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Figs 11-14. Bryodaemon hanakii hanakii (I. Frivaldszky): 11: head, 12: aedeagus, 13: claws, 14: male front tibia Bryodaemon hanakii montanus (Petri, 1912), stat. n., comb. n. (Figs 9, 15-18, 42, 46) Omias Hanakii var. montanus Petri, 1912: 303. Type locality. "Borszék, Ratosnya, Balánbánya (Egyeskő, c. a.)". Original description, "var. montanus n. v. Borszék, Ratosnya, Balánbánya (Egyeskő, c. a.). - O. Hanaki v. montanus n. v. Bei der Varietät, die ich in etlichen 40 Exemplaren sammelte, sind an sämtlichen Tarsen zwei sehr ungleiche Krallen bald mehr, bald weniger deutlich zu beobachten. Da diese Varietät im Penisbau mit Omias Brandisi Apfelb. übereinstimmt, liegt die Vermutung nahe, dass letzterer nur eine Rasse des O. Hanaki sei, da meine Tiere sich im übrigen von der Stammform wenig unterscheiden." (Petri 1912). Remarks. Based on the original description, it is hard to decide what the true difference is between the nominate form of hanakii and the var. montanus. Fortunately, the types of Petri were available for study in the Petri Collection of the MINS and the Formánek Collection of the NMPC. As for the type localities, further specimens were collected by myself in Borsec (Borszék) and Balan (Balánbánya) and a specimen from "Ratosnya" was found in the HNHM. These types and non-type specimens were compared with the types of hanakii. There is a great deal of similarity between the two taxa and only minor differences were found. The colour of montanus is darker brown, and in most specimens the aedeagus is parallel-sided and not widened before the apex (Figs 9, 16). I agree with Petri that montanus is not an independent species; according to my opinion it is a subspecies of hanakii with a definitely separated geographical range (Fig. 46).