Trichopeltis kometis

Trichopeltis kometis (Attems, 1938) Niponielle (sic!) kometis Attems, 1938: 244, figs 87–95 (D). Onomatoplanus kometis:— Attems, 1953: 179 (L). Niponia kometis:— Golovatch 1983b: 183 (L); Enghoff et al. 2004: 41 (L). Pseudoniponiella kometis:— Golovatch 2015: 156 (L). Trichopeltis kometis:— Golovatch & Akkari 2016: 2, figs 1–16 (TN). Trichopeltis deharvengi Golovatch, Geoffroy, Mauriès and VandenSpiegel, 2010: 64, figs 1–27 (D), synonymized by Golovatch & Akkari (2016). Type specimens. NHMW. Records from Vietnam. Lam Dong Prov. (Dalat: 1,500m; Mt. Langbian: 2,500m; Mt. Diling: 1,000m); Da Nang Prov. (Mt. Bana: 1,400m); Khanh Hoa Prov. (Mt. Honba); Lao Cai Prov. (Mt. Fanxipan); Lai Chau Prov. (Laichau) (Attems 1938, 1953; Golovatch et al. 2010, 2011c; Golovatch & Akkari 2016). Distribution. Only known from Vietnam. Remarks. Enghoff et al. (2004) noted specimens of this species possibly represent several different species as the case for Nepalmatoiulus crassus (Attems, 1938).