Spiders of the genus Utivarachna from China (Araneae: Corinnidae).

The spiders of the genus Utivarachna from China are reviewed. These species belong to the kinabaluensis species group. A total of five species are reported including three new species, Utivarachna arcuata sp. nov., Utivarachna fabaria sp. nov. and Utivarachna gongshanensis sp. nov. Descriptions of the new species and the differences between the new species and their related taxa in China are discussed.

Three new species of jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae) from Hunan, China.

Three new species of the genera Thiania C. L. Koch, 1846 and Yaginumaella Prószynski, 1979 are described and named as T.bamian sp. nov. (♂♀), T.flacata sp. nov. (♀) and Y.curvata sp. nov. (♂♀), from Hunan Province, China. Detailed descriptions, photos of somatic features and copulatory organs, as well as a distribution map are provided. Nucleotide data for the barcoding gene, cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) of T.bamian sp. nov. (♂♀) and Y.curvata sp. nov. (♀) are provided.

The spiders of the genus Wolongia Zhu, Kim & Song, 1997 from China (Araneae: Tetragnathidae).

Seven new species of spiders of the genus Wolongia, all from China, are described. This genus previously included only three species, also only known from China. The new species are: Wolongia bicruris n. sp., Wolongia bimacroseta n. sp., Wolongia erromera n. sp., Wolongiafoliacea n. sp., Wolongia nutica n. sp., Wolongia renaria n. sp., and Wolongia tetramacroseta n. sp. Descriptions of the seven new species and diagnoses for all ten species in the genus are given. In addition, we provide distributional data and an identification key to the species.

The first record of Tricholathys Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 (Araneae, Dictynidae) from China, with a new combination and descriptions of seven new species.

The genus Tricholathys, found for the first time in China, is surveyed and seven new species, T.burangensissp. nov. (♂♀, Thibet), T.chenzhenningisp. nov. (♂♀, Qinghai), T.hebeiensissp. nov. (♀, Hebei), T.lhunzeensissp. nov. (♂♀, Tibet), Tricholathysrelictoidessp. nov. (♂♀, Xinjiang), T.serratasp. nov. (♂♀, Tibet), and T.xizangensissp. nov. (♂♀, Tibet), are described. A new combination is proposed for Tricholathysalxa (Tang, 2011) comb. nov., ex. Argenna Thorell, 1870. Descriptions of all new species are provided, together with digital images, illustrations, and a distribution map. The DNA barcode information of four recently collected species is also provided.

Two new species of the sac-spider genus Clubiona Latreille, 1804 (Araneae, Clubionidae) and the female of C. subcylindrata from China.

Two new species of the genus Clubiona Latreille, 1804 are described: C. tianpingshan sp. nov. (♂♀) and C. flammaforma sp. nov. (♂♀) from central and south China. The female of C. subcylindrata Wang et al., 2018 is described for the first time. Detailed descriptions, photographs of somatic features and copulatory organs, as well as a distribution map of these three species, are provided.

Three new species of the genus Tetragnatha Latreille, 1804 (Araneae, Tetragnathidae) from China.

Three new species of Tetragnatha Latreille, 1804 are described from China: T.bifurcata Li & Liu, sp. nov. (♂♀) and T.tortilis Li & Liu, sp. nov. (♂♀) from Yunnan Province, and T.bimaculata Li & Liu, sp. nov. (♂♀) from Hubei and Hunan provinces. Detailed descriptions, photographs of somatic features and copulatory organs, and a distribution map of these three species are provided.

Three new species of the genus Asceua Thorell, 1887 (Araneae: Zodariidae) from Yunnan Province, China.

Three new species of the genus Asceua Thorell, 1887 are described and named as: A. calciformis sp. nov. (♂♀), A. digitata sp. nov. (♂) and A. forcipiformis sp. nov. (♂♀) from Yunnan province, China. Detailed descriptions, photos of somatic features and copulatory organs, as well as a distribution map are provided.

A survey of the genus Himalaphantes Tanasevitch, 1992 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) with description of three new species from Yunnan, China.

Three new species of Himalaphantes Tanasevitch, 1992 from Yunnan province, China, are described: H.arcuatus sp. nov. (♀), H.lingulatus sp. nov. (♂♀), and H.uncatus sp. nov. (♂♀). The diagnosis of the genus is clarified, and extended detailed descriptions, photographs of somatic features and copulatory organs, and a distribution map are provided.

Three new spider species of Araneus Clerck, 1757 (Araneae, Araneidae) from the Gaoligong Mountains of Yunnan, China.

Both sexes of three new species of the spider genus Araneus Clerck, 1757 are described and named as: A. breviscapus n. sp., A. floriformis n. sp. and A. pianmaensis n. sp. from the Yunnan province. Detailed descriptions, photos of somatic features and copulatory organs, as well as the map of collection localities are provided.

Five new species of Synagelides Strand, 1906 from China (Araneae, Salticidae).

Five new species of salticids were collected from China: Synagelidesemangou Liu, sp. nov. (♂, ♀) from Gansu province, and S.jinding Liu, sp. nov. (♂), S.serratus Liu, sp. nov. (♂, ♀), S.shuqiang Liu, sp. nov. (♂), and S.triangulatus Liu, sp. nov. (♀) from Jiangxi Province. All species are described and illustrated with photographs and SEM micrographs, and their distributions are also mapped.

Four new species of the spider genus Synagelides Strand, 1906 from South China (Araneae, Salticidae).

Four new species of the jumping spider genus Synagelides Strand, 1906 from Guizhou and Yunnan, China are described: Synagelidesangustus sp. nov. (♀), S.latus sp. nov. (♂♀), S.subagoriformis sp. nov. (♂♀), and S.triangulus sp. nov. (♀). Photographs of the habitus and copulatory organs and a distributional map are provided.

Dolichognatha bannaensis new species, a six-eyes tetragnathid spider from China (Araneae, Tetragnathidae).

Almost all of the tetragnathid spiders have eight eyes, while two Dolichognatha species, D. longiceps (Thorell, 1895) (Sunil Jose 2014: 474, figs 1A-B) and D. junlitjri (Barrion-Dupo Barrion, 2014) (Barrion-Dupo Barrion 2014: 196, figs 1A-B) have six eyes (PME absent). They were originally assigned to Prolochus Thorell, 1895, which was synonymized with Dolichognatha O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869 by Levi (1981), and reaffirmed by Kallal Hormiga (2018) after a multi-loci phylogenetic analysis.

On two species of the spider genus Stertinius Simon, 1890 from China (Araneae: Salticidae).

Stertinius Simon, 1890 belongs in the subtribe Simaethina Simon, 1903 of the subfamily Salticinae Blackwall, 1841 (Maddison 2015), which represents a group of small spiders with flatted prosoma and conspicuous, sclerotized sigillae (Logunov et al. 1997; Logunov 2018). Currently, a total of 12 species have been described mainly from East and Southeast Asia, of which five species have only one sex described (World Spider Catalog 2020).

Four new species of the spider genus Cicurina Menge, 1871 from China (Araneae: Dictynidae).

Four new species of the genus Cicurina are described: C. daweishanensis spec. nov. (female), C. kekei spec. nov. (male and female), C. lichuanensis spec. nov. (male and female) and C. yuelushanensis spec. nov. (male and female). Photos of body and copulatory organs, line drawings of copulatory organs, as well as the locality map are provided. The type specimens of Cicurina eburnata Wang, 1994 were reexamined for the comparison of allied species. Photos of C. calyciforma Wang Xu, 1989 are also presented in order to compare it with two new species.

First record of Artoria Thorell, 1877 (Araneae: Lycosidae) from Malaysia, with the description of a new species.

The wolf spider genus Artoria Thorell, 1877 is a common group in Australasia, currently including 41 species from Australia, three from New Zealand and four from Pacific islands (Framenau Baehr 2018; Word Spider Catalog 2019). This does not, however, comprise the whole distribution of the genus. The type species, A. parvula Thorell, 1877 has been recorded from China, Philippines, Indonesia (Sulawesi) and Australia (Northern Territory). An endemic species, A. ligulacea (Qu, Peng Yin, 2009) was described from Yunnan, China. This indicates that there must be some undescribed species from Southeast Asian countries. A recent collecting expedition to Malaysia confirms this hypothesis. Two species of Artoria were found, the type species, A. parvula from East and West Malaysia and a new species, A. weiwei sp. nov. from East Malaysia. In this study, we illustrate the former and describe for the first time the latter species.

Two new species of Araneus Clerck, 1757 (Araneae, Araneidae) and first description of A. wulongensis male from China.

Two new species of Araneus Clerck, 1757 are described: A. conexus sp. nov. (♂♀) and A. digitatus sp. nov. (♂♀) from Yunnan and Hubei provinces. The male of A. wulongensis Song & Zhu, 1992 is described here for the first time. All species treated in this study belong to A. strurmi species group. Detailed description and illustrations of somatic features, and copulatory organs as well as distribution maps are provided.

Zhezhoulinyphia gen. nov. (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from Yunnan, China.

A new Linyphiinae genus Zhezhoulinyphia gen. nov. from Yunnan Province is described together with its two new species: Z.caperata sp. nov. (♂) and Z.denticulata sp. nov. (♂, ♀). Centromerusyadongensis Hu & Li, 1987 is transferred to Zhezhoulinyphia gen. nov. and a new combination, Z.yadongensis (Hu & Li, 1987), comb. nov. is proposed.

A new record of the spider family Caponiidae from China (Arachnida, Araneae).

The family Caponiidae Simon, 1890 is reported for the first time from China. The total number of the known spider families from China increases to 72 with the addition of this family newly recorded in the present paper. Based on male and female specimens collected from Guangxi, China, Laoponiasaetosa Platnick & Jäger, 2008 is illustrated and a global distribution map is generated.

Three new spider species of Irura Peckham & Peckham, 1901 from China (Araneae: Salticidae).

Three new species of the genus Irura are described from China: I. montiformis sp. nov., I. zhangae sp. nov. and I. yinae sp. nov. Distributional data, detailed morphological characteristics, and illustrations of body and genital organs are presented.

Two new species of Yaginumaella, Prószynski 1976 from Yunnan, China (Araneae, Salticidae).

The present paper deals with two new species of Yaginumaella, Yaginumaella lushuiensissp. n. (female and male) and Yaginumaella pseudoflexasp. n. (female and male). The male of Yaginumaella lushuiensissp. n. differs from the related species Yaginumaella flexa Song & Chai, 1992 in ventral view of palpal organ. The female of Yaginumaella lushuiensissp. n. differs from the related species Yaginumaella urbanii Zabka, 1981 by: 1) hoods locate at the anterior area of epigynum and far away from the copulatory openings; 2) epigynum about circular; 3) copulatory openings transverse. The male of Yaginumaella pseudoflexasp. n. differs from the related species Yaginumaella bulbosa Peng, Tang & Li, 2008 in ventral view of palpal organ: 1) basal portion of embolus touches the margin of genital bulb. 2) distal portion of tibial apophysis covers the posterior margin of cymbium and far away from the margin of genital bulb. The female of Yaginumaella pseudoflexasp. n. differs from the related species Yaginumaella urbanii Zabka, 1981 by: epigynum about as long as wide; hoods locate at the anterior area of the epigynum, above the outside area of the copulatory openings and far away from the copulatory openings. Photos of body and copulatory organs, line drawings of copulatory organs, as well as the locality map are provided. Descriptions of morphology are given.