Biology:Yuelushannus

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Yuelushannus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Yuelushannus
Irfan et al., 2020[1]
Type species
Y. barbatus
Irfan et al., 2020
Species

2, see text

Yuelushannus is a genus of spiders in the Linyphiidae family described by Irfan et al. in May 2020. Both species are 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]

Species

(As of August 2021) it contains only two species:[1]

  • Yuelushannus alatus Irfan et al., 2020 – China
  • Yuelushannus barbatus Irfan et al., 2020 – China

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Irfan, Muhammad; Zhou, Gu-chun; Bashir, Shahida; Mukhtar, Muhammad Khalid; Peng, Xian-jin (2020). Gen. Yuelushannus Irfan et al., 2020. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/5786. Retrieved 2021-08-04. 
  2. Irfan, Muhammad; Zhou, Gu-chun; Bashir, Shahida; Mukhtar, Muhammad Khalid; Peng, Xian-jin (2020). "Yuelushannus gen. nov. (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from China". European Journal of Taxonomy 642 (642). doi:10.5852/ejt.2020.642. 

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