Yunguirius is a Chinese genus of spiders in the family Agelenidae.
Etymology
The genus name is a combination of "Yungui" (), referring to the YunnanâÂÂGuizhou Plateau where the genus is distributed, and the ending "-rius" it shares with its sister groups of genera, such as Nuconarius, Hengconarius, and Sinodraconarius.
Distribution
Members of Yunguirius were found in Guizhou, Hunan, Sichuan and Yunnan provinces of China.
Description
Spiders in this genus range from 6 to almost 22 mm in body length.
Species
, this genus includes nine species:
- Yunguirius duoge <small>B. Li, Zhao & S. Q. Li, 2023</small> â China
- Yunguirius ornatus <small>(Wang, Yin, Peng & Xie, 1990)</small> â China (type species)
- Yunguirius parvus <small>Wei & Liu, 2024</small> â China
- Yunguirius subterebratus <small>(Zhang, Zhu & Wang, 2017)</small> â China
- Yunguirius terebratus <small>(Peng & Wang, 1997)</small> â China
- Yunguirius trigonus <small>Wei & Liu, 2024</small> â China
- Yunguirius wangqiqiae <small>Wei & Liu, 2024</small> â China
- Yunguirius xiangding <small>B. Li, Zhao & S. Q. Li, 2023</small> â China
- Yunguirius xiannushanensis <small>Wei & Liu, 2024</small> â China
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