''Chanea'' is a genus of Chinese spiders in the family

Mysmenidae Mysmenidae is a spider family with about 180 described species in seventeen genera. The family is one of the least well known of the orb-weaving spiders because of their small size () and cryptic behaviour. These spiders are found in humid habita ...

first discovered in 2009. The name is derived from the Chinese word for "coil", referring to the coiled whip-like extension of the

palpal bulb The two palpal bulbs – also known as palpal organs and genital bulbs – are the copulatory organs of a male spider. They are borne on the last segment of the pedipalps (the front "limbs" of a spider), giving the spider an appearance often descr ...

, a defining characteristic of the genus. There are two species in the genus, one described in 2009 and the other in 2016.

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Araneomorphae genera Spiders of China {{Araneomorphae-stub