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Genus: Kongaraneus Mi, Wang & Feng, 2026 | Family: Araneidae Clerck, 1757

Kongaraneus bicavus (Zhu & Wang, 1994)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014741

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Described:

Distribution: China

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Holotype: Department of Biology, Hebei Institute of Education, Baoding, China f - (Zhu et al., 1994)
Paratype: Department of Biology, Hebei Institute of Education, Baoding, China 2f - (Zhu et al., 1994)

Taxonomic References

Araneus bicavus Zhu & Wang, in Zhu et al., 1994: 28, 48, f. 3A-C (Df; spelled bicanus in abstract) Original description

Araneus bicavus Yin et al., 1997d: 161, f. 77a-c (f)

Araneus bicavus Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 237, f. 136C-D, 147F (f)

Kongaraneus bicavus Mi, Wang & Feng, 2026: 48 (T from Araneus)

References

Mi, X. Q., Wang, C. & Feng, Z. G. (2026). 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. Zoological Systematics 51(1): 1-73. doi: 10.11865/zs.2026101 [[Zoobank: 6A151920-04A1-42E2-BBFA-3F9051681900]] -- Show included taxa

Song, D. X., Zhu, M. S. & Chen, J. (1999). The spiders of China. Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House, Shijiazhuang, 640 pp. -- Show included taxa

Yin, C. M., Wang, J. F., Zhu, M. S., Xie, L. P., Peng, X. J. & Bao, Y. H. (1997d). Fauna Sinica: Arachnida: Araneae: Araneidae. Science Press, Beijing, 460 pp. -- Show included taxa

Zhu, M. S., Song, D. X., Zhang, Y. Q. & Wang, X. P. (1994). On some new species and new records of spiders of the family Araneidae from China. Journal of Hebei Normal University (nat. Sci. Ed.) 1994(Suppl.): 25-52. -- Show included taxa

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-06-17	New taxonomic reference entry	Mi, Wang & Feng, 2026
2026-06-17	Species transferred to new genus	Mi, Wang & Feng, 2026		Species transferred from Araneus Clerck, 1757 to Kongaraneus Mi, Wang & Feng, 2026