Kubanius elegans Majer, 1983

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 : 632

Kubanius elegans Majer, 1983

Kubanius elegans Majer, 1983: 387 , Figs. 1–9, 11, 13–14.

The holotype is deposited in NMPC (general collection):

HOLOTYPE (J): ‘ USSR, Kazachstan / Medeo (Alam-Ata) / 5.7.1979, 2000m / Mir.Dvořák lgt. [p] // Holo- / typus [p, red label, black margin] // Kubania gen.nov. / elegans sp.n. J [hw] / K. Majer det. [p] 1982 [hw] / HOLO- TYPUS [hw]’.

Current status. Valid species.

Remark. MAJER (1983) stated in the original description that the holotype of K. elegans 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.