Kronopolites montanus Golovatch, 2009

Kronopolites montanus Golovatch, 2009 View in CoL

Fig. 2 View Figure 2

Kronopolites montanus Golovatch, 2009: 121, figs 9–16; Nguyen and Sierwald 2013: 1288; Likhitrakarn et al. 2015: 31. View in CoL

Type specimens.

ZMUM.

Material examined.

Vietnam • Son La Province • 1 male; Xuan Nha Natural Reserve ; 20.7211944°N, 104.67119°E; 566 m a. s. l.; residential area; 19 May 2018; Hung D. Nguyen leg.; IEBR-Myr 266 GoogleMaps • 2 males; Ta Xua Natural Reserve ; 21.33535°N, 104.49196°E; 490 m a. s. l.; bamboo forest; 9 February 2017; Son X. Le & Ha T. Vu leg.; IEBR-Myr 581 GoogleMaps • 4 males, 3 females, 2 juveniles; same locality as IEBR-Myr 581; around Chieu village, near irrigation lake ; 21.29298°N, 104.36719°E; 450 m a. s. l.; 11 February 2017; IEBR-Myr 582 GoogleMaps • 1 male, 1 female; same locality as IEBR-Myr 581; 21.33978°N, 104.68736°E; 400 m a. s. l.; cultivated land; 10 February 2017; Son X. Le & Ha T. Vu leg.; IEBR-Myr 584 GoogleMaps • 2 males, 1 female; same locality as IEBR-Myr 581; mixed forest; 30 May 2018; Hung D. Nguyen leg.; IEBR-Myr 752 GoogleMaps • 2 males, 1 female; same locality as IEBR-Myr 581; mixed forest; 30 April 2018; Hung D. Nguyen leg.; IEBR-Myr 753 GoogleMaps • 1 male; same locality as IEBR-Myr 581; natural forest; 30 May 2018; Hung D. Nguyen leg.; IEBR-Myr 757 GoogleMaps ; Lao Cai Province • 1 male, 5 females, 2 juveniles; Van Ban District, Nam Xay commune ; 22.03536°N, 104.00361°E; 600–700 m a. s. l.; bamboo forest; 28 March 2005; Anh D. Nguyen leg.; IEBR-Myr 110 GoogleMaps • 1 male; same locality as IEBR-Myr 110; bamboo forest; 900 m a. s. l.; 12 April 2005; Anh D. Nguyen leg.; IEBR-Myr 112 GoogleMaps • 1 male; Hoang Lien National Park ; 22.41475°N, 103.78133°E; 2,000 m a. s. l.; nature forest; 20–29 March 2007; Anh D. Nguyen leg.; IEBR-Myr 186 GoogleMaps • 1 male; same locality as IEBR-Myr 186; 1,900 m a. s. l.; bamboo forest; 20–29 March 2007; Anh D. Nguyen leg.; IEBR-Myr 189 GoogleMaps • 1 male, 1 female; Hoang Lien National Park ; 1,526 m a. s. l.; mixed forest; 16 March 2018; Hung D. Nguyen leg.; IEBR-Myr 763 ; Phu Tho Province • 1 male; Xuan Son National Park, on the way to Lang village ; 21.12521°N, 104.97299°E; 16 March 2006; Nguyen Van Quang leg.; IEBR-Myr 26 GoogleMaps • 1 male, 1 female; same locality as the IEBR-Myr 26; Lap village ; 21.13776°N, 104.93149°E; 17 January 2006; Nguyen Van Quang leg.; IEBR-Myr 114 GoogleMaps • 1 male, 1 female; Xuan Son National Park, Lap village ; 21.13776°N, 104.93149°E; pitfall trapping; 6 April 2011; An & Luong leg.; IEBR-Myr 173 GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis.

The species can be recognised by black-brown colouration, the absence of cones or lamina between coxae 4 on sternite 5, and gonopod conformation (process a shorter and coiled, while process b longer, straight, digitiform and subhelicoid). The species differs from its close congener, K. ramosus , in shape and length of process a and b (a short, wider coiled process a and a longer, straight, digitiform, subhelicoid process b in K. montanus vs a short and thin, curved, process a with an apical hook and a longer, straight, acuminate process b in K. ramosus ).

Distribution.

Lao Cai Province (Sapa) ( Golovatch 2009); Son La Province (Xuan Nha NR; Ta Sua NR); Phu Tho Province (Xuan Son NP) (this study).

Remarks.

The species is widely distributed in northwestern Vietnam.