Aoaraneus is a genus of spiders in the family Araneidae.
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 , 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)
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