Bureyanus

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Bureyanus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Bureyanus
Tanasevitch, 2023 [1]
Species:
B. hastatus
Binomial name
Bureyanus hastatus

Bureyanus is a monotypic genus of spiders in the family Linyphiidae containing the single species, Bureyanus hastatus. [2] It is only known from the Khabarovsk Province of Russia. [1]

The species is only known from one male specimen. Its body length is 1.7 mm. It was found in moss and leaf litter of coniferous forest. [1]

Etymology

The genus name refers to the Bureya River basin, where the species was found. The species name is derived from Latin "hasta" ("spear"), referring to spear-shaped processes on the convector in the male palp. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Tanasevitch, A. V. (2023). "Bureyanus gen.n. from the Russian Far East (Aranei: Linyphiidae: Erigoninae)". Arthropoda Selecta. 32 (1): 103–106. doi: 10.15298/arthsel.32.1.11 .
  2. 1 2 "Gen. Bureyanus Tanasevitch, 2023". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2026-01-19.


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