Yuelushannus

Yuelushannus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Yuelushannus Irfan, Zhou, Bashir, Mukhtar & Peng, 2020 [1]
Type species
Y. barbatus Irfan, Zhou, Bashir, Mukhtar & Peng, 2020
Species
Yuelushannus alatusIrfan, Zhou, Bashir, Mukhtar & Peng, 2020 Yuelushannus barbatusIrfan, Zhou, Bashir, Mukhtar & Peng, 2020

Yuelushannus is a small genus of east Asian sheet weavers in the family Linyphiidae. It was first described by Muhammad Irfan, G. C. Zhou, S. Bashir, M. Mukhtar, and X. Peng in 2020, ^[2] and it has only been found in the Hunan and Hubei provinces of China. The genus name is derived from the type locality, Yuelu Mountain in the province of Hunan. ^[2]

Species

As of July 2025 ^[update] , the genus contains three species, all endemic to China: ^{[3] [4]}

• Yuelushannus alatus Irfan, Zhou, Bashir, Mukhtar & Peng, 2020 – China
• Yuelushannus barbatus Irfan, Zhou, Bashir, Mukhtar & Peng, 2020 – China
• Yuelushannus baishaensis Irfan, Zhang, Cai & Zhang, 2025 – China

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (Q–Z)

References

1. "Gen. Yuelushannus Irfan, Zhou, Bashir, Mukhtar & Peng, 2020". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2021. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2021-12-11.
2. Irfan, M.; Zhou, G. C.; Bashir, S.; et al. (2020). "Yuelushannus gen. nov. (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from China" (PDF). European Journal of Taxonomy (642): 1–17. doi: 10.5852/ejt.2020.642 .
3. "Gen. Yuelushannus Irfan, Zhou, Bashir, Mukhtar & Peng, 2020". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
4. Irfan, Muhammad; Zhang, Chang-Cheng; Cai, Yu-Jun; Zhang, Zhi-Sheng (2025). "Four new species of Linyphiidae spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Jiangjin District of Chongqing, China". Zootaxa. 5647 (5): 435–450. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5647.5.2.