An analysis of public DNA barcoding data confirms that the extraction of Arboricaria Bosmans, 2000 from the genus Micaria Westring, 1851 would require the division of Micaria into at least five (and probably more) individual genera, to restore the monophyly of Micaria sensu stricto. Such an excessive splitting of a homogenous and well-defined genus would be neither desirable nor practical, and ...

Two new species and one new record of the Hitobia are described from Gaoligong Mountains, Yunnan Province, China: Hitobiatengchong sp. n. (male), Hitobiahirtella sp. n. (male) and Hitobiamakotoi Kamura, 2011. Distributional data and illustrations of body and copulatory organs are provided. The differences between the new species and their related species are discussed.