Huoyanluo

Huoyanluo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Macrobunidae
Genus: Huoyanluo
Lin & Li, 2024[1]
Type species
H. ruanxiaoqi
Lin & Li, 2024
Species

2, see text

Huoyanluo is a genus of spiders in the family Macrobunidae.[2]

Distribution

Huoyanluo is known only from China.[2]

Etymology

The genus name and the type species' name are derived from the same fictional character from Water Margin, Ruan Xiaoqi. 阮小七; Ruǎn Xiǎoqī goes by the nickname 活閻羅; Huó yánluó.[1]

H. zhangzezhongi is named in honor of Mr. Zezhong Zhang (张泽忠; Zhāng Zézhōng), who helped the describers.[1]

Species

As of January 2026, this genus includes two species:[2]

  • Huoyanluo ruanxiaoqi Lin & Li, 2024China
  • Huoyanluo zhangzezhongi Lin & Li, 2024 – China

References

  1. ^ a b c Lin, Y. J.; Li, S. Q.; Mo, H. L.; Wang, X. H. (2024). "Thirty-eight spider species (Arachnida: Araneae) from China, Indonesia, Japan and Vietnam". Zoological Systematics. 49: 4–98. doi:10.11865/zs.2024101.
  2. ^ a b c "Gen. Huoyanluo Lin & Li, 2024". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2026-01-19.