The Type of Nicrophorus chryseus Mazokhin-Porshnyakov, 1953 (Coleoptera: Silphidae) Rediscovered and a Commentary on “Accidental Taxonomy”

Derek S. Sikes; Maxwell V. L. Barclay

doi:10.1649/0010-065X-71.4.721

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Derek S. Sikes,¹ Maxwell V. L. Barclay²

¹aUniversity of Alaska Museum, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 907 Yukon Dr., Fairbanks, AK 99775, US
²bDepartment of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, UK SW7 5BD

Abstract

Study of the previously lost type of Nicrophorus chryseusMazokhin-Porshnyakov, 1953 determined it to be a member of the polymorphic Holarctic species Nicrophorus investigatorZetterstedt, 1824, new synonymy. The unintentional but formal changing of a taxonomic classification, which we term “accidental taxonomy,” is discussed.

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Derek S. Sikes and Maxwell V. L. Barclay "The Type of Nicrophorus chryseus Mazokhin-Porshnyakov, 1953 (Coleoptera: Silphidae) Rediscovered and a Commentary on “Accidental Taxonomy”," The Coleopterists Bulletin 71(4), 721-726, (22 December 2017). https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-71.4.721

Received: 7 April 2017; Accepted: 27 August 2017; Published: 22 December 2017

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