Paederus pseudobaudii ALEKSANDROV, 1934: 151 P. pseudobaudii P. gottschei P. chinensis P. pseudobaudii P. gottschei On the Harpopaederus fauna of China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae) Assing, Volker Linzer biologische Beiträge 2015 2015-07-31 47 1 163 190 4BX6X KOLBE, 1886 KOLBE 1886 [178,734,1084,1108] Insecta Staphylinidae Paederus Animalia Coleoptera 2 165 Arthropoda species gottschei Harpopaederus      Paederus pseudobaudii ALEKSANDROV, 1934: 151; nov.syn. C o m m e n t: According to WILLERS (2001b), the depository and identity of the typematerial of  P. pseudobaudiifrom "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 Heilongjiangstudied by WILLERS (2001b), some of which had previously been identified as  P. pseudobaudii, all belonged to  P. gottschei.    Paederus gottscheiis the most widespread - and probably also the most common - representative of  Harpopaederusin the East Palaearctic region, its distribution ranging from the Russian Far East across Northeast Chinato North and South Korea. For additional records see LI & ZHOU (2007). So far, all the material of  Harpopaederusfrom this region has proved to belong to  P. gottschei, making it seem most unlikely that  P. pseudobaudiirepresents a distinct species. In consequence,  P. pseudobaudiiis formally placed in synonymy with  P. gottschei. The distribution of  P. gottscheiin Chinais illustrated in Map 1.