# Hongkongia

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Genus of spiders

Hongkongia Hongkongia sp. from Hong Kong Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Class: Arachnida Order: Araneae Infraorder: Araneomorphae Family: Gnaphosidae Genus: Hongkongia Song & Zhu, 1998[1] Type species Hongkongia wuae Song & Zhu, 1998 Species 7, see text

***Hongkongia*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [ground spiders](/source/Gnaphosidae) that was first described by D. X. Song & Ming-Sheng Zhu in 1998.[2]

## Distribution

Spiders in this genus are found in [Asia](/source/Asia) from [India](/source/India) to the [Philippines](/source/Philippines) and [Indonesia](/source/Indonesia), with one described species [endemic](/source/Endemic) to [West Africa](/source/West_Africa).[1]

## Etymology

The genus is named after [Hong Kong](/source/Hong_Kong). See the taxonomy section for details.

## Taxonomy

Originally, specimens collected in 1995 by Ms. Wu of Hong Kong were designated as the type species *Hongkongia wuae*.[2] In 2024, this species was found to be the same as the previously described species *[Geodrassus](/source/Geodrassus) ellenae* Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 with a distribution from [China](/source/China) to [Sulawesi](/source/Sulawesi) and the [Philippines](/source/Philippines). Hence *G. ellenae* was moved to genus *Hongkongia* and is now the type species by synonymy.[3]

In 2019, [Marusik](/source/Yuri_M._Marusik) and [Omelko](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Mikhailovich_Omelko) moved the West African species *[Echemus](/source/Echemus) incinctus* Simon, 1907 to this genus based on the structure of the male palp.[4]

The genus *Hongkongia* was revised in 2009, describing a new species [endemic](/source/Endemic) to [Taiwan](/source/Taiwan), which the authors found to be very similar to *H. reptrix* Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001. They concluded that the genus is close to *[Megamyrmaekion](/source/Megamyrmaekion)* Wider, 1834.[5]

## Species

As of October 2025[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hongkongia&action=edit), this genus includes seven species:[1]

- *[Hongkongia caeca](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hongkongia_caeca&action=edit&redlink=1)* [Deeleman-Reinhold](/source/Christa_L._Deeleman-Reinhold), 2001 – [Indonesia](/source/Indonesia) (Moluccas)

- *[Hongkongia ellenae](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hongkongia_ellenae&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Barrion & [Litsinger](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/James_Allen_Litsinger), 1995) – [China](/source/China), Indonesia (Sulawesi), [Philippines](/source/Philippines)

- *[Hongkongia incincta](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hongkongia_incincta&action=edit&redlink=1)* ([Simon](/source/Eug%C3%A8ne_Simon), 1907) – [Ivory Coast](/source/Ivory_Coast), [Guinea-Bissau](/source/Guinea-Bissau)

- *[Hongkongia liutang](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hongkongia_liutang&action=edit&redlink=1)* Lin & Li, 2023 – China

- *[Hongkongia novia](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hongkongia_novia&action=edit&redlink=1)* Sankaran & Tripathi, 2023 – [India](/source/India)

- *[Hongkongia reptrix](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hongkongia_reptrix&action=edit&redlink=1)* Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 – [Japan](/source/Japan), China, Indonesia (Borneo, Java, Bali)

- *[Hongkongia songi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hongkongia_songi&action=edit&redlink=1)* Zhang, Zhu & Tso, 2009 – [Taiwan](/source/Taiwan)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-wsc_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-wsc_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-wsc_1-2) ["Gen. *Hongkongia* Song & Zhu, 1998"](https://wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/942). World Spider Catalog. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.24436/2](https://doi.org/10.24436%2F2). Retrieved 2025-10-20.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-song1998_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-song1998_2-1) Song, D. X.; Zhu, M. S. (1998). "A new genus and two new species of Hong Kong spiders (Gnaphosidae, Corinnidae)". *Journal of Hebei Normal University, Natural Sciences*. **22**: 104–108.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-lin2024_3-0)** Lin, Y. J. (2024). "Taxonomy notes on twenty-five spider species (Arachnida: Araneae) from China". *The Indochina Entomologist*. **1**: 35–48. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.70590/ice.2024.01.06](https://doi.org/10.70590%2Fice.2024.01.06).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-marusik2019_4-0)** Marusik, Y. M.; Omelko, M. M. (2019). ["Redescription of gnaphosids (Aranei: Gnaphosidae) described by O. Pickard-Cambridge from the material of the Second Yarkand Mission"](https://doi.org/10.15298%2Farthsel.28.2.11). *Arthropoda Selecta*. **28**: 277–290. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.15298/arthsel.28.2.11](https://doi.org/10.15298%2Farthsel.28.2.11).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-zhang2009_5-0)** Zhang, F.; Zhu, M. S. (2009). "Review of the genus Hongkongia (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) from China". *Zootaxa*. **2164**: 61–68. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.11646/zootaxa.2164.1.6](https://doi.org/10.11646%2Fzootaxa.2164.1.6).

## External links

- [Citizen science observations for Hongkongia](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/419879) at [iNaturalist](/source/INaturalist)

Taxon identifiers Hongkongia Wikidata: Q3004988 Wikispecies: Hongkongia ADW: Hongkongia BioLib: 1018709 CoL: 4YGY EoL: 113734 GBIF: 2131975 iNaturalist: 419879 IRMNG: 1203395 ITIS: 872233 Open Tree of Life: 4693800 Plazi: A9348144-FF90-A43A-FF2E-304A4EB39821 WSC: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02435

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