Catalogue of type specimens of beetles (Coleoptera) deposited in the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic Author Bezděk, Aleš ) &) Biology Centre CAS, Institute of Entomology, Branišovská 31, CZ- 37005 České Budějovice, Czech Republic; e-mail: bezdek @ entu. cas. cz Author Boucher, Stéphane ) &) Département Systématique & Évolution, Entomologie, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, CP 50, 57 rue Cuvier, F- 75231 Paris, France; e-mail: sbl @ mnhn. fr Author Hájek, Jiří ) &) Department of Entomology, National Museum, Cirkusová 1740, CZ- 19300 Praha 9 - Horní Počernice, Czech Republic; e-mail: jiri _ hajek @ nm. cz Author Cas, Biology Centre text Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 2017 2017-06-30 57 1 279 293 journal article 0374-1036 C24C12DA-882D-4C40-B0D9-E8229967EFA0 Lucanus ( Pseudolucanus ) xerxes Král, 2004 Lucanus ( Pseudolucanus ) xerxes Král, 2004: 184 , Figs 1–4. The holotype and one paratype are deposited in NMPC (ex coll. D. Král). HOLOTYPE (J): ‘S IRAN , prov. Fars , Kakan E / Yasug, N 30˚42′ E51˚38′ / 2059 and 2315 m , 10. VII. / 2004 leg. Petr Kabátek [p] // Pseudolucanus / xerxes sp. nov. J / HOLOTYPUS / David Král det. 2004 [p, red label]’. PARATYPE (J): ‘ IRAN - prov. Fars , 2. VII. 2001 / Fort Setif mt., 2600 m / 10 km S.W. f Dast-e-Arzhan / 29.34.57N, 51.55.03E / lgt. M. Kalabza [p] // Pseudolucanus / xerxes sp. nov. J / PARATYPUS No. 32 / David Král det. 2004 [p, red label]’. Current status. Lucanus xerxes Král, 2004 , see, e.g. BARTOLOZZI et al. (2016) .