Aoaraneus

Aoaraneus is a genus of spiders in the family Araneidae.

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
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.

Etymology

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

Taxonomy

All species in this genus were transferred from Araneus.

Species

As of October 2025, this genus includes three species:

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

External links

• Citizen science observations for Aoaraneus at iNaturalist