Yuelushannus

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]

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 alatus Irfan, Zhou, Bashir, Mukhtar & Peng, 2020 Yuelushannus barbatus Irfan, Zhou, Bashir, Mukhtar & Peng, 2020

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)