Biology:Meizhelan
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Meizhelan is a monotypic genus of spiders in the family Gnaphosidae containing the single species, Meizhelan muhong. It is known from both genders.[1]
Distribution
Meizhelan muhong has been recorded from Yunnan province in China.[1]
Etymology
The genus is named Meizhelan (Chinese: 沒遮攔; pinyin: Méi zhēlán, "unrestrained"), after the nickname for Mu Hong (Chinese: 穆弘; pinyin: Mù Hóng), one of the 108 outlaws in the classical Chinese literature "Outlaws of the Marsh" (Chinese: 水滸傳; pinyin: Shuǐhǔ Zhuàn).[2] The species is named after the same outlaw.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Gen. Meizhelan Lin & Li, 2023". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. https://wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/6483. Retrieved 2025-10-20.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lin, Y. J. (2023). "On nine ground spiders from Xishuangbanna, China (Araneae, Gnaphosidae), including two new genera and seven new species". ZooKeys (1174): 141–174. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1174.106340.
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