| Tangaraneus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Tangaraneus Mi, Wang & Li, 20242 |
| Species: | T. geqian
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| Binomial name | |
| Tangaraneus geqian Mi, Wang & Li, 20241
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Tangaraneus is a monotypic genus of spiders in the family Araneidae containing the single species, Tangaraneus geqian.1
Distribution
Tangaraneus geqian has been recorded from Xishuangbanna in Yunnan province, China.12
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.2
References
References
- "Gen. Tangaraneus Mi, Wang & Li, 2024". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-24.
- 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.