| Clubionidae is a large family in Araneae, Clubiona is the biggest genus of this family and the only existed genus of Clubionidae in China. According to Platnick (2007), a total of 441 species from all over the world have been described, including 85 species from China.Clubionids are medium-sized spiders, they usually live on leaves and stems of plants and are always active during night. This family is named after its members’ living habit of always making tubular or bracteal nests by leaves. They often prey on imagoes, larvae and eggs of many kinds of insects on crops. They are natural enemies of agricultural, forest and curatorial pests, and give important contribution to the balance and stabilization of the cropland ecosystem.Mt. Gaoligong is famous for its particular physiognomy and abundant resources of animals and plants. It has an integrated ecosystem, and being one of the international key regions of biologic resources and biodiversity. The present dissertation firstly gives all-sided and systemic taxonomic research on 414 adult individual (♀246,♂168) of the genus Clubiona from Mt. Gaoligong. A total of 63 species of the genus Clubiona belonging to 4 subgenera and 5 groups are reported, including 48 new species (Clubiona. volvita sp. nov., C. obolonga sp. nov., C. subtransversa sp. nov., C. aequata sp. nov., C. biglobolaris sp. nov., C. undata sp. nov., C. brevispina sp. nov., C. lumadengensis sp. nov., C. staminiformis sp. nov., C. xinzhuangensis sp. nov., C. majiensis sp. nov., C. submelanothele sp. nov., C. chayuensis sp. nov., C. applanata sp. nov., C. altissimoides sp. nov., C. biforota sp. nov., C. foliacea sp. nov., C. hamata sp. nov., C. tangi sp. nov., C. henghenensis sp. nov., C. renaria sp. nov., C. shibaliensis sp. nov., C. subovalis sp. nov., C. subyaginumai sp. nov., C lamina sp. nov., C yangi sp. nov., C cordata sp. nov., C. triangulate sp. nov., C submoralis sp. nov., C lunata sp. nov., C yini sp. nov., C datangensis sp. nov., C zonalis sp. nov., C tengchongensis sp. nov., C furcata sp. nov., C. qiaotouensis sp. nov., C cordata sp. nov., C pileata sp. nov., C. papilionacea sp. nov., C. clavata sp. nov., C. gongshanensis sp. nov., C cylindrata sp. nov., C sicyoides sp. nov., C. persicina sp. nov., C pulla sp. nov., C polyprocessa sp. nov., C bifidus sp. nov., Clata sp. nov.), one new record (C.ryulcyuensis Ono, 1989) in China and 1 new group (polyprocessa group) and another interrogative species. Detailed Chinese descriptions have been given to all species. 61 plates including 178 figs were drawn, and 5 plates including 18 figs were cited.Meanwhile, this paper introduced the research history and configuration characters of Clubionidae, and also the natural physiognomy and biodiversity state of the collection region. Statistical analysis of the vertical distribution of the genus Clubiona in Mt. Gaoligong and biodiversity research are provided, it is found that: the number of the species belong to genus Clubiona in these mountains occupied 47.73% of the total amount of this genus in China (including 48 new species and 1 new record reported in this dissertation). The amount of the species and individuals live between altitude 1500m and 2000m is the biggest one, and comparatively the smallest one between altitude 2500m and 3000m. |
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