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 2009 2009-06-30 49 1 297 332 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5319147 0374-1036 5319147 Geotrupes hoffmannseggi Fairmaire, 1856 Geotrupes hoffmannseggi Fairmaire, 1856: 530 . Two syntypes are deposited in NMPC (ex coll. Nickerl): SYNTYPE (J): ‘ Geotrupes / Hoffmannseggi [Fairmaire’s hw] // Fairmaire / coll. Dohrn [hw] // Hoffmanseggi Fairm. / Marocco [hw, pink label, black margin]’. SYNTYPE ( ♀ ): ‘ Maroc [hw] // Fairmaire / coll. Dohrn [hw]’. Current status. Ceratophyus hoffmannseggi ( Fairmaire, 1856 ) , see, e.g., ZUNINO (1973) . Remark. The discovery of Fairmaire’s syntypes at NMP is surprising. Nevertheless, there is no doubt about the authenticity of these specimens. The identification label is written by Fairmaire himself. Moreover, it is evident from the primary description that Fairmaire examined both sexes when he described G. hoffmannseggi . ZUNINO (1973) unsuccessfully looked for types of this species at the Muséum national d’Histoire naturele, Paris, France , where the majority of Fairmaire’s types was deposited. He concluded that the types were lost and designated a neotype . Our rediscovery of the original syntypes of G. hoffmannseggi set the neotype aside.