Three new genera, Kongaraneus gen. nov., Qianaraneus gen. nov. and Zangaraneus gen. nov., and twenty-one new species of the family Araneidae from Qomolangma National Nature Reserve, Xizang, south-west China are described: Araneus cheni sp. nov. (♂♀), A. guoi sp. nov. (♂♀), A. jinhuai sp. nov. (♂♀), A. lidiae sp. nov. (♂♀), A. luoi sp. nov. (♂♀), A. subluoi sp. nov. (♂♀), A. wangi sp. nov. (♀), Kongaraneus lii sp. nov. (♂♀), K. fani sp. nov. (♂♀), K. mengfeiae sp. nov. (♂♀), K. shenghangi sp. nov. (♂♀), K. shilini sp. nov. (♂♀), K. yongxiangi sp. nov. (♀), K. zhangae sp. nov. (♀), Pronoides liqii sp. nov. (♂♀), P. xiaoi sp. nov. (♂♀), Qianaraneus kejii sp. nov. (♂♀), Zangaraneus liui sp. nov. (♂♀), Z. pani sp. nov. (♂♀), Z. shikaii sp. nov. (♂), and Z. zhui sp. nov. (♂). Moreover, three species, Kongaraneus bicavus (Zhu & Wang, 1994) comb. nov., K. papilioformis (Qin, Mi & Liu, 2024) comb. nov. and Qianaraneus cucullatus (Mi & Li, 2022) comb. nov. are transferred from Araneus Clerck, 1757.
Abstract
Three new genera, Kongaraneus gen. nov., Qianaraneus gen. nov. and Zangaraneus gen. nov., and twenty-one new species of the family Araneidae from Qomolangma National Nature Reserve, Xizang, south-west China are described: Araneus cheni sp. nov. (♂♀), A. guoi sp. nov. (♂♀), A. jinhuai sp. nov. (♂♀), A. lidiae sp. nov. (♂♀), A. luoi sp. nov. (♂♀), A. subluoi sp. nov. (♂♀), A. wangi sp. nov. (♀), Kongaraneus lii sp. nov. (♂♀), K. fani sp. nov. (♂♀), K. mengfeiae sp. nov. (♂♀), K. shenghangi sp. nov. (♂♀), K. shilini sp. nov. (♂♀), K. yongxiangi sp. nov. (♀), K. zhangae sp. nov. (♀), Pronoides liqii sp. nov. (♂♀), P. xiaoi sp. nov. (♂♀), Qianaraneus kejii sp. nov. (♂♀), Zangaraneus liui sp. nov. (♂♀), Z. pani sp. nov. (♂♀), Z. shikaii sp. nov. (♂), and Z. zhui sp. nov. (♂). Moreover, three species, Kongaraneus bicavus (Zhu & Wang, 1994) comb. nov., K. papilioformis (Qin, Mi & Liu, 2024) comb. nov. and Qianaraneus cucullatus (Mi & Li, 2022) comb. nov. are transferred from Araneus Clerck, 1757.
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