Yuelushannus gen. nov. (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from China

  • Muhammad Irfan College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan 410081 College of Medicine, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, Guangdong
  • Gu-chun Zhou College of life Sciences, National Navel Orange Engineering Research Center, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou 341000, Jiangxi
  • Shahida Bashir Departement of Zoology, Government Postgraduate College, Jhang 35200, Punjab
  • Muhammad Khalid Mukhtar Department of Zoology, University of Sargodha, Sargodha 40100, Punjab
  • Xian-jin Peng College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan 410081
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.642
Keywords: Erigoninae, morphology, sheet web spiders, taxonomy, Yuelu Mountain

Abstract

The new erigoninae genus Yuelushannus gen. nov. with two new species, Y. alatus sp. nov. (♂♀) and Y. barbatus sp. nov. (♂♀), are described from Hunan and Hubei Provinces. Detailed descriptions of somatic features and genitalic characters, photos of the habitus and copulatory organs, line drawings of copulatory organs and a distribution map are provided.

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Published
2020-05-07
How to Cite
Irfan, M., Zhou, G.- chun, Bashir, S., Mukhtar, M. K., & Peng, X.- jin. (2020). Yuelushannus gen. nov. (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from China. European Journal of Taxonomy, (642). https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.642
Issue
No. 642 (2020): Yuelushannus gen. nov. (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from China
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Zoology

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