Yuelushannus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Yuelushannus
Irfan, Zhou, Bashir, Mukhtar & Peng, 2020[1]
Type species
Y. barbatus
Irfan, Zhou, Bashir, Mukhtar & Peng, 2020
Species
  • Yuelushannus alatus Irfan, Zhou, Bashir, Mukhtar & Peng, 2020
  • Yuelushannus barbatus Irfan, Zhou, Bashir, Mukhtar & Peng, 2020

Yuelushannus is a small genus of east Asian sheet weavers. It was first described by M. Irfan, G. C. Zhou and S. Bashir in 2020,[2] and it has only been found in the Hunan and Hubei provinces of China. The genus name is derived from the type locality, Yuelu Mountain in the province of Hunan.[2] As of December 2021 it contains only two species: Y. alatus and Y. barbatus.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Yuelushannus Irfan, Zhou, Bashir, Mukhtar & Peng, 2020". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2021. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  2. 1 2 Irfan, M.; Zhou, G. C.; Bashir, S.; et al. (2020). "Yuelushannus gen. nov. (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from China". European Journal of Taxonomy (642): 1–17. doi:10.5852/ejt.2020.642.
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