| Gracilentus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Subfamily: | Erigoninae |
| Genus: | Gracilentus Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 20221 |
| Type species | |
| G. denticulatus Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022
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Gracilentus is a genus of spiders in the family Linyphiidae.2
Distribution
All described species are endemic to China.2
Etymology
The genus is named Latin gracilentus "slender" (according to the authors "simple") for the simple paracymbium in the male palp.1
G. denticulatus is named after the radix with teeth in the male palp. G. serratus is from Latin serratus "saw-edged", for the saw-shaped posterior margin of the ventral plate in the epigyne. G. tengchongensis is named after the type locality, Tengchong County (腾冲; Téngchōng) in Yunnan Province.1
G. mangshanensis is named after its type locality, Mangshan (莽山; Mǎng shān) in Hunan Province.3
Species
As of October 2025, this genus includes four species:2
- Gracilentus denticulatus Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 – China (type species)
- Gracilentus mangshanensis Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2025 – China
- Gracilentus serratus Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 – China
- Gracilentus tenchongensis Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 – China
References
References
- 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.
- "Gen. Gracilentus Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
- 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.