World Spider Catalog

Araneidae Clerck, 1757

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: family name and authorship as per ICZN, 2009 Opinion 2224, after application by Kluge, 2007; Arkyinae L. Koch, 1872 (genera Arkys Walckenaer, 1837 and Demadiana Strand, 1929) elevated to Arkyidae by Dimitrov et al., 2017: 244; monophyly of Araneidae stated by Kallal et al., 2018: 138; Nephilinae Simon, 1894 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0111] elevated to family and relimited by Kuntner, 2006: 24, re-synonymized with Araneidae by Dimitrov et al., 2017: 244; Nephilinae and Phonognathinae Simon, 1894 (Simon, 1894a: 746 as Phonognatheae), the valid name for Zygiellinae Simon, 1929 sensu Wunderlich, 2004f, elevated to family by Kuntner et al., 2019: 563, not accepted by Scharff et al., 2020 and Kallal et al., 2020, and confirmed as family by Kuntner et al., 2023: 969-970 along with the separation of Paraplectanoididae Kuntner, Coddington, Agnarsson & Bond, 2023 (with the single genus Paraplectanoides Keyserling, 1886); Nephilinae and Phonognathinae downgraded to subfamily and Paraplectanoididae considered a synonym of Araneidae by Hormiga et al., 2023: 803; Oarcinae (Gnolus and Oarces) transferred from the Mimitidae to the Araneidae by Dimitrov et al., 2012: Suppl. 1, p. 15, re-transfer to the Mimetidae by Eskov & Marusik, 2023: 340 not accepted here (by majority vote of the WSC boards).

Gen. Nephilengys L. Koch, 1872 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01398

N.B.: placed in the Araneidae by Wunderlich, 2004g: 964; firstly transferred from the Tetragnathidae to the Nephilidae by Kuntner, 2006: 24; for the current familial placement see also the note at the family.

Transferred to other genera:

Nephilengys borbonica (Vinson, 1863) -- see Nephilingis

Nephilengys cruentata (Fabricius, 1775) -- see Nephilingis

Nephilengys cruentata chiloangensis Strand, 1919 -- see Nephilingis

Nephilengys dodo Kuntner & Agnarsson, 2011 -- see Nephilingis

Nephilengys hirta (Taczanowski, 1873) -- see Eustala

Nephilengys livida (Vinson, 1863) -- see Nephilingis

In synonymy:

Nephilengys andamanensis (Tikader, 1977, T from Metepeira) = Nephilengys malabarensis Walckenaer, 1841 (Tikader, 1982a: 95)

Nephilengys niahensis Deeleman-Reinhold, 1989 = Nephilengys malabarensis Walckenaer, 1841 (Kuntner, 2007: 121)

Nephilengys rainbowi Hogg, 1899 (removed from the S of N. malabarensis) = Nephilengys papuana Thorell, 1881 (Kuntner, 2007: 127)

Nomina dubia:

Nephilengys instigans (Butler, 1876b: 442, f, Mauritius/Rodrigues, originally in Nephila) -- Kuntner & Agnarsson, 2011: 486

Nephilengys kenmorei Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 565, f. 349a-j (f, Philippines) -- Kuntner, 2007: 132

Nephilengys malabarensis (Walckenaer, 1841) | | India to China, Philippines, Indonesia (Ambon), Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013993

Epeira malabarensis Walckenaer, 1841: 103 (Df) Original description

Epeira anama Walckenaer, 1841: 102 (Df)

Epeira malabarica Doleschall, 1857: 420 (Df)

Epeira rhodosternon Doleschall, 1859: 40, pl. 12, f. 6 (Df)

Nephila rivulata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871d: 618, pl. 49, f. 1-2 (Dmf)

Nephilengys schmeltzii L. Koch, 1872a: 144, pl. 11, f. 7 (Df)

Nephilengys hofmanni L. Koch, 1872a: 145, pl. 11, f. 8 (Df)

Nephilengys malabarensis Thorell, 1878b: 123 (m)

Nephila urna van Hasselt, 1882: 28, pl. 4, f. 12-14 (Dm)

Nephila malabarensis Simon, 1894a: 745, f. 827 (m)

Nephila malabarensis Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 192, pl. 11, f. 216 (f)

Nephila malabarensis Dahl, 1912a: 46, 49

Nephila malabarensis Wiehle, 1967b: 195, f. 48 (m)

Metepeira andamanensis Tikader, 1977a: 181, f. 12A-C (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057831]

Nephila malabarensis Tikader, 1982a: 95, f. 183-186 (f, S of Metepeira andamanensis)

Nephilengys malabarensis Davies, 1988b: 296, f. 20 (mf)

Nephila malabarensis Millidge, 1988c: 258, f. 24 (m)

Nephilengys malabarensis Deeleman-Reinhold, 1989a: 624, f. 11-14 (f)

Nephilengys niahensis Deeleman-Reinhold, 1989a: 626, f. 15-16 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013994]

Nephila malabarensis Yin et al., 1990: 3, f. 6-9 (mf)

Nephilengys malabarensis Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 565, f. 350a-c (f)

Nephilengys malabarensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 217, f. 125F-I (mf)

Nephilengys malabarensis Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003: 85, f. 36A-H, 37A-D, pl. VE-H (mf)

Nephilengys malabarensis Kuntner, 2007: 119, f. 22A-C, 23A-E, 24A-B (mf, S of Nephilengys niahensis)

Nephilengys malabarensis Kuntner, Coddington & Hormiga, 2008: 167, f. 8H-I (m)

Nephilengys malabarensis Kuntner, Coddington & Schneider, 2009: 1452, f. 1B (m)

Nephilengys malabarensis Kuntner et al., 2009: 258, f. 1d (m)

Nephilengys malabarensis Álvarez-Padilla & Hormiga, 2011a: 848, f. 135B, 136F, 138D, 139C, 140C (mf)

Nephilengys papuana Thorell, 1881 | | New Guinea, Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039409

Nephilengys malabarensis papuana Thorell, 1881: 156 (Df) Original description

Nephilengys rainbowi Hogg, 1899: 141, pl. 13, f. 1 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057832]

Nephila malabarensis Chrysanthus, 1959: 199, f. 4, 8, 28 (f, misidentified)

Nephila malabarensis Chrysanthus, 1971: 42, f. 92-93 (m, misidentified)

Nephilengys papuana Kuntner, 2007: 127, f. 26A-E, 27A-C, 28A-D, 29A-D, 30A-F, 31A-D, 32A-D (mf, removed from S of N. malabarensis, S of Nephilengys rainbowi)

Nephilengys papuana Kuntner, Coddington & Hormiga, 2008: 167, f. 8J, N-P (mf)

Nephilengys papuana Kuntner, Coddington & Schneider, 2009: 1453, f. 2B, D (f)