Wulingnus

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Wulingnus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Subfamily: Erigoninae
Genus: Wulingnus
Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2025 [1]
Type species
W. furcatus
Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2025
Species

2, see text

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

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Distribution

Both described species are endemic to China. [2]

Etymology

The genus name refers to Wuling Mountains (武陵; Wǔlíng) in Central China, the type locality. [1]

W. furcatus is named after the bifurcate tip of embolus in the male palp (from Latin furcatus "forked"). W. inversus is named after the inverted aspiral loop of copulatory ducts in the epigyne. [1]

Species

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

References

  1. 1 2 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 .
  2. 1 2 3 "Gen. Wulingnus Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2025". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-31.


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