| Lutosus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Genus: | Lutosus Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 [1] |
| Species: | L. projectus |
| Binomial name | |
| Lutosus projectus Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 [2] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Lutosus is a monotypic genus of spiders in the family Linyphiidae containing the single species, Lutosus projectus. [2]
Lutosus projectus is endemic to Yunnan Province of China. [2]
The males were sampled from forest understory on slopes between 2,200 m and 2,900 m altitude. The female has not been described. [1]
The genus name is from Latin lutosus "muddy" (according to the authors "thick"), referring to the thick spine on the patella of the male palp. [1]
The specific name (misspelled "projectis" in the original publication) is Latin for "projected", and refers to the distal arm of the paracymbium with four projections in the male palp. [1]