Aoaraneus

Aoaraneus is a genus of spiders in the family Araneidae.^[2]

Aoaraneus
A. pentagrammicus
female A. pentagrammicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Araneidae
Genus:	Aoaraneus Tanikawa, Yamasaki & Petcharad, 2021[1]
Type species
Miranda pentagrammica Karsch, 1879
Species
3, see text

Distribution

Aoaraneus is distributed across East Asia, with records from Korea, Japan, Hainan province in China, and Taiwan.^[2]

Etymology

The genus name is a combination of the Japanese 青 (あお, ao) meaning "blue or green", and the genus Araneus.^[1]

Taxonomy

All species in this genus were transferred from Araneus.^[2]

Species

As of October 2025^[update], this genus includes three species:^[2]

• Aoaraneus amabilis (Tanikawa, 2001) – Japan (Ryukyu Islands)
• Aoaraneus octumaculalus (Han & Zhu, 2010) – China (Hainan)
• Aoaraneus pentagrammicus (Karsch, 1879) – Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan (type species)