Wulingnus

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

Wulingnus
Scientific classification
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

Distribution

Both described species are endemic to China.^[2]

Etymology

See also: Glossary of spider terms

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^[update], this genus includes two species:^[2]

• Wulingnus furcatus Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2025 – China (type species)
• Wulingnus inversus Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2025 – China