Tangaraneus

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Tangaraneus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Tangaraneus
Mi, Wang & Li, 2024 [1]
Species:
T. geqian
Binomial name
Tangaraneus geqian
Mi, Wang & Li, 2024 [2]

Tangaraneus is a monotypic genus of spiders in the family Araneidae containing the single species, Tangaraneus geqian. [2]

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Distribution

Tangaraneus geqian has been recorded from Xishuangbanna in Yunnan province, China. [2] [1]

Etymology

The genus is named after Chinese arachnologist Guo Tang (Chinese :唐果; pinyin :Táng guǒ) in combination with the related genus Araneus . The species is named after the song Chinese :擱淺; pinyin :Gēqiǎn ("step aside") by Taiwanese singer Jay Chou. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Mi, X. Q.; Wang, C. (2024). "Description of six new genera and twenty species of the orb-weaver spider family Araneidae (Araneae, Araneoidea) from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China". Zoological Research: Diversity and Conservation. 1: 290–341. doi:10.24272/j.issn.2097-3772.2024.023.
  2. 1 2 3 "Gen. Tangaraneus Mi, Wang & Li, 2024". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-24.


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