''Yuelushannus'' is a small
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of east Asian
sheet weavers in the family
Linyphiidae
Linyphiidae, spiders commonly known as sheet weavers (from the shape of their webs), or money spiders (in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and Portugal) is a family of very small spiders comprising 4706 described species in 6 ...
. It was first described by Muhammad Irfan, G. C. Zhou, S. Bashir, M. Mukhtar, and X. Peng in 2020,
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
Yuelu Mountain ( zh, s= 岳麓山, t= 嶽麓山, p= yuèlù shān) is located on the west bank of the Xiang River, one tributary of Yangtze River in Yuelu District, Changsha, Hunan. Its main peak and the highest point, Yunlu Peak, is about above ...
in the province of Hunan.
Species
, the genus contains three species, all endemic to China:
* ''
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
*
List of Linyphiidae species (Q–Z)
This article lists all described species of the spider family Linyphiidae as of May 14, 2020, from Q to Z. Some genera have been updated to the World Spider Catalog version 21.0 .
''Racata''
'' Racata'' Millidge, 1995
* '' Racata brevis'' Tanase ...
References
Linyphiidae genera
Spiders of China
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