Geotrupes hoffmannseggi Fairmaire, 1856: 530 Catalogue of type specimens of beetles (Coleoptera) deposited in the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic Bezděk, Aleš Hájek, Jiří Ascr, Biology Centre Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 2009 2009-06-30 49 1 297 332 3FTJ5 Fairmaire, 1856 Fairmaire 1856 [364,837,1436,1461] Insecta Geotrupidae Geotrupes Animalia Coleoptera 3 300 Arthropoda species hoffmannseggi      Geotrupes hoffmannseggi Fairmaire, 1856: 530. Two syntypesare 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 syntypesat 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 syntypesof  G. hoffmannseggiset the neotypeaside.