Revision of the genus Scopoides Platnick, 1989 from China, with description of a new genus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae).

The genus Scopoides Platnick, 1989 from China is revised. A new genus, Platnickus gen. nov. , is established with the type species Scopoidesxizangensis Hu, 2001, and a new species is described, Platnickusreni sp. nov. Three new combinations are proposed: Allozelotesgyirongensis (Hu, 2001), comb. nov. , Platnickuswanglangensis (Yuan, Zhao & Zhang, 2019), comb. nov. , and Platnickusxizangensis (Hu, 2001), comb. nov.