Gracilentus

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Gracilentus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Subfamily: Erigoninae
Genus: Gracilentus
Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 [1]
Type species
G. denticulatus
Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022
Species

4, see text

Gracilentus is a genus of spiders in the family Linyphiidae. [2]

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Distribution

All described species are endemic to China. [2]

Etymology

The genus is named Latin gracilentus "slender" (according to the authors "simple") for the simple paracymbium in the male palp. [1]

G. denticulatus is named after the radix with teeth in the male palp. G. serratus is from Latin serratus "saw-edged", for the saw-shaped posterior margin of the ventral plate in the epigyne. G. tengchongensis is named after the type locality, Tengchong County (腾冲; Téngchōng) in Yunnan Province. [1]

G. mangshanensis is named after its type locality, Mangshan (莽山; Mǎng shān) in Hunan Province. [3]

Species

As of October 2025, this genus includes four species: [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Irfan, M.; Zhang, Z. S.; Peng, X. J. (2022). "Survey of Linyphiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) spiders from Yunnan, China". Megataxa. 8: 1–292. doi: 10.11646/megataxa.8.1.1 .
  2. 1 2 3 "Gen. Gracilentus Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-31.
  3. ↑ Irfan, M.; Zhou, G. C.; Peng, X. J.; Zhang, Z. S. (2025). "Survey of Linyphiidae spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from some oriental regions of China". Megataxa. 15: 1–248. doi: 10.11646/megataxa.15.1.1 .


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