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DOI: https://doi.org/10.11865/zs.2026101

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Description of three new genera and twenty-one new species of the orb-weaver spider family Araneidae (Araneae: Araneoidea) from Qomolangma National Nature Reserve, Xizang, China

  • Xiaoqi Mi ,
  • Cheng Wang ,
  • Zegang Feng
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  • 1School of Life and Health Science, Kaili University, Kaili 556011, Guizhou, China 

    2College of Agriculture and Forestry Engineering and Planning, Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Conservation and Utilization in the Fanjing Mountain Region, Tongren University, Tongren 554300, Guizhou, China 

    3Central South Academy of Inventory and Planning of NFGA, Changsha 410014, Hunan, China

Xiaoqi Mi

Online published: 2026-01-24

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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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Xiaoqi Mi , Cheng Wang , Zegang Feng . Description of three new genera and twenty-one new species of the orb-weaver spider family Araneidae (Araneae: Araneoidea) from Qomolangma National Nature Reserve, Xizang, China[J]. Zoological Systematics, 2026 , 51(1) : 1 -73 . DOI: 10.11865/zs.2026101

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