I am afraid this is not true.
The species X. p. kondoi Ponder, 1983 was named after Dr. Y. Kondo, retired
from Bernice P. Bishop Museum.
I think you confude this with X. mekranensis konoi Habe, 1953.

Gijs

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> Van: Paul Callomon <[log in to unmask]>
> Aan: [log in to unmask]
> Onderwerp: Re: Xenophoridae book
> Datum: zondag 14 november 1999 3:25
>
> > For those who are interested in the Xenophoridae book, it may be
noteworthy
> > to point out some misidentifications encountered in the book.
> >
> > Text fig. 7 is a specimen of X. (X.) neozelanica neozelanica, text fig.
8
> > is a specimen of X. (X.) crispa, and these are not X. (X.) pallidula as
can
> > be read in the captions; text fig. 20 is X. (X.) peroniana kondoi and
not
> > X. (X.) neozelanica kermadecensis. The caption of text fig. 30
> > unfortunately reads Austroharpa instead of Austrophora.
>
> X. peroniana kondoi is a misspelling : it should be konoi (named for the
> late Dr Enzo Kon'no, I believe, in the memorial publication Dr Kuroda and
> others got up for him).