Yuelushannus | |
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Scientific classification | |
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
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Species | |
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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 [update] it contains only two species: Y. alatus and Y. barbatus. [1]