Kronopolites biagrilectus Hoffman, 1963

Kronopolites biagrilectus Hoffman, 1963 View in CoL

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Material examined.

Vietnam • 1 male; Dien Bien Province, Muong Nhe Natural Reserve ; 22.29225°N, 102.38603°E; 784 m a. s. l.; natural forest; 7 May 2018; Hung D. Nguyen leg.; IEBR-Myr 756 GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis.

The species is similar to K. acuminatus ( Attems, 1937) , but distinguished by the form of gonopod processes a and b (process a shorter than process b in K. acuminatus , vice versa in K. biagrilectus ).

Distribution.

Widely distributed in southern China ( Golovatch 2020) and Vietnam (this study).

Remarks.

The species was proposed as a subspecies, K. acuminatus biagrilectus Hoffman, 1963 , and considered as a northern form of K. acuminatus acuminatus . The only difference between the two species is the length ratio of processes a and b. The species is recorded herewith from Vietnam for the first time. Our specimen fits well the description of Hoffman (1963).