Yunguirius

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Yunguirius
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Agelenidae
Subfamily: Coelotinae
Genus: Yunguirius
B. Li, Zhao & S. Q. Li, 2023 [1]
Type species
Coelotes ornatus
Wang, Yin, Peng & Xie, 1990
Species

9, see text

Yunguirius is a Chinese genus of spiders in the family Agelenidae. [2]

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Etymology

The genus name is a combination of "Yungui" (Chinese :雲貴; pinyin :Yúnguì), referring to the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau where the genus is distributed, and the ending "-rius" it shares with its sister groups of genera, such as Nuconarius , Hengconarius , and Sinodraconarius . [1]

Distribution

Members of Yunguirius were found in Guizhou, Hunan, Sichuan and Yunnan provinces of China. [1]

Description

Spiders in this genus range from 6 to almost 22 mm in body length. [1]

Species

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Li, B.; Zhao, Z.; Okumura, K. I.; Meng, K.; Li, S. Q.; Chen, H. F. (2023). "Yunguirius gen. nov., a new genus of Coelotinae (Araneae, Agelenidae) spiders from southwest China". ZooKeys (1159): 51–67. Bibcode:2023ZooK.1159...51L. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1159.100786 . PMID   37213531.
  2. 1 2 "Gen. Yunguirius B. Li, Zhao & S. Q. Li, 2023". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-20.