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| Aoaraneus | |
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| A. pentagrammicus | |
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| female A. pentagrammicus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Aoaraneus Tanikawa, Yamasaki & Petcharad, 2021[1] |
| Type species | |
| Miranda pentagrammica Karsch, 1879 | |
| Species | |
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Distribution
[edit]Aoaraneus is distributed across East Asia, with records from Korea, Japan, Hainan province in China, and Taiwan.[2]
Etymology
[edit]The genus name is a combination of the Japanese 青 (あお, ao) meaning "blue or green", and the genus Araneus.[1]
Taxonomy
[edit]Species
[edit]As of October 2025[update], this genus includes three species:[2]
- Aoaraneus amabilis (Tanikawa, 2001) – Japan (Ryukyu Islands)
- Aoaraneus octumaculalus (Han & Zhu, 2010) – China (Hainan)
- Aoaraneus pentagrammicus (Karsch, 1879) – Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan (type species)
References
[edit]- 1 2 Tanikawa, A.; Yamasaki, T. (2021). "Two new genera of Araneidae (Arachnida: Araneae)". Acta Arachnologica. 70 (2): 87–101. doi:10.2476/asjaa.70.87.
- 1 2 3 4 "Gen. Aoaraneus Tanikawa, Yamasaki & Petcharad, 2021". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-21.
External links
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