Clubiona filicata group

Zhang, Jianshuang, Yu, Hao & Li, Shuqiang, 2021, Taxonomic studies on the sac spider genus Clubiona (Araneae, Clubionidae) from Xishuangbanna Rainforest, China, ZooKeys 1034, pp. 1-163 : 1

Clubiona filicata group

Tolophus Thorell, 1891: 26 (type species T. submaculatus Thorell, 1891).

Japoniona Mikhailov, 1990: 443 (described as subgenus).

Clubiona : Deeleman-Reinhold 2001: 90 (synonymised Tolophus and Japoniona )

Clubiona japonica group: Deeleman-Reinhold 2001: 90

Diagnosis.

See Mikhailov (1990) and Yu et al. (2017a).

Description.

See Mikhailov (1995) and Deeleman-Reinhold (2001).

Composition and distribution.

A list of the species of the Clubiona japonica group was provided by Yu et al. (2017a). Combined with new taxonomic data in the present paper, we provide an updated list (Table 5 ).

Comments.

Japoniona Mikhailov,1990 was described to accommodate the Clubiona japonica group. Later, the subgenus Japoniona Japoniona was synonymised by Deeleman-Reinhold (2001) with Clubiona . A long-forgotten genus, Tolophus Thorell, 1891: 26 (type species T. submaculatus Thorell, 1891, belonging to the Clubiona japonica group), is currently considered a junior synonym of Clubiona . The monophyly of the group is supported by morphological characters and molecular data (pers. obs.). However, the exact placement of the group within Clubiona or Clubionidae remains to be investigated using integrative taxonomy. Tolophus should perhaps be removed from synonymy with Clubiona .