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Kronopolites swinhoei (Pocock, 1895) Figs 16, 17 Materials examined. 5 males and 7 females, China, Chongqing, Wuxi County, Yintiaoling National Nature Reserve, Hongqi, 31°30’25.43” N, 109°49’28.42” E, alt. 1166 m, 13 August 2022, X.K. Jiang & H.M. Chen leg; 13 males and 11 females, Yintiaoling National Nature Reserve, Linkouzi, 31°28’19.47” N, 109°52’58.34” E, alt. 1680 m, 16 August 2022, X.K. Jiang & H.M. Chen leg.; 6 males and 8 females, same locality, 17 August 2022, X.K. Jiang & H.M. Chen leg; 2 males and 4 females, Yintiaoling National Nature Reserve, Guanshan, Yanzi Cave, 31°28’52.67” N, 109°43’59.70” E, alt. 2230 m, 12 August 2022, X.K. Jiang & H.M. Chen leg; 1 female, Yintiaoling National Nature Reserve, Shizhuzi, 31°32’4.68” N, 109°42’16.26” E, alt. 2210 m, 11 August 2022, X.K. Jiang & H.M. Chen leg. Distribution. This species is widespread in central and southern China (Qinghai, Gansu, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and Zhejiang) (Golovatch 2019). Remarks. The characters of the habitus and the gonopods of this species are shown in Figs 16–17., Published as part of Chen, Hui-Ming, Zheng, Chang-Bin & Jiang, Xuan-Kong, 2023, The millipedes (Diplopoda) in Yintiaoling National Natural Reserve, Southwest China, pp. 49-81 in Zootaxa 5257 (1) on pages 62-63, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5257.1.6, http://zenodo.org/record/7765939, {"references":["Pocock, R. I. (1895) Report upon the Chilopoda and Diplopoda obtained by P. W. Bassett-Smith, Esq., Surgeon R. N., and J. J. Walker, Esq., R. N., during the cruise in the Chinese Seas of H. M. S. ' Penguin', Commander W. U. Moore commanding. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 6, 15 (88), 346 - 372. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222939508677895","Golovatch, S. I. (2019) On several new or poorly-known Oriental Paradoxosomatidae (Diplopoda: Polydesmida), XXVI. Arthropoda Selecta, 28 (3), 347 - 367."]}

Genus Kronopolites Attems, 1914 Type-species: Strongylosoma swinhoei Pocock, 1895, by monotypy., Published as part of Golovatch, Sergei I. & Wesener, Thomas, 2016, A species checklist of the millipedes (Myriapoda, Diplopoda) of India, pp. 1-75 in Zootaxa 4129 (1) on page 46, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4129.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/257571, {"references":["Attems, C. (1914) Die indo-australischen Myriopoden. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte, 80 A, 1 - 398.","Pocock, R. I. (1895) Descriptions of new genera of Zephroniidae, with brief preliminary diagnoses of some new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 6, 16, 409 - 415."]}

Kronopolites occidentalis Golovatch, 1983 Kronopolites occidentalis Golovatch, 1983 c: 297 (D). India, Jammu & Kashmir. Kronopolites occidentalis ��� Golovatch, 1984: 328 (R); 1991: 865 (M); 2009 b: 121 (D); Golovatch & Martens, 1996: 170 (R); Bano, 1998 a: 89 (M); Nguyen & Sierwald, 2013: 1288 (M); Shelley, 2014: 3 (R); Likhitrakarn et al., 2015 a: 28, 31, 37 (M, D). Kronopeltis (sic!) occidentalis ���Bano, 1996 a: 76 (M)., Published as part of Golovatch, Sergei I. & Wesener, Thomas, 2016, A species checklist of the millipedes (Myriapoda, Diplopoda) of India, pp. 1-75 in Zootaxa 4129 (1) on page 47, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4129.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/257571, {"references":["Golovatch, S. I. (1983 c) Two Paradoxosomatidae from the Kashmir Himalayas (Diplopoda). Senckenbergiana biologica, 63 (3 / 4), 297 - 302. [for 1982]","Golovatch, S. I. (1984) Some new or less known Paradoxosomatidae (Diplopoda: Polydesmida) from India. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 30 (3 / 4), 327 - 352.","Golovatch, S. I. & Martens, J. (1996) On the distribution and faunogenesis of Himalayan millipedes (Diplopoda): Preliminary results. Memoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, 169, 163 - 174.","Bano, K. (1998 a) Distinguishing characteristics and systematic positions of the known Indian paradoxosomatid millipedes. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of Calcutta, 51 (1), 86 - 91.","Nguyen, D. A. & Sierwald, P. (2013) A worldwide catalogue of the family Paradoxosomatidae Daday, 1889 (Diplopoda: Polydesmida). Check List, 9 (6), 1132 - 1353. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.15560 / 9.6.1132","Likhitrakarn, N., Golovatch, S. I. & Panha, S. (2015 a) Review of the millipede genus Kronopolites Attems, 1914 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae), with the description of a new species from Laos. ZooKeys, 472, 27 - 41. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 472.9001"]}

Taxon classification Animalia Polydesmida Paradoxosomatidae Kronopolites occidentalis Golovatch, 1983 Kronopolites occidentalis Golovatch 1983b: 297 (D). Kronopolites occidentalis - Golovatch 1984: 328 (R); 2009: 121 (D); Nguyen and Sierwald 2013: 1288 (M); Shelley 2014: 3 (R). Remarks. This species was described from Pir Panjal Mountains, 2600 m a.s.l., Tangmarg, Jammu and Kashmir State, India (Golovatch 1983). New specimens were collected near the ruins of Pari Mahal Monastery, 1500 m a.s.l., Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir State, India (Golovatch 1984)., Published as part of Likhitrakarn, Natdanai, Golovatch, Sergei I. & Panha, Somsak, 2015, Review of the millipede genus Kronopolites Attems, 1914 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae), with the description of a new species from Laos, pp. 27-41 in ZooKeys 472 on page 29, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.472.9001