Leviaraneus viridiventris
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| Leviaraneus viridiventris | |
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| female from Hong Kong | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Leviaraneus |
| Species: | L. viridiventris |
| Binomial name | |
| Leviaraneus viridiventris (Yaginuma, 1969) | |
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Leviaraneus viridiventris is a species of orb-weaver spider in the genus Leviaraneus. It was originally described as Araneus viridiventris by Takeo Yaginuma in 1969, and was transferred to the newly established genus Leviaraneus in 2023 following molecular phylogenetic analysis.[1]
The species is distributed across East and South Asia, including Japan, China, Taiwan, and India.[2][3]
The species was originally described by Takeo Yaginuma in 1969 as Araneus viridiventris based on specimens from the Goto Islands in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan.[4] In 2023, Akio Tanikawa and Booppa Petcharad established the new genus Leviaraneus and transferred this species to it based on morphological differences from the type species of Araneus and molecular phylogenetic analysis using five gene sequences.[1]
Distribution
L. viridiventris has been recorded from Japan (including the main islands and Okinawa), China, Taiwan, and India.[2][3] In Japan, it has been found from Tokyo to Kagoshima Prefecture and the Ryukyu Islands.[1]