''Xizangiana'' is a genus of East Asian

ground spider Ground spiders comprise Gnaphosidae, the seventh largest spider family with over 2,000 described species in over 100 genera distributed worldwide. There are 105 species known to central Europe, and common genera include ''Gnaphosa'', ''Drassodes' ...

s (family Gnaphosidae). The genus was first described in 2004 under the name ''Xizangia'', but this had already been used for at least two other groups of animals. The

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''Xizangiana'' was published by Sherwood, Li & Zhang in 2022. , the genus contains only two species, both found in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

: '' X. linzhiensis'' and '' X. rigaze''.

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Araneomorphae genera Gnaphosidae Spiders of China {{Gnaphosidae-stub