Kronopolites acuminatus Attems, 1937

Kronopolites acuminatus Attems, 1937 View in CoL

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Kronopolites acuminatus Attems, 1937: 52; Attems 1938: 227, fig. 53; Jeekel 1968: 59; Golovatch 2009: 121, in key; View in CoL

Kronopolites acuminatus acuminatus View in CoL : – Hoffman 1963: 584, established new subspecific status; Golovatch 1983: 181; Enghoff et al. 2004: 38.

Type specimens.

NHMW.

Material examined.

Vietnam • Lao Cai Province • 1 male, 2 females; Hoang Lien National Park, on the way to Fanxipan Mt. ; 22.35087°N, 103.78030°E; primary forest; 2,000 m a. s. l.; 28 September 2005; Anh D. Nguyen leg.; IEBR-Myr 115 GoogleMaps • 1 male, 1 female; Hoang Lien National Park, Tram Ton, Tram Ton station, observation tower ; 22.35347°N, 103.77541°E; secondary forest; 1,900 m a. s. l.; 23 March 2007; Anh D. Nguyen leg.; IEBR-Myr 187 GoogleMaps • 1 male, 2 females; Bat Xat Natural Reserve ; 22.61148°N, 103.64392°E; natural forest; 28 December 2017; Hung D. Nguyen leg.; IEBR-Myr 760 GoogleMaps • 1 male, 1 female; same data as IEBR-Myr 760; IEBR-Myr 761 GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis.

The species can be recognised by having sternite 5 with a rounded, highly elevated, setiferous process between coxae 4, and gonopod conformation (process a leaf – shaped, shorter than slender, spiniform process b).

Distribution.

Ha Giang Province (Ha Giang) ( Attems 1937, 1938), Lao Cai (this study).

Remarks.

The species has been known only from northern Vietnam.