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 2012 2012-06-30 52 1 297 334 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5330401 0374-1036 5330401 Catharsius simulator Balthasar, 1939 Catharsius simulator Balthasar, 1939b: 5 . One syntype is deposited in NMPC (ex coll. V. Balthasar): SYNTYPE (unsexed specimen): ‘UGIGI - KIGOMA / L. TANGANJIKA X- / - XI. 1930 . CIPRIANI [p] // Typus [p, red label, black margin] // Catharsius / simulator / m.n.sp. [hw] / Dr. V. Balthasar det. [p] // simulator / m. [hw, violet label, black margin]’. Current status. Metacatharsius simulator (Balthasar, 1939) , see BALTHASAR (1965b) , FERREIRA (1972), MONTREUIL (1998) and BRANCO (2011) .