Kronopolites Attems, 1914

Nguyen, Anh D., Vu, Tam T. T., Phung, Hong Luong T., Tran, Duc-Luong & Le, Hung-Anh, 2025, Mountainous millipedes in Vietnam. V. The millipede genus Kronopolites Attems, 1914 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae), with descriptions of two new species, ZooKeys 1249, pp. 223-245 : 223-245

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1249.155280

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C6C35735-2A38-4396-B183-A8FD512D1B88

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16942531

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/77148E6F-FFCD-55A1-8C40-426FE391D158

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scientific name

Kronopolites Attems, 1914
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Genus Kronopolites Attems, 1914 View in CoL

Type species.

Kronopolites svenhedini (Verhoeff, 1934) corrected by Xiong et al. (2025).

Remarks.

The genus was recently revised by Likhitrakarn et al. (2015). The genus can be recognised by the gonopod solenophore typically carrying a fork consisting of two basal processes: curved or suberect, anteriad-directed process a and posteriad-directed process b.

Most species of Kronopolites live in montane forest habitats usually found at elevations between ca 400 m and 2,700 m a. s. l.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Diplopoda

Order

Polydesmida

Family

Paradoxosomatidae

Tribe

Sulciferini