Six new species of Tonsilla Wang amp; Yin, 1992 (Araneae: Agelenidae) from southern China, with the first description of the male of T. yanlingensis (Zhang, Yin amp; Kim, 2000).

Six new species of the spider genus Tonsilla Wang Yin, 1992 are described from southern China: T. jinyunensis sp. nov. () from Chongqing, T. jiugongensis sp. nov. () from Hubei, T. subtruculenta sp. nov. (), T. rutunda sp. nov. () and T. yueliangensis sp. nov. () from Guizhou and T. subrostrum sp. nov. () from Hunan. In addition, T. yanlingensis (Zhang, Yin Kim, 2000) is redescribed and its male is described here for the first time. Tonsilla subyanlingensis Liu Xu, 2020 is transferred to Draconarius Ovtchinnikov, 1999, hence the new combination Draconarius subyanlingensis (Liu Xu, 2020) comb. nov. is established. The female of T. subyanlingensis Liu Xu, 2020 should be treated as T. yanlingensis (Zhang, Yin Kim, 2000). Detailed descriptions, photographs of copulatory organs and somatic features, a distribution map and comparisons with closely related species are presented.