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 Copris ( Paracopris ) similis Balthasar, 1939 Copris ( Paracopris ) similis Balthasar, 1939b: 4 . One syntype is deposited in NMPC (ex coll. V. Balthasar): SYNTYPE (unsexed specimen): ‘Monze [p] / Chituni / I 1930 [hw] // Rhodesia / Prof. L. Cipriani [p] // Typus [p, red label, black margin] // Paracopris / similis n. sp. [hw] / Dr. V. Balthasar det. [p] // similis m. [hw, pink label]’. Current status. Junior subjective synonym of Copris ( Copris ) mesacanthus mesacanthus Harold, 1878, see NGUYEN- PHUNG (1988).