Dasytidius tajikistanus Majer, 1991

Hájek, Jiří & Švihla, Vladimír, 2012, Catalogue of the type specimens of beetles (Coleoptera) deposited in the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52 (2), pp. 603-654 : 620-621

Dasytidius tajikistanus Majer, 1991

Dasytidius tajikistanus Majer, 1991b: 9 , Figs. 11, 40, 57, 72, 91.

The holotype is deposited in NMPC (general collection):

HOLOTYPE (J): ‘ USSR, Tardzjekistan [sic!], 1981 / Hissar Mts. 1.300-1.500m. / YAVRUZ, Kafirnigan river / Karel Majer leg. [p] // Holo- / typus [p, red label] // Dasytidius J / tajikistanus sp.n. [hw] K. Majer det. [p] 1987 / HOLOTYPUS [hw]’.

Current status. Valid species.

Remark. MAJER (1991b) stated in the original description that the holotype of D. tajikistanus was deposited in NMPC. However, in fact, it stayed in Majer’s private collection and was sold to Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (NHMW) in 1995 (see JÄCH 1995). The holotype was returned to NMPC in 2012 by the courtesy of NHMW employees.