Clubiona trivialis 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 trivialis group

Microclubiona : Lohmander, 1944: 20 (type species C. trivialis C.L. Koch, 1834).

Clubiona trivialis group: Dondale and Redner 1976: 1155; Mikhailov 1995: 43.

Diagnosis.

See Dondale and Redner (1976) and Yu and Li (2019a).

Description.

See Dondale and Redner (1976) and Mikhailov (1995).

Composition and distribution.

Currently, the Clubiona trivialis group includes at least 28 species mainly distributed in Eurasia and Australia ( Mikhailov 1995; Dondale and Redner 1982; Dong and Zhang 2016). Among these, at least 16 species (including the new species described here) have been recorded from China (see Table 6 ).

Comments.

Lohmander (1944) established the genus Microclubiona with the type species C. trivialis . However, Lohmander’s work was neglected by North American taxonomists. Clubiona trivialis and related species were placed in Locket and Millidge’s (1951) Group III and Edwards’ (1958) Group I, respectively. The Clubiona trivialis group was formally established by Dondale and Redner (1976) and was redefined by Mikhailov (1995) based on 19 Holarctic species. The group had been separated from genus Clubiona sensu lato, to be resurrected to genus level by Wunderlich (2011) but latter synonymised with Clubiona by Mikhailov (2012). The present study follows Mikhailov (2012) and the WSC (2021) in regarding Microclubiona as a synonym of Clubiona rather than revalidating the generic status of the Clubiona trivialis group. Consequently, we temporarily place the five Xishuangbanna species in Clubiona sensu lato and assign them to C. trivialis group.