A new species-group of Clubiona Latreille, 1804 and descriptions of four new species from Borneo (Araneae, Clubionidae)

Abstract

A new species-group, the apiculata-group, of Clubiona Latreille, 1804 is erected to accommodate four new spider species closely related to the hystrix- and pahilistapyasea-groups from tropical forests of Borneo. These new taxa are Clubiona apiculata sp. nov., Clubiona conica sp. nov., Clubiona cylindriformis sp. nov. and Clubiona cultrata sp. nov.

http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6063425C-2445-4173-91B7-0F730B30708F

Keywords:

• Borneo
• biodiversity
• alpha taxonomy
• species-group
• hystrix-group
• pahilistapyasea-group
• Indonesia
• Malaysia

Acknowledgements

We are indebted to three anonymous referees for providing constructive comments on an earlier version of this manuscript. We are grateful to the museum curators for their generous hospitality during the visit: Dr Jeremy Miller and Ms Karen van Dorp (RMNH, Leiden) and Dr Peter J. Schwendinger (MHNG). Dr Schwendinger kindly translated labels from French. Dr Joseph L. Koh (Singapore) kindly searched for Clubiona species in his collection from Brunei. Financial support from the Thailand Research Fund through the Royal Golden Jubilee PhD Program (Grant No. PHD/0017/2551) is gratefully acknowledged.