Meizhelan

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Meizhelan
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Meizhelan
Lin & Li, 2023 [1]
Species:
M. muhong
Binomial name
Meizhelan muhong
Lin & Li, 2023 [2]

Meizhelan is a monotypic genus of spiders in the family Gnaphosidae containing the single species, Meizhelan muhong. It is known from both genders. [2]

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Distribution

Meizhelan muhong has been recorded from Yunnan province in China. [2]

Etymology

The genus is named Meizhelan (Chinese :沒遮攔; pinyin :Méi zhēlán, "unrestrained"), after the nickname for Mu Hong (Chinese :穆弘; pinyin :Mù Hóng), one of the 108 outlaws in the classical Chinese literature "Outlaws of the Marsh" (Chinese :水滸傳; pinyin :Shuǐhǔ Zhuàn). [1] The species is named after the same outlaw. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Lin, Y. J. (2023). "On nine ground spiders from Xishuangbanna, China (Araneae, Gnaphosidae), including two new genera and seven new species". ZooKeys (1174): 141–174. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1174.106340 .
  2. 1 2 3 "Gen. Meizhelan Lin & Li, 2023". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-20.



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