Yuqilin

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

Yuqilin is a monotypic genus of spiders in the family Gnaphosidae containing the single species, Yuqilin lujunyi. [2]

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Distribution

Yuqilin lujunyi has been recorded from Yunnan province in China. [2]

Etymology

The genus is named after the nickname Yuqilin (Chinese :玉麒麟; pinyin :Yù qílín, "Jade Qilin") for Lu Junyi (Chinese :盧俊義; pinyin :Lú Jùnyì), one of the 108 outlaws in the classical Chinese literature "Outlaws of the Marsh" (Chinese :水滸傳; pinyin :Shuǐhǔ Zhuàn). The species is named after the same outlaw. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Lin, Y. J.; Li, S. Q. (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 . PMC   10838569 . PMID   38313332.
  2. 1 2 3 "Gen. Yuqilin Lin & Li, 2023". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-21.