Wangaraneus

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

3, see text

Wangaraneus is a genus of spiders in the family Araneidae.

Distribution

Wangaraneus is known from China and Vietnam.

Etymology

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

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").

Species

As of October 2025, this genus includes three species:

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 (4): 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.