Tangaraneus

{{Short description|Species of spider}} {{Speciesbox | name = | image = | image_caption = | image2 = | image2_caption = | taxon = Tangaraneus geqian | authority = Mi, Wang & Li, 2024<ref name="wsc" /> | parent_authority = Mi, Wang & Li, 2024<ref name="mi2024" /> }}

'''''Tangaraneus''''' is a monotypic genus of spiders in the family Araneidae containing the single species, '''''Tangaraneus geqian'''''.<ref name="wsc" />

==Distribution== ''Tangaraneus geqian'' has been recorded from Xishuangbanna in Yunnan province, China.<ref name="wsc" /><ref name="mi2024" />

==Etymology== The genus is named after Chinese arachnologist Guo Tang ({{zh|t=|p=Táng guǒ|s=唐果}}) in combination with the related genus ''Araneus''. The species is named after the song {{zh|t=擱淺|p=Gēqiǎn|s=}} ("step aside") by Taiwanese singer Jay Chou.<ref name="mi2024" />

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="wsc">{{cite web | url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/6631 | title=Gen. ''Tangaraneus'' 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> }}

Category:Araneidae Category:Spiders of China Category:Spiders described in 2024 Category:Monotypic Araneidae genera