Published January 29, 2026 | Version v1
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Kronopolites semirugosus Golovatch 2013

  • 1. State Key Laboratory for Quality Ensurance and Sustainable Use of Dao-di Herbs, National Resource Center for Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, 100700, Beijing, China
  • 2. Guizhou Institute of Biology, Guizhou Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550009, China

Description

Kronopolites semirugosus Golovatch, 2013, comb. restit.

Figs 8, 9

Kronopolites semirugosus Golovatch, 2013: 311–315, figs 35–44; Likhitrakarn et al. 2015: 32; Nguyen et al. 2025: 224.

Mandarinopus semirugosus: Golovatch 2019: 354; Golovatch and Liu 2020: 170.

Material examined.

CHINA: Sichuan Province: 8 ♂♂ and 18 ♀♀ (CMMI 20240603001 –20240603026), Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Mianning County, Huian Town, Baixiluo (28.6412°N, 102.0908°E), asl. 2380 m, 3.VI.2024, Yifei Yu & Yuan Xiong leg.

Diagnosis.

Differs from other species of the genus by the following combination of characters: collum and following metaterga rugose; sternal cones between ♂ coxae 4 contiguous medially; gonopods without a distofemoral process, both larger processes of solenophore ribbon-shaped and rounded apically, subequal in shape and size (Golovatch 2019).

Distribution.

China: Sichuan (Golovatch 2013 b).

Remarks.

Golovatch (2019) transferred this species from Kronopolites to Mandarinopus. Herein, we formally reject this transfer.

Notes

Published as part of Xiong, Yuan, Chen, Huiming, Huang, Luqi, Jiang, Xuankong & Jiang, Chao, 2026, The millipede genus Mandarinopus Verhoeff, 1933, is a junior synonym of Kronopolites Attems, 1914 (Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae), with a revision of the species based on integrated evidence, pp. 271-283 in Zoosystematics and Evolution 102 (1) on pages 271-283, DOI: 10.3897/zse.102.180695

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
CMMI
Material sample ID
CMMI 20240603001
Event date
2024-06-03
Verbatim event date
2024-06-03
Scientific name authorship
Golovatch
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Polydesmida
Family
Paradoxosomatidae
Genus
Kronopolites
Species
semirugosus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Kronopolites semirugosus Golovatch, 2013 sec. Xiong, Chen, Huang, Jiang & Jiang, 2026

References

  • Likhitrakarn N, Golovatch SI, Panha S (2015) Review of the millipede genus Kronopolites Attems, 1914 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae), with the description of a new species from Laos. ZooKeys (472): 27–41. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.472.9001
  • Nguyen AD, Vu TTT, Phung HLT, Tran DL, Le HA (2025) Mountainous millipedes in Vietnam. V. The millipede genus Kronopolites Attems, 1914 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae), with descriptions of two new species. ZooKeys 1249: 223–245. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1249.155280
  • Golovatch SI (2019) On several new or poorly-known Oriental Paradoxosomatidae (Diplopoda: Polydesmida), XXVI. Arthropoda Selecta 28 (3): 347–367. https://doi.org/10.15298/arthsel.28.3.01
  • Golovatch SI, Liu W (2020) Diversity, distribution patterns, and faunogenesis of the millipedes (Diplopoda) of mainland China. ZooKeys 930: 153–198. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.930.47513
  • Golovatch SI (2013 b) On several new or poorly-known Oriental Paradoxosomatidae (Diplopoda: Polydesmida), XIV. Arthropoda Selecta 22 (4): 307–332. https://doi.org/10.15298/arthsel.22.4.01