Six new species of Tonsilla Wang & Yin, 1992 (Araneae: Agelenidae) from southern China, with the first description of the male of T. yanlingensis (Zhang, Yin & Kim, 2000) Author Zhang, Meng 0000-0003-2561-225X Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region (Ministry of Education), School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China. & 675891014 @ qq. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2561 - 225 X 675891014@qq.com Author Irfan, Muhammad 0000-0003-0445-9612 Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region (Ministry of Education), School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China. & irfanuos 94 @ yahoo. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0445 - 9612 irfanuos94@yahoo.com Author Wang, Lu-Yu 0000-0002-5250-3473 Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region (Ministry of Education), School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China. & wangluyu 1989 @ 163. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5250 - 3473 Author Zhang, Zhi-Sheng Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region (Ministry of Education), School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China. text Zootaxa 2022 2022-01-13 5091 2 357 372 journal article 2603 10.11646/zootaxa.5091.2.7 1f11a62b-6c25-497a-8506-9dc282daadb6 1175-5326 5843784 68EB0115-26FA-4DEF-9564-699C5CCEFC66 Genus Tonsilla Wang & Yin, 1992 The females of Tonsilla can be easily recognized by the large epigynal atrium, epigynal teeth situated anteriorly, and the large copulatory ducts, while the males can be recognized by the long patellar apophysis, a short cymbial furrow, and the bifurcate (or lobed) conductor. Chelicerae of both sexes with three promarginal and two retromarginal teeth ( Wang, 2002 ). Wang (2002) considered this genus as the sister group of Pireneitega Kishida, 1955 , but Zhao & Li (2017) placed it as the sister group of Himalcoelotes Wang, 2002 .