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 Tiniocellus asmarensis Balthasar, 1968 Tiniocellus asmarensis Balthasar, 1968: 955 . Two paratypes are deposited in NMPC (ex coll. V. Balthasar): PARATYPES (2 unsexed specimens):‘ Eritrea / Asmara [p] // Tiniocellus / asmarensis / n. sp.Balth. / 68 [hw] / Paratypus [p, pink label] // ex. coll. V. Balthasar / National Museum / Prague , Czech Republic [p] // Tiniocellus asmarensis / Balthasar, 1968 - Paratypus / = Tiniocellus spinipes (Roth, 1851) / T. Branco det. 2008 [p]’. Current status. Junior subjective synonym of Tiniocellus spinipes (Roth, 1851) , see BRANCO (2010) . Remark. BRANCO (2010) erroneously reported NMPC as the depository for the holotype of T. asmarensis , but according to the primary description, the holotype of this species was housed in Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum in Budapest , Hungary ( BALTHASAR 1968 ).