Lutosus
| Lutosus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Genus: | Lutosus Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022[1] |
| Species: | L. projectus |
| Binomial name | |
| Lutosus projectus Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022[2] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Lutosus is a monotypic genus of spiders in the family Linyphiidae containing the single species, Lutosus projectus.[2]
Distribution
[edit]Lutosus projectus is endemic to Yunnan Province of China.[2]
Life style
[edit]The males were sampled from forest understory on slopes between 2,200 m and 2,900 m altitude. The female has not been described.[1]
Etymology
[edit]The genus name is from Latin lutosus "muddy" (according to the authors "thick"), referring to the thick spine on the patella of the male palp.[1]
The specific name (misspelled "projectis" in the original publication) is Latin for "projected", and refers to the distal arm of the paracymbium with four projections in the male palp.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 Irfan, M.; Zhang, Z. S.; Peng, X. J. (2022). "Survey of Linyphiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) spiders from Yunnan, China". Megataxa. 8: 1–292. doi:10.11646/megataxa.8.1.1.
- 1 2 3 "Gen. Lutosus Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-31.