Rheocricotopus (P.) kongi Lin & Wang, 2020

Fig. 12A

Rheocricotopus (Psilocricotopus) kongi Lin & Wang in Lin et al., 2020: 286.

Type material

Holotype CHINA – Hainan • ♂; Baisha, Yinggeling NNR; 19°05′ N, 109°30′ E; 3 Dec. 2010; F.Q. Kong leg.; NKU XL-1857.

Paratype CHINA – Hainan • 1 ♂; same data as for holotype; NKU XL-1853.

Distribution

So far, this species is known only from the type locality, Hainan Province in Oriental China.

Remarks

We re-examined the holotype and one paratype. Although in the holotype the hypopygium is crushed during the mounting procedure (see Lin et al. 2020: 288 fig. 5), the paratype can be seen to have two projections, a triangular, bare ventral projection and a rounded, setigerous inner projection, behind the inferior volsella which is short, stout, apically lump-like (Fig. 12A). The feature separates the species from others in this genus.

Further, the authors (Lin et al. 2020: 289) wrote in the original description: “A pale and oval humeral pit presents in R. kongi sp. n., which not fitting the diagnosis of the R. orientalis group (Wang & Saether 2001)”. Indeed, this species possesses a large and oval humeral pit.

The female and the immature stages are unknown.