Yuelushannus
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Genus: | Irfan, Zhou, Bashir, Mukhtar & Peng, 2020[1] |
| Type species | |
| Y. barbatus Irfan, Zhou, Bashir, Mukhtar & Peng, 2020
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Yuelushannus is a small genus of east Asian sheet weavers in the family Linyphiidae. It was first described by Muhammad Irfan, G. C. Zhou, S. Bashir, M. Mukhtar, and X. Peng 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]
Species
As of July 2025, the genus contains three species, all endemic to China:[3][4]
- Yuelushannus alatus Irfan, Zhou, Bashir, Mukhtar & Peng, 2020 – China
- Yuelushannus barbatus Irfan, Zhou, Bashir, Mukhtar & Peng, 2020 – China
- Yuelushannus baishaensis Irfan, Zhang, Cai & Zhang, 2025 – China
See also
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b Irfan, M.; Zhou, G. C.; Bashir, S.; et al. (2020). "Yuelushannus gen. nov. (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from China" (PDF). European Journal of Taxonomy (642): 1–17. doi:10.5852/ejt.2020.642.
- ^ "Gen. Yuelushannus Irfan, Zhou, Bashir, Mukhtar & Peng, 2020". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
- ^ Irfan, Muhammad; Zhang, Chang-Cheng; Cai, Yu-Jun; Zhang, Zhi-Sheng (2025). "Four new species of Linyphiidae spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Jiangjin District of Chongqing, China". Zootaxa. 5647 (5): 435–450. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5647.5.2.