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phorus germanicus (Linnaeus), 1758. The location of the second 
syntype, a specimen of N. humator (Gleditsch) 1 767 (according to 
Hatch 1927) is unknown. It is not in the Hatch collection at 
Oregon State University (G. L. Peters, pers. comm.). 
Si/pha truncata Say 1823: 193. neotype (here designated), a 
male with dark green disc (meaning New Mexico) and white label 
“S. truncata Say.”, and our designation label, in MCZ. The pub- 
lished locality is “Arkansa” and “near the Rocky Mountains”, 
which we take to mean the upper reaches of the Arkansas River in 
eastern Colorado. Say collected the single specimen while he was 
a naturalist on Major Long’s 1819 party exploring the upper 
reaches of the Platte, Arkansas, Canadian, and Red Rivers, of the 
southern Great Plains and foothills of the Rockies (Weiss and 
Ziegler, 1931). The species is now Thanatophi/us truncatus (Say). 
Si/pha bituberosa LeConte 1859b: 6. Described from a single 
specimen, the holotype: a female with pale green disc (meaning 
Nebraska, Kansas, North Dakota, South Dakota, Oklahoma, 
Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana), and red label with white 
dorsal margin “Type 8952” and white label “S. bituberosa/ 
Drexler Lee.”, in MCZ. The published type locality is “near Fort 
Bridger”, now in SW Wyoming. The species is now in the genus 
Aclypea (in some literature as Blitophaga ), but the former name is 
given priority, following Seidlitz (1888: 31 1) as the first reviser in 
accordance with article 24 (a) (i) of the International Code of 
Zoological Nomenclature. 
Si/pha caudata Say 1823: 192. The species was described from 
material collected by Thomas Nuttall “on the upper Missouri” 
River and by Say from “near the Rocky Mountains.” LeConte 
(1859c) recognized this species as a synonym of Si/pha lapponica 
Herbst, now Thanatophi/us lapponicus (Herbst), and this has been 
accepted ever since. We do not designate a neotype for this name, 
for it is not necessary in the interests of stability of nomenclature. 
Necrophi/us tenuicornis LeConte 1859a: 84. Described from a 
single specimen, the holotype: a female with dark blue disc 
(meaning Oregon and Washington), and red label with white dor- 
sal margin “Type 3 147” and white label “N. tenuicornis/ P. Sound 
Lee. ’’and white label “Pt./tenuicorne/(Lec)’\ in MCZ. The pub- 
lished type locality is Puget Sound, Washington. The species is 
now Aptero/oma tenuicorne (LeConte). 
