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 | |
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2, see text | |
Distribution
editEtymology
editThe 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 the copulatory ducts in the epigyne.[1]
Species
editAs 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
References
edit- 1 2 3 Irfan, M.; Zhou, G. C.; Peng, X. J.; Zhang, Z. S. (2025). "Survey of Linyphiidae spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from some oriental regions of China". Megataxa. 15: 1–248. doi:10.11646/megataxa.15.1.1.
- 1 2 3 "Gen. Wulingnus Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2025". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-31.