On the Western Palaearctic and Middle Asian species of Ochthephilum STEPHENS, with notes on Cryptobium koltzei EPPELSHEIM (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae: Cryptobiina) Author Assing, V. text Linzer biologische Beiträge 2009 2009-08-30 41 1 397 426 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5276149 0253-116X 5276149 Homaeotarsus koltzei ( EPPELSHEIM 1886) , nov.comb. ( Figs 54-57 ) Cryptobium koltzei EPPELSHEIM 1886: 40 f. T y p e m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d Holotype ♀ : "Ch / 12. / Koltzei mihi, Chabarofka, Amur , ded. Koltze / collect. Eppelsh. / Koltzei Epp., Deutsch. ent. Zt. 1886. p. 40. / Typus / Holotypus ♀ Cryptobium koltzei Eppelsheim , rev. V. Assing 2008 / Homaeotarsus koltzei (Eppelsheim) , det. V. Assing 2008 (NHMW). A d d i t i o n a l m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Russia : 1♀ , Primorskiy Kray , Ussuri region , 28.V.1958 ( NHMW ) ; 13, Primorskiy Kray , Ussuriysk ["Nikolsk Ussurijsk"; 43°47'N , 131°54'E ], leg. Mandl (cAss). China : 13, Harbin, Manshukuo, 5.VIII.1939 , leg. Alin ( NHMW ) . C o m m e n t: The original description is based on "ein einziges ♀ von Chabarofka" ( EPPELSHEIM 1886 ). An examination of the type specimen and additional material from the collections of the NHMW revealed that the species refers to the genus Homaeotarsus HOCHHUTH 1851 . The male sexual characters are illustated in Figs 54-57 . According to SMETANA (2004) , H. koltzei is widespread and has been reported from eastern Siberia, the Russian Far East, North Corea , Mongolia , and the Northwest Territory of China .