Wangaraneus

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Wangaraneus
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male Wangaraneus sp. from Thailand
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Wangaraneus
Mi, Wang & Li, 2024 [1]
Type species
W. yequ
Mi, Wang & Li, 2024
Species

3, see text

Wangaraneus is a genus of spiders in the family Araneidae. [2]

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Distribution

Wangaraneus is known from China and Vietnam. [2]

Etymology

The genus is named after Chinese arachnologist Fengzhen Wang (Chinese :王凤振; pinyin :Wáng fèngzhèn), in combination with the related genus Araneus . [1]

The monotypic genus of corinnid spiders Fengzhen is named after Wang as well.

The type species W. yequ is named after Taiwanese singer Jay Chou's song Chinese :夜曲; pinyin :Yèqǔ ("nocturne"). [1]

Species

As of October 2025, this genus includes three species: [2]

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. Wangaraneus Mi, Wang & Li, 2024". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-24.


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