Tetrabothrus puetzi ASSING, 2009

Tetrabothrus taiwanensis PACE, 2010: 24; syn. nov.

Type material examined: Holotype ♂: “ Taiwan, Taitung Hsien, Foothills of Hsinkangshan nr. Chengkung, 350–400 m, 19.VII.93, A. Smetana [T155] / Holotypus Tetrabothrus taiwanensis mihi, det. R. Pace 2005 / Tetrabothrus taiwanensis mihi, det. R. Pace 2005 / Tetrabothrus puetzi Assing, det. V. Assing 2015” (MCSNV).

Additional material examined: Laos: 1 ♀, Phongsaly province, Ban Sano Mai, 21°21'N, 102°03'E, 1150 m, 19.–26.V.2004, leg. Kubáň (NHMB) ; 1 ♂, Louangphrabang province, 5 km W Ban Song Cha, 1200 m, 12.–16.V.1999, Kubáň (cAss) ; 2 ♀♀, Oudomxai province, 17 km ENE Oudom Xai, 20°45'N, 102°09'E, 1100 m, 1.–19.V.2002, leg. Kubáň (NHMB) .

Comment: Tetrabothrus puetzi was originally described from the Chinese province Yunnan and subsequently reported also from Guangdong (ASSING 2009, YAN & LI 2015b). The original description of T. taiwanensis is based on a male holotype and a male paratype from the environs of Chengkung in Taitung Hsien (PACE 2010). YAN & LI (2015b) already suspected that T. taiwanensis was a synonym of T. puetzi . An examination of the holotype of T. taiwanensis confirmed this suspicion; hence the synonymy proposed above. The above specimens from Laos represent new country records.