Hylomus pilosus (Attems, 1937)

(Figs. 1, 11−12)

Centrodesmus pilosus Attems, 1937: 124−125, figs. 160−161; Attems 1938: 238−240, figs. 71−74.

Pratinus pilosus: Jeekel, 1964: 63; Jeekel 1968: 61.

Desmoxytes pilosa: Golovatch & Enghoff 1994: 59, figs. 66−69;

Nguyen et al. 2005: 251−252; Nguyen & Sierwald 2013: 1242; Likhitrakarn et al. 2015: 495, figs. 9−10.

Hylomus pilosus: Jeekel, 1980: 658; Srisonchai et al. 2018a: 11.

Material examined: 1 male, 1 female (IEBR-38) Khanh Hoa Province, Hon Ba Mt, primary forest, 1,300 m, 6 April 2003, coll. Anh D. Nguyen; 1 female (IEBR-65) same data, but 15−24 April 2006, coll. Anh D. Nguyen; 4 males, 1 female (IEBR-39) Dong Nai Province, Cat Tien National Park, forest, 23−29 September 2004, coll. Anh D. Nguyen, S.I. Golovatch and A.E. Anichkin; 1 male (IEBR-85) same locality, forest, on the leaves, 26−27 July 2009, coll. Anh D. Nguyen.

Diagnosis: The species can be recognised by its pink to red colouration; paraterga being antler-shaped; metaterga having numerous microsetae and a row of 4 + 4 posterior spines; epiproct modified, with evident setiferous knobs near tip (Fig. 11); gonopod femorite slightly expanded distad; solenomere long (Fig. 12).

Previous records: Ninh Thuan Province (Phan Rang); Dak Lak Province; Khanh Hoa Province (Hon Ba Mt.); Dong Nai Province (Attems 1937; Golovatch and Enghoff 1994; Nguyen et al. 2005).

Distribution: Only known from Vietnam. The species is widely distributed in southern Vietnam.