G.-M. Tang’s research while affiliated with Hebei University and other places

Six species, including two new species, of the spider genus Plator Simon 1880 belonging to the family Trochanteriidae from China are reviewed, which are Plator bowo sp. nov., P. insolens Simon 1880, P. pandeae Tikader 1969, P. pennatus Platnick, 1976, P. sinicus Zhu & Wang 1963 (revalidated) and P. yunlong sp. nov. The male of P. pennatus is described for the first time. Two species groups, Plator insolens group (including P. insolens, P. sinicus and the Japanese species P. nipponicus Kishida 1914) and Plator pennatus group (including P. bowo sp. nov., P. insolens, P. pandeae, P. pennatus and an Indian species, P. indicus Simon 1897) are recognized.

The present paper deals with thirteen species of the genus Clubiona from Inner Mongolia, China. Four new species are described: C. falcate sp. nov., C. haupti sp. nov., C. qini sp. nov., and C. semicircularis sp. nov. Six species are newly recorded from Inner Mongolia: C. interjecta L. Koch, 1870; C. irinae Mikhailov, 1991; C. neglecta O. P.-Cambridge, 1862; C. odesanensis Paik, 1990; C. papillata Schenkel, 1936; and C. phragmitis C. L. Koch, 1843. The specimen previously identified in the region as C. hedini Schenkel, 1936 is assigned to C. jucunda (Karsch 1879). C. xilinensis Yin, Yan, Gong & Kim, 1996 is newly synonymized with C. riparia (L. Koch 1866). A redescription is made for C. japonicola Boesenberg & Strand, 1906, which has been reported briefly but has not been illustrated in the region previously. A key to all of these species is presented.