On the Harpopaederus fauna of China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae) Author Assing, Volker text Linzer biologische Beiträge 2015 2015-07-31 47 1 163 190 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5414042 0253-116X 5414042 Paederus ( Harpopaederus ) gottschei KOLBE, 1886 ( Map 1 ) Paederus pseudobaudii ALEKSANDROV, 1934: 151 ; nov.syn. C o m m e n t: According to WILLERS (2001b) , the depository and identity of the type material of P. pseudobaudii from "Hengtaohotze" ( Heilongjiang ) is uncertain, but there is little doubt that it is conspecific with P. gottschei , also because ALEKSANDROV (1934) himself synonymized the species with P. chinensis . The material from Heilongjiang studied by WILLERS (2001b) , some of which had previously been identified as P. pseudobaudii , all belonged to P. gottschei . Paederus gottschei is the most widespread - and probably also the most common - representative of Harpopaederus in the East Palaearctic region, its distribution ranging from the Russian Far East across Northeast China to North and South Korea . For additional records see LI & ZHOU (2007). So far, all the material of Harpopaederus from this region has proved to belong to P. gottschei , making it seem most unlikely that P. pseudobaudii represents a distinct species. In consequence, P. pseudobaudii is formally placed in synonymy with P. gottschei . The distribution of P. gottschei in China is illustrated in Map 1 .