The experienced Yamauchi carries Britain's hopes in Hungary
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Commonwealth 10,000m bronze medallist Mara Yamauchi heads Great Britain's challenge at the World Road-Running Championships in Hungary on 8 October.
The 33-year-old has been included in every endurance team on the road, track and country for the last two years.
Yamauchi is joined by Susan Partridge, former Australian athlete Natalie Harvey and Wendy Jones, who must first prove her fitness.
For the second year running, Britain will not send a male team to the event.
"Nobody achieved the individual qualifying time in Glasgow," said Spencer Barden, UKA senior co-ordinator for endurance.
"With a number of key athletes making themselves unavailable, we were unable to justify the selection of a men's team."
Commonwealth marathon bronze medallist Liz Yelling has opted out of the championships as she will instead contest the Berlin Marathon on 24 September.
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