{{Short description|Genus of spiders}} {{Automatic taxobox | name = | image = Araneus ejusmodi 8171297.jpg | image_caption = female ''S. ejusmodi'' in Hong Kong | image2 = Songaraneus perpolitus - Rainer Breitling - 487743164.jpeg | image2_caption = female ''S. perpolitus'' in Singapore | taxon = Songaraneus | authority = Mi, Wang & Li, 2024<ref name="mi2024" /> | type_species = ''S. jiekou'' | type_species_authority = Mi, Wang & Li, 2024 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = 4, see text }}
'''''Songaraneus''''' is a genus of spiders in the family Araneidae.<ref name="wsc" />
==Distribution== Three of the described species are found in China, with two described from Xishuangbanna in Yunnan province. ''S. ejusmodi'', previously part of the genus ''Araneus'', is found in China, Korea, and Japan. ''S. perpolitus'', previously in genus ''Singa'', is endemic to Singapore.<ref name="wsc" />
==Etymology== The genus name is a combination of the surname of Chinese arachnologist Da-Xiang Song ({{zh|t=|p=Sòngdàxiáng|s=宋大祥}}) (1935–2008), and the related genus ''Araneus''.<ref name="mi2024" />
The newly described species were named after songs by Taiwanese singer Jay Chou, {{zh|t=退後|p=Tuì hòu|s=}} ("back off"), and {{zh|t=借口|p=Jièkǒu|s=}} ("excuse").<ref name="mi2024" />
==Species== {{as of|2025|10}}, this genus includes four species:<ref name="wsc" /> {{Div col}} * ''Songaraneus ejusmodi'' <small>(Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)</small> – China, Korea, Japan * ''Songaraneus jiekou'' <small>Mi, Wang & Li, 2024</small> – China (type species) * ''Songaraneus perpolitus'' <small>(Thorell, 1893)</small> – Singapore * ''Songaraneus tuihou'' <small>Mi, Wang & Li, 2024</small> – China {{Div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="wsc">{{cite web | url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/6630 | title=Gen. ''Songaraneus'' Mi, Wang & Li, 2024 | publisher=World Spider Catalog | doi=10.24436/2 | accessdate=2025-10-24}}</ref> <ref name="mi2024">{{cite journal | last1=Mi | first1=X. Q. | last2=Wang | first2=C. | year=2024 | title=Description of six new genera and twenty species of the orb-weaver spider family Araneidae (Araneae, Araneoidea) from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China | journal=Zoological Research: Diversity and Conservation | volume=1 | issue=4 | pages=290–341 | doi=10.24272/j.issn.2097-3772.2024.023| doi-access=free }}</ref> }}
==External links== * {{inaturalist taxon}}
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Category:Araneidae genera Category:Spiders of China Category:Spiders described in 2024
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