Catalogue of type specimens of beetles (Coleoptera) deposited in the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic Author Bezděk, Aleš Biology Centre ASCR, Institute of Entomology, Branišovská 31, CZ- 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic; e-mail: bezdek @ entu. cas. cz Author Hájek, Jiří Department of Entomology, National Museum, Kunratice 1, CZ- 148 00 Praha 4, Czech Republic; e-mail: jiri _ hajek @ nm. cz Author Ascr, Biology Centre text Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 2011 2011-06-30 51 1 349 378 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5327974 0374-1036 5327974 Choeridium contractum Balthasar, 1939 Choeridium contractum Balthasar, 1939d: 48 , Fig. 3. One paratype is deposited in NMPC (ex coll. V. Balthasar): PARATYPE (unsexed specimen): ‘Horquetá / Paraguay [p] / 18. X. 1932 [hw] / Alb. Schultze S. G. [p] // Typus [p, red label, black margin] // Choeridium / contractum / n. sp. Type [hw] / Dr. V. Balthasar det. [p] // contractum m. [hw, green label]’. Current status. Ateuchus contractus (Balthasar, 1939) , see MARTÍNEZ & MARTÍNEZ (1987) .