Taxonomic studies on the sac spider genus Clubiona (Araneae, Clubionidae) from Xishuangbanna Rainforest, China Author Zhang, Jianshuang School of Life Sciences Author Yu, Hao Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, Guizhou, China insect1986@126.com Author Li, Shuqiang https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3290-5416 School of Biological Sciences, Guizhou Education University, Guiyang, Guizhou, China lisq@ioz.ac.cn text ZooKeys 2021 2021-04-26 1034 1 163 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1034.59413 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1034.59413 1313-2970-1034-1 A2937A0DFF04468FB2DB6AC4D68ED997 2DB5C14D37835632AB3585A3AECC3B1C Clubiona melanosticta Thorell, 1890 Figs 44 , 45 , 59A , 69A , 78F , 86F , 94F Clubiona melanosticta Thorell, 1890: 374 (♂); Thorell 1895 : 42 (♀); Deeleman-Reinhold 2001 : 123, figs 51-52 (♂); Dankittipakul and Singtripop 2008a : 42, figs 8-10, 52-54 (♂). Clubiona melanothele Thorell, 1895: 42 (♀). Syn. nov. Material examined. 1♂ 3♀ , China : Yunnan Province : Xishuangbanna : Mengla County : Menglun Town : XTBG, Paramichelia baillonii Clubiona plantation (ca. 20 yr.), 21°54.200'N , 101°16.923'E , ca. 608 m , 18.VIII.2007 , G. Zheng leg ; 1♂ (YHCLU0011), XTBG, teak Clubiona plantation , 21°54.117'N , 101°16.167'E , ca. 549 m , 8.VIII.2018 , H. Yu et al. leg; 1♀ (YHCLU0164), XTBG, 100 acre-feet sample plot (beside a hut), 21°54.117'N , 101°16.167'E , ca. 549 m , 11.VIII.2018 , H. Yu et al. Diagnosis and description. See Deeleman-Reinhold (2001) . Male palp as in Figs 44 , 59A , 69A , epigyne as in Figs 45A-D , 78F , 86F , 94F , habitus as in Fig. 45E-H . Remarks. Clubiona melanosticta and C. melanothele were considered separate species for more than 120 years. After examining the holotypes, Deeleman-Reinhold (2001) illustrated the two species and suggested that they could be conspecific; however, she made no taxonomic changes at the time. New material has been collected from Xishuangbanna containing both sexes. According to drawings of Deeleman-Reinhold (2001) , the males were identified as C. melanosticta , and the females were identified as C. melanothele . Based on morphology (Fig. 45E-H ) and DNA barcoding data (Table 1 ), we matched the females and males together. Therefore, the two names are synonymised, and priority is given to C. melanosticta . Distribution. Thailand (Chiang Mai, Samut Songkram), Indonesia (Sumatra, Krakatau), New Guinea, Myanmar, Laos, China (Yunnan). Most similar species. Clubiona zhanggureni .