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]
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Scientific classification 
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| 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] |
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| Y. barbatus Irfan, Zhou, Bashir, Mukhtar & Peng, 2020
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "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.