomenclatural validity of web publications search the catalog Nicrophorus americanus Olivier, 1790   Synonyms: Silpha (Nicrophorus) orientalis Herbst,1784:77 [nomen oblitum] Nicrophorus americanus Olivier, 1790:(no. 10):6 Nicrophorus virginicus Frölich, 1792:123 Necrophorus grandis Fabricius, 1792a:247 [type: ZMUC, 2 specimens] Type locality: Ame’rique septentrionale 1° Type Depository: Paris [MNHN] Distribution:USA, [now restricted to Block Island, RI; Oaklahoma, Nebraska, S. Dakota] Images: - holotype, lateral habitus - holotype, dorsal habitus - holotype, labels left wing, dorsal view, not a type DNA data: Cytochrome Oxidase II 18S search the catalog Nicrophorus antennatus (Reitter, 1884)   Synonyms: Silpha antennata Reitter, 1884b:88 Necrophorus antennatus var. centralis Portevin, 1914b:196 Extra: pdf file of scanned original publication -- You need Adobe® Acrobat® to view. Type locality: “Caucasus, Ungarn, Oesterreich”=Caucasas, Hungary, Austria 1° Type Depository: Budapest [HNHM] Distribution:cEurope to Turkestan, Mongolia, Manchuria Images: - lectotype, lateral habitus - lectotype, dorsal habitus - lectotype, labels search the catalog Nicrophorus apo Arnett, 1950   Synonyms: Nicrophorus apo Arnett, 1950:67 Extra: pdf file of scanned original publication -- You need Adobe® Acrobat® to view. Type locality: Mindanao; Mt Apo;Philippines 1° Type Depository: Washington, D. C. [NMNH] Distribution:Philippines (Mindanao) Images: female paratype, left lateral meso & metathorax Female paratype, pronotum paratype male (FMNH), lateral habitus paratype male (FMNH), dorsal habitus Female paratype dorsal genitalia. Note setae on apex. Female paratype. genitalia lateral Female paratype Female paratype. Head lateral female paratype, genitalia ventral female paratype, labels female paratype, hindleg female paratype, posterior fascia search the catalog Nicrophorus argutor Jakovlev, 1891   Synonyms: Necrophorus argutor Jakovlev ,1891:127 Necrophorus sepultor var. pseudobrutor Reitter, 1895c:327 [Holotype at HNHM] Necrophorus (Necropter) tibetanus Hlisnikovsky,1964e:241 Extra: pdf file of scanned original publication -- You need Adobe® Acrobat® to view. Type locality: “in Mongolia septentrionali propr Naryn-gol” =near Naryn river, flowing west into east Ubsa Nor (lake), nw Mongolia (Urgam) 1° Type Depository: St. Petersburg? [ZMAS?] Distribution:cSiberia, eSiberia, Mongolia Images: left wing, dorsal view, not a type search the catalog Nicrophorus basalis Faldermann, 1835   Synonyms: Necrophorus basalis Faldermann ,1835b:364 Type locality: “Mongolia” 1° Type Depository: St. Petersburg? [ZMAS?] Distribution:eSiberia, nChina, Korea search the catalog Nicrophorus carolinus (Linnaeus, 1771)   Synonyms: Silpha carolina Linnaeus, 1771:530 Necrophorus mediatus Fabricius, 1801:334 [type: ZMUC, 1 specimen] Necrophorus medianus ; Leach & Nodder, 1815:86 [misspelling] Necrophorus mysticallis Angell, 1912:307 Necrocharis carolinus var. dolosus Portevin, 1923b:142 Extra: pdf file of scanned original publication -- You need Adobe® Acrobat® to view. Type locality: “in Carolina” USA 1° Type Depository: London [LSUK] Distribution:USA , (FL-AZ, NC-WY), Canada (AB) search the catalog Nicrophorus charon Sikes & Madge (unpub.)new species   Type locality: Sulawesi [Celebes], Indonesia 1° Type Depository: London [to be BMNH] Distribution:Sulawesi, Indonesia Note:This nomenclatural change is not to be considered validly published. Please do not use this name in any form until after it has been validated through publication.Click here to read more about the nomenclatural validity of web publications search the catalog Nicrophorus chilensis Philippi, 1871   Synonyms: Necrophorus chilensis Philippi, 1871:293 Extra: pdf file of scanned original publication -- You need Adobe® Acrobat® to view. Type locality: Santa Cruz, Corico’, Chile 1° Type Depository: Santiago [MNNC (MNSC)] Distribution:sChile, Argentina search the catalog Nicrophorus chryseus Mazokhin-Porshnyakov, 1953   Synonyms: Necrophorus (Necropter) chryseus Mazokhin-Porshnyakov, 1953:236 Extra: pdf file of scanned original publication -- You need Adobe® Acrobat® to view. Type locality: “Severo-Vostochnij Kitai” =ne China, and “Manchzhuria, Gao-Lintszi”=Gaoliyingzi [41:56 N, 124:17E, ca. 20 mi. e of Fushun. Rand McNally International Atlas], Liaoning Province, Manchuria. 1° Type Depository: lost? [ZMUM?] Distribution:neChina Images: head, dorsal search the catalog Nicrophorus concolor Kraatz, 1877   Synonyms: Necrophorus concolor Kraatz, 1877:100 Necrophorus (Acanthopsilus) rotundicollis Portevin, 1923b:227 Extra: pdf file of scanned original publication -- You need Adobe® Acrobat® to view. Type locality: “Japan” [from title of paper] 1° Type Depository: Berlin [DEIC] Distribution:Japan, Korea, nChina, Taiwan to nIndia, Himalaya, Primorji search the catalog Nicrophorus confusus Portevin, 1924   Synonyms: Necrophorus confusus Portevin, 1924:147 Extra: pdf file of scanned original publication -- You need Adobe® Acrobat® to view. Type locality: “Tchian-Chan: Karagai-Tau, Kouldscha”, =Tian Shan Mts., Karagai Tau, Yining, Sinkiang Prov., China 1° Type Depository: Paris [MNHN] Distribution:China: Thian Shan Mts, Russian Georgia, Caucases, Anatolia Images: - holotype?, lateral habitus - holotype?, dorsal habitus - holotype?, labels search the catalog Nicrophorus dauricus Motschulsky, 1860   Synonyms: Necrophorus dauricus Motschulsky, 1860c:128 Necrophorus orientalis Motschulsky, 1860c:126 [not Herbst 1784] Extra: pdf file of scanned original publication -- You need Adobe® Acrobat® to view. Type locality: “dans les parties orientales de la Daourie” [-from orig. ref. p 126] 1° Type Depository: Moscow [ZMUM] Distribution:Mongolia, eSiberia, Korea search the catalog Nicrophorus defodiens Mannerheim, 1846   Synonyms: Necrophorus defodiens Mannerheim, 1846:513 Necrophorus pollinctor LeConte, 1854:19 [preocc., not Mann. 1853] Necrophorus conversator Walker, 1866:320 Necrophorus plagiatus Motschulsky, 1870:352 [preocc., not Ménétries, 1854] Necrophorus vespilloides var. lateralis Portevin, 1903:330 Extra: pdf file of scanned original publication -- You need Adobe® Acrobat® to view. Type locality: “Insula Sitkha”=Alaska, USA 1° Type Depository: Cambridge [MCZC] Distribution:USA Images: (MCZC006454Nic), lateral habitus (MCZC006454Nic), dorsal habitus (MCZC006454Nic) labels left wing, dorsal view, not a type search the catalog Nicrophorus didymus Brullé, 1836   Synonyms: Necrophorus didymus Brullé ,1836:pl. 5:3; 1842:73 [description by Blanchard]. Necrophorus didymus var. peruvianus Pic, 1917a:2 Necrophorus flexuosus Portevin,1924:191 Necrophorus flexuosus var. Portevini Pic, 1933b or a?:6 Type locality: Altamachi River, eastern mountain slopes, Cochabamba, Bolivia 1° Type Depository: Paris [MNHN] Distribution:Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia Images: - lectotype, lateral habitus - lectotype, dorsal habitus - lectotype, labels search the catalog Nicrophorus distinctus Grouvelle, 1885   Synonyms: Necrophorus distinctus Grouvelle, 1885:262 Extra: pdf file of scanned original publication -- You need Adobe® Acrobat® to view. Type locality: “Célèbes” (=Sulawesi, Indonesia) 1° Type Depository: Leiden? [RMNH?] Distribution:Sulawesi, Indonesia search the catalog Nicrophorus encaustus Fairmaire, 1896   Synonyms: Necrophorus encaustus Fairmaire, 1896:82 Extra: pdf file of scanned original publication -- You need Adobe® Acrobat® to view. Type locality: “Simla” =(northern India) 1° Type Depository: Distribution:Nepal, nIndia, Himalaya search the catalog Nicrophorus germanicus (Linnaeus, 1758)   Synonyms: Silpha germanica Linnaeus, 1758:359 Silpha speciosa J.D. Schulzens, 1775:95 Dermestes listerianus Fourcroy, 1785:17 Necrophorus bimaculatus Haworth, 1807:82 Necrophorus frontalis Fischer von Waldheim, 1844:138 Necrophorus cadaverinus Gistel, 1857:565 [not Gravenhorst 1807] Necrophorus proserpinae Gistel, 1857:571 Necrophorus ruthenus Motschulsky, 1859:304 Necrophorus germanicus var. bipunctatus Kraatz, 1880:117 Necrophorus germanicus var. apicalis Kraatz, 1880:117 Silpha germanica var. fascifera Reitter, 1884b:86 Necrophorus grandior Angell, 1912:307 Necrophorus armeniacus Portevin, 1922a:54 [NEW SYNONOMY] Necrophorus (Necrophorindus) ornatus Hlisnikovsky, 1964g:131 [NEW SYNONOMY] Extra: pdf file of scanned original publication -- You need Adobe® Acrobat® to view. Type locality: “in Germania” 1° Type Depository: London [LSUK] Distribution:Europe, Syria, Turkestan search the catalog Nicrophorus guttula Motschulsky, 1845   Synonyms: Necrophorus guttula Motschulsky, 1845a:53 Necrophorus auripilosus Motschulsky ex Eschscholtz, 1845b:363 [nomen nudem] Necrophorus Hecate Bland, 1865:382 Necrophorus guttula var. vandykei Angell, 1920:90 Necrophorus guttula var. quadriguttata (sic) Angell, 1920:90 Necrophorus ruficornis ; Hatch, 1928:146 [misidentification, not Motschulsky 1869] Nicrophorus guttula punctostriatus Pierce, 1949:66 Necrophorus hecate immaculosis Hatch, 1957:15 Extra: pdf file of scanned original publication -- You need Adobe® Acrobat® to view. Type locality: “Sitka”, Alaska, USA [erroneous locality?-Madge] 1° Type Depository: Moscow [ZMUM] Distribution:USA, s British Columbia, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Arizona, California, (Baja California, Mexico) Images: left wing, dorsal view, not a type search the catalog Nicrophorus heurni Portevin, 1926   Synonyms: Necrophorus Heurni Portevin, 1926b:211 Extra: pdf file of scanned original publication -- You need Adobe® Acrobat® to view. Type locality: “Nouvelle-Guinée: campement de Doormanpad, 1410 m”, Mamberamo R., nw New Guinea (prob. w Irian, Indonesia) 1° Type Depository: Paris [MNHN] Distribution:New Guinea, (Irian Jaya) Images: - paratype, lateral habitus - paratype, dorsal habitus - paratype, labels search the catalog Nicrophorus hispaniola Sikes & Peck 2000.new species   Type locality: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Pedernales, 8 km NE Los Arroyos, elev. 1940 m, 18° 16' N, 71° 44' W, - [from label] 1° Type Depository: Pittsburgh [CMNH] Distribution:South Central Hispaniola, West Indies, Dominican Republic Images: -anterior, female, paratype [S.B.Peck coll] -posterior, female, paratype [S.B.Peck coll] -antennal club, female, paratype [S.B.Peck coll] -stridulatory files, female, paratype [S.B.Peck coll] Note:This nomenclatural change is not to be considered validly published. Please do not use this name in any form until after it has been validated through publication.Click here to read more about the nomenclatural validity of web publications search the catalog Nicrophorus humator (Gleditsch, 1767)   Synonyms: Silpha humator Gleditsch, 1767:224 Necrophorus sulcatus Fischer von Waldheim, 1844:140 Necrophorus nigerrimus Kraatz, 1884:230 [NEW SYNONYMY] Necrophorus humator var. atricornis Meier, 1899:98 Necrophorus humator var. maculosus Meier, 1899:99 Type locality: 1° Type Depository: Distribution:Europe, nAfrica, Iran, Turkestan Images: left wing, dorsal view, not a type search the catalog Nicrophorus hybridus Hatch & Angell, 1925   Synonyms: Necrophorus hybridus Hatch & Angell, 1925:216 Nicrophorus hybridus var. minnesotianus Hatch, 1927a:5,7. Extra: pdf file of scanned original publication -- You need Adobe® Acrobat® to view. Type locality: “Criddle, Aweme, Man.” [Canada- from type label] 1° Type Depository: Washington, D. C. [NMNH] Distribution:USA: (BC-ON - AZ-NM) Images: lateral habitus, holotype female, NMNH dorsal habitus, holotype female, NMNH holotype lables, NMNH DNA data: Cytochrome Oxidase II 18S search the catalog Nicrophorus insignis Sikes & Madge (unpub.)new species   Type locality: “S. Flores” [from label] 1° Type Depository: Cambridge [to be MCZC] Distribution:Flores, Indonesia Images: - to be paratype, lateral habitus - to be paratype, dorsal habitus - to be paratype, labels -to be holotype male, (MNC) lateral habitus -to be holotype male (MNC), dorsal habitus - to be paratype female genitalia Note:This nomenclatural change is not to be considered validly published. Please do not use this name in any form until after it has been validated through publication.Click here to read more about the nomenclatural validity of web publications search the catalog Nicrophorus insularis Grouvelle, 1893new status   Synonyms: Necrophorus insularis Grouvelle, 1893:161 [as var. nepalensis, Hatch 1928] Necrophorus insularis var. humeralis Pic, 1917a:2 [NEW STATUS] Extra: pdf file of scanned original publication -- You need Adobe® Acrobat® to view. Type locality: “Sumatra”, Indonesia 1° Type Depository: Paris [MNHN] Distribution:Sumatra, Indonesia Images: - lectotype, lateral habitus - lectotype, dorsal habitus - lectotype, labels Note:This nomenclatural change is not to be considered validly published. Please do not use this name in any form until after it has been validated through publication.Click here to read more about the nomenclatural validity of web publications search the catalog Nicrophorus interruptus Stephens, 1830   Synonyms: Necrophorus interruptus Stephens, 1830:18 Necrophorus Corsicus Laporte, 1832:399 Necrophorus fossor Erichson, 1837:224 Necrophorus funereus Géné ,1839:58 Necrophorus basalis Gistel, 1848:190 Necrophorus Gallicus Jacquelin du Val, 1860:139 Necrophorus suturalis Motschulsky, 1860c:126 Necrophorus interruptus var. trimaculatus Gradl, 1882:331. Necrophorus interruptus var. brunnipes Gradl, 1882:331 Necrophorus interruptus var. centrimaculatus Reitter, 1895b:200 Necrophorus interruptus var./ab trinotatus Reitter, 1911:106 Necrophorus interruptus var. nigricans Pasquet, 1916:153 Necrophorus interruptus var. algiricus Pasquet, 1916 Necrophorus interruptus var. pasqueti Pic, 1917b:21 Necrophorus fossor infuscaticornis Portevin, 1924:289 Extra: pdf file of scanned original publication -- You need Adobe® Acrobat® to view. Type locality: “Norfolk, the New Forest”, England 1° Type Depository: London [BMNH] Distribution:Europe, nAfrica, Mongolia Images: - lectotype, lateral habitus - lectotype, dorsal habitus - lectotype, labels search the catalog Nicrophorus investigator Zetterstedt, 1824   Synonyms: Necrophorus investigator Zetterstedt, 1824:154 Necrophorus vestigator ; Gyllenhal, 1827:308 [misidentification, not Herschel 1807] Necrophorus maritimus Guérin-Ménéville, 1835: pl 17:8 Necrophorus ruspator Erichson, 1837:225 Necrophorus Melsheimeri Kirby, 1837:97 Necrophorus particeps Fischer von Waldheim, 1844:139 Necrophorus aleuticus Gistel, 1848:190 Necrophorus pollinctor Mannerheim, 1853:169 Necrophorus infodiens Mannerheim,1853:170 [syntype at MZHF] Necrophorus confossor LeConte, 1854:20 Necrophorus labiatus Motschulsky, 1860:126 Necrophorus sibiricus Motschulsky, 1860:126 Necrophorus microcephalus Thomson, 1862:9 Silpha funeror Reitter, 1884b:87[Holotype at HNHM] Necrophorus funerator Fauvel, 1890:348 Necrophorus investigator var. intermedius Reitter, 1895c:327 [Holotype at HNHM] Necrophorus interruptus var. submaculatus Reitter, 1895c:326 Necrophorus investigator var. variolosus Portevin, 1924:149 Necrophorus baeckmanni Kieseritzky, 1930:64 [NEW SYNONYMY] Type locality: 1° Type Depository: Lund [MZLU] Distribution:Europe, n India, (Kashmir), USA, Korea, Japan, Mongolia DNA data: Cytochrome Oxidase II search the catalog Nicrophorus japonicus Harold, 1877   Synonyms: Necrophorus japonicus Harold, 1877:345 Necrophorus japanus ; Fairmaire, 1878:89 [misspelling] Necrophorus japonicus morpha degener Shchegoleva-Bar.,1933a:183 Type locality: “Hakone”, Honshu, Japan 1° Type Depository: Distribution:Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Mongolia, cChina Recorded Stridulation(s): 1. male and female precopulatory stridulations, recorded during carcass preparation, recorded 1 July 1998, Storrs, CT.: *play sound* | *View oscillograms* search the catalog Nicrophorus kieticus Mroczkowski, 1959   Synonyms: Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) kieticus Mroczkowski, 1959a:66 Extra: pdf file of scanned original publication -- You need Adobe® Acrobat® to view. Type locality: “Kieta, Bougainville (Solomon Islands)”, Papua New Guinea 1° Type Depository: Warsaw [ZMPA] Distribution:PapuaNewGuinea, (SolomonIslands (Bougainville: Kieta)) Images: original illustration holotype female (ZMPA), lateral habitus holotype female (ZMPA), labels holotype female (ZMPA), dorsal habitus search the catalog Nicrophorus laethius Sikes & Madge (unpub.)new species   Type locality: Kashmir, India 1° Type Depository: London [to be BMNH] Distribution:Kashmir, India, Asia Images: to be holotype male (BMNH), lateral habitus to be holotype male (BMNH), dorsal habitus to be holotype male, labels to be holotype male, head Note:This nomenclatural change is not to be considered validly published. Please do not use this name in any form until after it has been validated through publication.Click here to read more about the nomenclatural validity of web publications search the catalog Nicrophorus lunatus Fischer von Waldheim, 1842   Synonyms: Necrophorus lunatus Fischer von Waldheim, 1842:9 Silpha (Necrophorus) stenophtalma Jakovlev,1887a:154 Type locality: “Songoria”, =Dzungaria, Sinkiang, nw China 1° Type Depository: Dresden [SMTD] Distribution:Turkestan, nwChina? search the catalog Nicrophorus maculifrons Kraatz, 1877   Synonyms: Necrophorus maculifrons Kraatz, 1877:101 Silpha (Necrophorus) maculiceps Jakovlev, 1887a:154 [NEW SYNONYMY] Necrophorus (Necropter) maculifrons parvulus Hlisnikovsky, 1964e:243 Extra: pdf file of scanned original publication -- You need Adobe® Acrobat® to view. Type locality: “Japan” [from title of paper] 1° Type Depository: Berlin [DEIC] Distribution:eSiberia, nChina, Japan, Korea Images: - NOT A TYPE, lateral habitus - NOT A TYPE, dorsal habitus - NOT A TYPE, labels Recorded Stridulation(s): 1. female defensive stridulations recorded 7 July 1998, Storrs, CT.: *play sound* | *View oscillograms* search the catalog Nicrophorus marginatus Fabricius, 1801   Synonyms: Nicrophorus vespillo var. "beta" Frölich, 1792:125 Necrophorus marginatus Fabricius 1801:334(6) ?Necrophorus lunulatus Gistel, 1848:189 [NEW STATUS] ?Necrophorus lunatus Gistel, 1857:564 [not Fischer von Waldheim, 1842] Necrophorus montezumae Matthews, 1888:92 Nicrophorus mckittricki Pierce, 1949:66 [fossil] Nicrophorus obtusiscutellum Pierce, 1949:67 Nicrophorus guttulus labrae Pierce, 1949:63 [fossil] Nicrophorus investigator latifrons Pierce, 1949:67 [fossil] Extra: pdf file of scanned original publication -- You need Adobe® Acrobat® to view. Type locality: “North America” 1° Type Depository: Kiel [ZMUC] Distribution:Canada: PQ-BC, USA, Mexico DNA data: 18S search the catalog Nicrophorus mexicanus Matthews, 1888   Synonyms: Necrophorus mexicanus Matthews 1888:91 Extra: pdf file of scanned original publication -- You need Adobe® Acrobat® to view. Type locality: Mexico 1° Type Depository: London [BMNH] Distribution:swUSA, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador Images: - lectotype, lateral habitus - lectotype, dorsal habitus - lectotype, labels left wing, dorsal view, not a type search the catalog Nicrophorus mongolicus Shchegoleva-Bar., 1933   Synonyms: Necrophorus (Necropter) mongolicus Shchegoleva-Barovskaya, 1933:189 Complete English Translation in PDF format Type locality: “Mongolia bor.: circum oppidum Urga” =n Mongolia around Ulaan Bator, “montes Chanhay”=Khangai Mts, w central Mongolia; “vallis Namtu”; “Mong. bor. sine indicat. loci”, =n Mongolia without indication of place 1° Type Depository: St. Petersburg [ZMAS] Distribution:Mongolia Images: - paratype, lateral habitus - paratype, dorsal habitus - paratype, labels search the catalog Nicrophorus montivagus Lewis, 1887   Synonyms: Necrophorus montivagus Lewis, 1887:340 Necrophorus (Necropter) mixtus Hlisnikovsky, 1964e:242 [NEW SYNONYMY] Extra: pdf file of scanned original publication -- You need Adobe® Acrobat® to view. Type locality: “Chiuzenji”= Lake Chuzenji, Honshu Japan 1° Type Depository: London [BMNH] Distribution:Japan Images: - lectotype, lateral habitus - lectotype, dorsal habitus - lectotype, labels - lectotype, anterior search the catalog Nicrophorus morio Gebler, 1817new status   Synonyms: Necrophorus Morio Gebler, 1817:319 ?Necrophorus rugulipennis Jakovlev, 1891:126 [NEW SYNONYMY] Necrophorus morio var. funebris Jakovlev, 1891:127 [NEW STATUS-moved from synonomy under N. germanicus,] Type locality: 1° Type Depository: Paris [MNHN] Distribution:neChina, Mongolia Images: - syntype, lateral habitus - syntype, dorsal habitus - syntype, labels Note:This nomenclatural change is not to be considered validly published. Please do not use this name in any form until after it has been validated through publication.Click here to read more about the nomenclatural validity of web publications search the catalog Nicrophorus nepalensis Hope, 1831   Synonyms: Necrophorus Nepalensis Hope, 1831:21 Necrophorus ocellatus Deyrolle & Fairmaire, 1878:90 Necrophorus benguetensis Arnett, 1946b:207[NEW SYNONYMY] [type at USNM] Extra: pdf file of scanned original publication -- You need Adobe® Acrobat® to view. Type locality: “Nepaul”= Nepal [from title of paper] 1° Type Depository: London [BMNH] Distribution:nPakistan, Himalayas, Nepal, Indonesia, Java, Flores, sChina, Tonkin, Bengalen, Sumatra, Borneo Images: - holotype, lateral habitus - holotype, dorsal habitus - holotype, labels search the catalog Nicrophorus nigricornis Faldermann, 1835   Synonyms: Necrophorus nigricornis Faldermann, 1835a:217 Type locality: “Russia” [from title of paper] 1° Type Depository: St. Petersburg? [ZMAS?] Distribution:Caucasus search the catalog Nicrophorus nigrita Mannerheim, 1843   Synonyms: Necrophorus nigrita Mannerheim, 1843:251 Necrophorus lateralis Motschulsky ex Eschscholtz, 1845b:363 [nomen nudum] Necrophorus ruficornis Motschulsky, 1870:352 Nicrophorus investigator alpha Pierce, 1949:67 Extra: pdf file of scanned original publication -- You need Adobe® Acrobat® to view. Type locality: “California”, USA 1° Type Depository: Helsinki [MZHF] Distribution:Canada:BC, nw Mexico, Baja Cal., USA Images: left wing, dorsal view, not a type DNA data: Cytochrome Oxidase II 18S search the catalog Nicrophorus oberthuri Portevin, 1924   Synonyms: Necrophorus Oberthuri Portevin, 1924:187 Necrophorus (Necrophoriscus) burmanicus Hlisnikovsky, 1964d:223 Necrophorus (Necrophoriscus) unifasciatus Hlisnikovsky, 1964d:224 [NEW SYNONYMY] Extra: pdf file of scanned original publication -- You need Adobe® Acrobat® to view. Type locality: “Yunnam”=Yunnan Province, China 1° Type Depository: Paris [MNHN] Distribution:China, Yunnan, nBurma Images: - holotype, lateral habitus - holotype, dorsal habitus - holotype, labels search the catalog Nicrophorus obscurus Kirby, 1837   Synonyms: Necrophorus obscurus Kirby 1837:97 Necrophorus melsheimeri ; LeConte, 1853:275 [misidentification, not Kirby, 1837] Extra: pdf file of scanned original publication -- You need Adobe® Acrobat® to view. Type locality: N. amer.[label] “from New York to Cumberland-House”[descrip] 1° Type Depository: London [BMNH] Distribution:AB-MB - UT-NE, USA Images: - holotype, lateral habitus - holotype, dorsal habitus - holotype, labels search the catalog Nicrophorus olidus Matthews, 1888   Synonyms: ?Necrophorus quadricollis Gistel, 1848:190 [nomen oblitum] Necrophorus olidus Matthews, 1888:92 Extra: pdf file of scanned original publication -- You need Adobe® Acrobat® to view. Type locality: Mexico 1° Type Depository: London [BMNH] Distribution:Mexico Images: - holotype, lateral habitus - holotype, dorsal habitus - holotype, labels left wing, dorsal view, not a type search the catalog Nicrophorus orbicollis Say, 1825   Synonyms: Necrophorus orbicollis Say ,1825:177 Necrophorus Hallii Kirby, 1837:98 Necrophorus 4-signatus Laporte, 1840:1 Extra: pdf file of scanned original publication -- You need Adobe® Acrobat® to view. Type locality: “N.W. Territory”, USA 1° Type Depository: Cambridge [MCZC] Distribution:USA Images: neotype female, lateral habitus neotype female, dorsal habitus neotype female, labels left wing, dorsal view, not a type DNA data: 18S search the catalog Nicrophorus podagricus Portevin, 1920   Synonyms: Necrophorus (Necrophorus) podagricus Portevin, 1920b:400 Necrophorus podagricus var. nigrifrons Portevin, 1922a:56 Extra: pdf file of scanned original publication -- You need Adobe® Acrobat® to view. Type locality: “Bornéo, Kina-Balu”, Malaysia 1° Type Depository: Paris [MNHN] Distribution:Borneo, Celebes Images: - lectotype, lateral habitus - lectotype, dorsal habitus - lectotype, labels search the catalog Nicrophorus “praedator” (Reitter, 1887)   Synonyms: Silpha (Necrophorus) praedator Reitter, 1887a:217 Necrophorus latifasciatus Lewis, 1887:340 [NEW SYNONYMY] Necrophorus investigator ; Arrow, 1909:191 [incorrect synonomy of latifasciatus] Necrophorus praedator insularis Lafer, 1989:339 [not Grouvelle, 1893; preocc.] Extra: pdf file of scanned original publication -- You need Adobe® Acrobat® to view. Type locality: Siberia or.: Chabarowka 1° Type Depository: Budapest [HNHM] Distribution:eSiberia, Japan, ne China, Korea Images: - holotype, lateral habitus - holotype, labels search the catalog Nicrophorus przewalskii Semenov-Tian-Shanskij, 1894   Synonyms: Necrophorus Przewalskii Semenov -Tian-Shanskij 1894:528 [moved to genus Necroxenus by Semenov-Tian-Shanskij, 1926; tentatively returned to Nicrophorus pending completion of phylogenetic analyses] Extra: pdf file of scanned original publication -- You need Adobe® Acrobat® to view. Type locality: “China borealis: montes provinciae Gan-su” = c China. 1° Type Depository: St. Petersburg [ZMAS] Distribution:cChina, wChina, Sichuan Images: - NOT A TYPE, lateral habitus - NOT A TYPE, dorsal habitus female genitalia NOT A TYPE search the catalog Nicrophorus pustulatus Herschel, 1807   Synonyms: Necrophorus pustulatus Herschel, 1807:271 Necrophorus bicolon Newman, 1838:385 Necrophorus tardus Mannerheim, 1853:170 Type locality: “aus NordAmerika” 1° Type Depository: Distribution:USA Images: left wing, dorsal view, not a type search the catalog Nicrophorus quadraticollis Portevin, 1903   Synonyms: Necrophorus quadraticollis Portevin, 1903:330 Necrophorus inclusus Reitter, 1913:651 [Holotype at HNHM] Nicrophorus quadricolis Hatch, 1928:146 (new name for quadraticollis Portevin)[unecc. nomen novum]; preocc., not Gistel 1848) Extra: pdf file of scanned original publication -- You need Adobe® Acrobat® to view. Type locality: “Mou-Pin”=Pao Hsing [30:23 N, 102:50 E], ?Sichuan Province, sw China 1° Type Depository: Paris [MNHN] Distribution:Tibet, Siberia, Korea Images: - lectotype, lateral habitus - lectotype, dorsal habitus - lectotype, labels search the catalog Nicrophorus quadrimaculatus Matthews, 1888   Synonyms: Necrophorus quadrimaculatus Matthews 1888:93 Extra: pdf file of scanned original publication -- You need Adobe® Acrobat® to view. Type locality: Guatemala 1° Type Depository: London [BMNH] Distribution:Mexico, Chiapas, Panama Images: - holotype, lateral habitus - holotype, dorsal habitus - holotype, labels search the catalog Nicrophorus quadripunctatus Kraatz, 1877   Synonyms: Necrophorus maculifrons var. quadripunctatus Kraatz, 1877:101 Necrophorus quadripunctatus var. immaculatus Portevin, 1923b:307 Extra: pdf file of scanned original publication -- You need Adobe® Acrobat® to view. Type locality: “Japan” [from title of paper] 1° Type Depository: Berlin [DEIC] Distribution:nChina, Japan, Korea Images: left wing, dorsal view, not a type Recorded Stridulation(s): 1. male defensive stridulation, recorded 6 July 1998, Storrs, CT.: *play sound* | *View oscillograms* DNA data: 18S search the catalog Nicrophorus reichardti Kieseritzky, 1930   Synonyms: Necrophorus sepultor var. reichardti Kieseritzky ,1930:60 [raised to sp., Shchegoleva-Bar. 1933] Type locality: “Fergana merid.: Sary-tash in valle Alaiensi”, Kyrgyzstan, [Alaiskaya gob.(gob.=county unit)] 1° Type Depository: St. Petersburg [ZMAS] Distribution:Kyrgyzstan, seKazakhstan search the catalog Nicrophorus reticulatus Sikes & Madge (unpub.)new species   Type locality: Solomon Islands 1° Type Depository: London [to be BMNH] Distribution:SolomonIslands Images: - to be holotype, lateral habitus - to be holotype, dorsal habitus - to be holotype, labels Note:This nomenclatural change is not to be considered validly published. Please do not use this name in any form until after it has been validated through publication.Click here to read more about the nomenclatural validity of web publications search the catalog Nicrophorus satanas Reitter, 1893   Synonyms: Necrophorus Satanas Reitter, 1893a:147 Extra: pdf file of scanned original publication -- You need Adobe® Acrobat® to view. Type locality: “Sudrussland: Kirguiskaja-steppe östlich bei Astrachan”= Kirgizia (Astrakhan), Kazakhstan 1° Type Depository: Budapest [HNHM] Distribution:cRussia, Turkestan Images: - holotype, lateral habitus - holotype, dorsal habitus - holotype, labels search the catalog Nicrophorus sausai Ruzicka, Háva & Schneider, 2000.   Type locality: Holotype (female), labelled "LAOS c. Bolikhamsai prov. / BAN NAPE - Kaew Nua Pass / 18.iv.-1.v.1998, alt. 600 m / N 18 22.3´ E 105 09.1´ GPS 1° Type Depository: Dresden [SMTD] Distribution:Laos, NE India search the catalog Nicrophorus sayi Laporte, 1840   Synonyms: Necrophorus sayi Laporte 1840:2 ?Necrophorus pulsator Gistel, 1848:190 Necrophorus lunatus LeConte, 1853:277 (preocc., not Fischer von Waldheim 1842) Necrophorus luniger Harold, 1868:104 (new name (nomen novum) for lunatus LeConte) Extra: pdf file of scanned original publication -- You need Adobe® Acrobat® to view. Type locality: “Amérique du Nord”[from original paper] 1° Type Depository: Distribution:USA Images: left hindwing, dorsal view, not a type DNA data: Cytochrome Oxidase II 18S search the catalog Nicrophorus schawalleri Sikes (unpub.)new species   Type locality: “China, W. Sichuan Aba pref. Nanping count. -2500m 33°12’N, 103°54E (regio silv.)” [-from labels] 1° Type Depository: Stuttgart [to be SMNS] Distribution:China: Sichuan Images: to be paratype female genitalia Note:This nomenclatural change is not to be considered validly published. Please do not use this name in any form until after it has been validated through publication.Click here to read more about the nomenclatural validity of web publications search the catalog Nicrophorus scrutator Blanchard, 1842   Synonyms: Necrophorus scrutator Blanchard 1842:74 Type locality: Bolivia 1° Type Depository: Paris [MNMN] Distribution:Peru, Bolivia, n Argentina Images: - lectotype, lateral habitus - lectotype, dorsal habitus - lectotype, labels search the catalog Nicrophorus semenowi (Reitter, 1887)   Synonyms: Silpha Semenowi Reitter 1887a:216 ?Necrophorus temporalis Shchegoleva-Bar., 1933b:251 [NEW SYNONYMY] Extra: pdf file of scanned original publication -- You need Adobe® Acrobat® to view. Type locality: Centr. Asien, Zuflü sse des Blauen Flusses [=”tributaries of the Blue Riv”. China?] 1° Type Depository: Budapest [HNHM] Distribution:China, Tibet, nIndia Images: - holotype, lateral habitus - holotype, dorsal habitus - holotype, labels search the catalog Nicrophorus sepulchralis Heer, 1841new status   Synonyms: Necrophorus sepulchralis Heer, 1841:388 Extra: pdf file of scanned original publication -- You need Adobe® Acrobat® to view. Type locality: “Rarissim. in alpinis (St. Bernhard).” [=border of Italy/France or France/Switzerland?, from orig. desc.] 1° Type Depository: Zürich [ETHZ] Distribution:nItaly, seFrance, Switzerland, Austria, Yugoslavia, ?Bulgaria Note:This nomenclatural change is not to be considered validly published. Please do not use this name in any form until after it has been validated through publication.Click here to read more about the nomenclatural validity of web publications search the catalog Nicrophorus sepultor Charpentier, 1825   Synonyms: Necrophorus sepultor Charpentier, 1825:200 Necrophorus obrutor Erichson,1837:225 Type locality: “Germania” 1° Type Depository: Berlin? [ZMHB?] Distribution:Europe, cAsia, Mongolia search the catalog Nicrophorus smefarka Háva, Schneider & Ruzicka, 1999   Type locality: “China: Sichuan, Gongga Shan, Hailuogou, above camp 3, 3200m” 1° Type Depository: Praha [JSC-coll. of J. Schneider] Distribution:China: Sichuan Images: - holotype, lateral habitus - holotype, dorsal habitus - holotype, labels - holotype, elytra, dorsal - holotype, elytra, lateral - holotype, abdomen, dorsal - holotype, head, lateral - holotype, head, dorsal -left lateral portion of genitalia search the catalog Nicrophorus tenuicornis (Kurosawa, 1985)new combination   Synonyms: Eonecrophorus tenuicornis Kurosawa 1985:45 (or 47?) ([NEW COMBINATION]- pending completion of phylogenetic analyses) Type locality: Nepal: Kalapokhri 3000m, Singalila Dara [Singalila Range: 27°28'00"N 88°04'00"E ] 1° Type Depository: Tokyo [NSMT] Distribution:Nepal Images: holotype male, lateral habitus holotype male, dorsal habitus holotype male, labels holotype male, dorsal habitus posterior holotype male, head holotype male genitalia Note:This nomenclatural change is not to be considered validly published. Please do not use this name in any form until after it has been validated through publication.Click here to read more about the nomenclatural validity of web publications search the catalog Nicrophorus tenuipes Lewis,1887   Synonyms: Necrophorus tenuipes Lewis, 1887:341 ?Necrophorus fasciatus Hlisnikovsky, 1932:22 [ not Portevin, 1924. ] [NEW SYNONYMY] Necrophorus (Necrocleptes) vincinus Shchegoleva-Bar., 1933a:172 [syn. by Kryzhanovskij 1971] Extra: pdf file of scanned original publication -- You need Adobe® Acrobat® to view. Type locality: “Nantaizan”= Mnt. Nantaizan, Honshu, Japan 1° Type Depository: London [BMNH] Distribution:Japan, Korea, Russia Images: - lectotype, lateral habitus - lectotype, dorsal habitus ( © 1998 The Natural History Museum, London) illustration Recorded Stridulation(s): 1. male defensive stridulation, recorded August 1998, Storrs, CT.: *play sound* | *View oscillograms* search the catalog Nicrophorus tomentosus Weber, 1801   Synonyms: Nicrophorus vespillo var. "delta" Frölich, 1792:126 Necrophorus tomentosus Weber, 1801:47 Necrophorus velutinus Fabricius, 1801:334(5)[type: ZMUC, 1 specimen] Necrophorus Requiescator Gistel, 1848:190 [NEW STATUS]- (moved from synonomy under marginatus ) Necrophorus marginatus Gistel, 1857:565 Necrophorus velutinus var. aurigaster Portevin, 1925:170 Type locality: “America” 1° Type Depository: Kiel? [ZMUC?] Distribution:USA Images: left hindwing dorsal view, not a type Recorded Stridulation(s): 1. female defensive stridulation, recorded in Storrs, CT , 7 July 1998.: *play sound* | *View oscillograms* DNA data: Cytochrome Oxidase II 18S search the catalog Nicrophorus trumboi Sikes & Madge (unpub.)new species   Type locality: Nepal: Ganesh Himal, 8 km W Godlang, 3050m, 28°10’N, 85°17’E [from to be holotype label] 1° Type Depository: Cambridge [to be MCZC] Distribution:Nepal & (Sumatra?) Images: to be paratype male (CNCI), lateral habitus to be paratype male (CNCI), dorsal habitus to be paratype female genitalia Note:This nomenclatural change is not to be considered validly published. Please do not use this name in any form until after it has been validated through publication.Click here to read more about the nomenclatural validity of web publications search the catalog Nicrophorus ussuriensis Portevin, 1923   Synonyms: Necrophorus ussuriensis Portevin 1923b:233 Extra: pdf file of scanned original publication -- You need Adobe® Acrobat® to view. Type locality: “Ussuri”, e Russia [lake Baikal?] northeast China 1° Type Depository: Paris [MNHN] Distribution:eSiberia, Ussuri Images: - holotype, lateral habitus - holotype, dorsal habitus - holotype, labels search the catalog Nicrophorus validus Portevin, 1920   Synonyms: Necrophorus (Necrophorus ) validus Portevin, 1920b:401 Extra: pdf file of scanned original publication -- You need Adobe® Acrobat® to view. Type locality: “Inde”= n India 1° Type Depository: Paris [MNHN] Distribution:India Images: - holotype, lateral habitus - holotype, dorsal habitus - holotype, labels search the catalog Nicrophorus vespillo (Linnaeus, 1758)   Synonyms: Silpha Vespillo Linnaeus, 1758:359 Nicrophorus vulgaris Fabricius, 1775:72 Necrophorus bifasciatus Hausmann, 1799:33 [nomen oblitum] Necrophorus cadaverinus Gravenhorst, 1807:118 Necrophagus spinipes Leach, 1815:88 [misspelling] Necrophorus curvipes Duftschmidt, 1825:112 Necrophorus hadenius Gistel, 1857:575 Necrophorus vespillo var. minor Westhoff, 1881:108 Necrophorus vespillo var. varendorffi Westhoff, 1881:108 Necrophorus vespillo var. Bolsmanni Westhoff, 1881:108 Necrophorus vespillo var. fauvelis Fauconnet, 1893:255 Necrophorus hauseri Hlisnikovsky, 1932:23[NEW SYNONYMY] Necrophorus vespillo var. bohemicus Roubal, 1939:85 Extra: pdf file of scanned original publication -- You need Adobe® Acrobat® to view. Type locality: “in Europae, Americae Cadaverbus” 1° Type Depository: London [LSUK] Distribution:Europe, Turkestan, Mongolia Images: left wing dorsal view, not a type search the catalog Nicrophorus vespilloides Herbst, 1783   Synonyms: Nicrophorus vespilloides Herbst 1783:32 Nicrophorus mortuorum Fabricius, 1792a:248(5) [ type at:ZMUC, 4 specimens] Necrophorus hebes Kirby, 1837:96 Necrophorus pygmaeus Kirby, 1837:98 Necrophorus aurora Motschulsky, 1860c:126 Necrophorus vespilloides var. Altumi Westhoff, 1881:108 Necrophorus vespilloides var.sylvaticus Reitter, 1895c:328 [Holotype at HNHM] Necrophorus vespilloides var. sylvivagus Reitter, 1897a:48 [Holotype at HNHM] Necrophorus vespilloides var. fractus Portevin, 1914b:195 Necrophorus vespilloides var. borealis Portevin, 1914b:195 Necrophorus vespilloides var. subfaciatus Portevin, 1914b:195 Necrophorus vespilloides var. subinterruptus Pic, 1917b:21 Necrophorus vespilloides var. borealis Portevin, 1924:375 [synonymic homonym of Portevin 1914] Extra: pdf file of scanned original publication -- You need Adobe® Acrobat® to view. Type locality: Germany: Berlin 1° Type Depository: Berlin? [ZMHB?] Distribution:(AK-BC - NF-PA), USA,Europe, Korea, Japan, Mongolia Images: left wing dorsal view, not a type Recorded Stridulation(s): 1. female defensive stridulation, recorded 6 July 1998, Storrs, collected: northern Hokkaido, Japan.: *play sound* | *View oscillograms* 2. male and female precopulatory stridulations, recorded 6 July 1998, Storrs, CT, collected: northern Hokkaido, Japan.: *play sound* | *View oscillograms* DNA data: Cytochrome Oxidase II 18S search the catalog Nicrophorus vestigator Herschel, 1807   Synonyms: Necrophorus Vestigator Herschel 1807:274 Necrophorus sepultor Gyllenhal, 1827:308 [not Charpentier, 1825] Necrophorus anglicus Samouelle, 1833:4-2 [nomen nudum] Necrophorus interruptus Brullé, 1832:160 [preocc., not Stephens, 1830] Necrophorus sepultor cadaverinus Mareuse, 1840:40 [preocc., not Gravenhorst, 1807, or misid?] Necrophorus olfactor Gistel, 1848:190 Necrophorus vestigator var. Rautenbergi Reitter, 1900:82[Holotype at HNHM] [incorrect original spelling as Rauterbergi] Necrophorus vestigator var. degener Carret, 1901:330 Necrophorus vestigator var. brullei Jacobson, 1910:612 [as nomen novum for interruptus Brulle’] Necrophorus vestigator var. bipunctatus Portevin, 1914b:195 [not Kraatz 1880] Necrophorus vestigator var. obscuripennis Portevin, 1914b:195 Necrophorus vestigator var. Viturati Pic, 1917b:21 Necrophorus vestigator var. Carreti Pic, 1933a:5 Type locality: 1° Type Depository: Distribution:Europe, sEngland, France, Portugal, Spain, Turkestan, nIndia, Kashmir search the catalog   Home | Taxonomic Catalog | Material Examined | Key to Species | Literature Database | Worker Directory | Bulletin Board | Photo Gallery | Site Map | Links | Read Guest Book | Sign Guest Book first posted: 11 March 1999; last modified: 9 February 2000 page design & database solution by: Derek Sikes questions? comments? problems? email: Derek Sikes: dss95002@uconn.edu copyright © 2000 Derek Sikes & Stephen Trumbo