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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; Nephilinae and Phonognathinae downgraded to subfamily and Paraplectanoididae considered a synonym of Araneidae by Hormiga et al., 2023: 803; family status of Paraplectanoididae, Nephilidae and Phonognathidae revalidated by Kuntner et al., 2025: 17, 23, but not accepted here for reasons of stability; Oarcinae (Gnolus and Oarces) transferred from the Mimetidae 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); Eskov & Marusik, 2023: 241 and Eskov & Marusik, 2024: 52 consider Zygiellidae as the valid name instead of Phonognathidae and accept the family status of Nephilidae; the status of the Nephilinae and Phonognathinae (= Zygiellidae) as subfamilies is accepted by majority vote of the WSC boards; Eskov & Marusik, 2024: 52 list ten subfamilies and tribes as valid (besides Nephilidae and Zygiellidae): Araneinae, Argiopinae Simon, 1890a: 81 (sub Argiopidae), Cyrtarachninae Simon, 1895a: 876 (sub Cyrtarachneae), Сyrtophorinae Simon, 1895a: 876 (sub Cyrtophoreae), Gasteracanthinae O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871e: 217 (sub Gasteracanthides), Micratheninae Simon, 1895a: 848 (sub Micratheneae), Guizygiellinae Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003: 42, Caerostrini Simon, 1895a: 831 (sub Cerostreae), Hypognathini Simon, 1895a: 871 (sub Hypognatheae) and Poltyini Simon, 1895a: 888 (sub Poltyeae).
In synonymy:
Nothonephila Archer, 1958 = Nephila Leach, 1815 (Archer, 1958: 3, described as subgenus)
Poecilonephila Dahl, 1911 = Nephila Leach, 1815 (Dahl, 1911: 63, described as subgenus)
Transferred to other genera:
Nephila adelaidensis Hogg, 1910 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila aerea (Hogg, 1896) -- see Trichonephila
Nephila ambigua Kulczyński, 1911 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila antipodiana (Walckenaer, 1841) -- see Trichonephila
Nephila armillipes (Doumerc, 1864) -- see Trichonephila
Nephila aubryi (Lucas, 1858) -- see Trichonephila
Nephila celebesiana Strand, 1915 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila chacoensis Badcock, 1932 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila clavata Schenkel, 1963 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila clavata L. Koch, 1878 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila clavata caerulescens Ono, 2011 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila clavatoides Schenkel, 1953 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila clavipes (Linnaeus, 1767) -- see Trichonephila
Nephila clavipes fasciculata (De Geer, 1778) -- see Trichonephila
Nephila clavipes vespucea (Walckenaer, 1841) -- see Trichonephila
Nephila dolabella Thorell, 1899 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila dubia Badcock, 1932 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila edulis (Labillardière, 1799) -- see Trichonephila
Nephila eremiana Hogg, 1896 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila fenestrata Thorell, 1859 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila fenestrata fuelleborni Dahl, 1912 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila fenestrata venusta (Blackwall, 1865) -- see Trichonephila
Nephila fontanae Holmberg, 1876 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila grayi Blackwall, 1865 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila hymenaea Gerstaecker, 1873 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila imperatrix L. Koch, 1872 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila inaurata Canard, 1975 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila inaurata (Walckenaer, 1841) -- see Trichonephila
Nephila inaurata madagascariensis (Vinson, 1863) -- see Trichonephila
Nephila janeira (Walckenaer, 1841) -- see Trichonephila
Nephila komaci Kuntner & Coddington, 2009 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila laurinae Thorell, 1881 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila laurinae (Strand, 1911) -- see Trichonephila
Nephila limbata Thorell, 1898 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila maja (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) -- see Trichonephila
Nephila meridionalis Hogg, 1910 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila meridionalis Hogg, 1914 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila nigritarsis Pocock, 1900 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila obnubila Simon, 1906 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila picta Rainbow, 1896 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila piepersi Thorell, 1877 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila plumipes (Latreille, 1804) -- see Trichonephila
Nephila riverai Brèthes, 1918 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila sarasinorum Merian, 1911 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila senegalensis Dahl, 1912 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila senegalensis (Walckenaer, 1841) -- see Trichonephila
Nephila senegalensis annulata (Thorell, 1859) -- see Trichonephila
Nephila senegalensis bragantina Brito Capello, 1867 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila senegalensis calabarensis Strand, 1908 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila senegalensis hildebrandti Dahl, 1912 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila senegalensis huebneri Dahl, 1912 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila senegalensis keyserlingi (Blackwall, 1865) -- see Trichonephila
Nephila senegalensis nyikae Pocock, 1898 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila senegalensis schweinfurthi Simon, 1890 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila sexpunctata Giebel, 1867 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila sulphurea Taczanowski, 1873 -- see Alpaida
Nephila sumptuosa Gerstäcker, 1873 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila thomensis Benoit, 1963 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila turneri Blackwall, 1833 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila turneri orientalis Benoit, 1964 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila vitiana (Walckenaer, 1847) -- see Trichonephila
Nephila wallacei Thorell, 1877 -- see Trichonephila
In synonymy:
Nephila aurosa L. Koch, 1872 = Nephila pilipes (Fabricius, 1793) (Dahl, 1912a: 35, sub Nephila maculata)
Nephila baculigera Thorell, 1899 = Nephila constricta Karsch, 1879 (Dahl, 1912a: 42)
Nephila caliginosa (Walckenaer, 1841, T from Epeira) = Nephila pilipes (Fabricius, 1793) (Dahl, 1912a: 35, sub Nephila maculata)
Nephila chrysogaster (Walckenaer, 1805, T from Epeira) = Nephila pilipes (Fabricius, 1793) (Thorell, 1877b: 445, sub Nephila maculata)
Nephila doreyana (Walckenaer, 1841, T from Epeira) = Nephila pilipes (Fabricius, 1793) (Dahl, 1912a: 35, sub Nephila maculata)
Nephila durvilla (Walckenaer, 1841, T from Epeira) = Nephila tetragnathoides (Walckenaer, 1841) (Dahl, 1912a: 35)
Nephila fuscipes C. L. Koch, 1839 = Nephila pilipes (Fabricius, 1793) (Thorell, 1877b: 445, sub Nephila maculata)
Nephila harpyia (Doleschall, 1859, T from Epeira) = Nephila pilipes (Fabricius, 1793) (Dahl, 1912a: 35, sub Nephila maculata)
Nephila hasselti (Doleschall, 1859, T from Epeira) = Nephila pilipes (Fabricius, 1793) (Dahl, 1912a: 35, sub Nephila maculata)
Nephila longimana (Fabricius, 1781, T from Aranea) = Nephila cornuta (Pallas, 1772) (Dahl, 1912a: 46, sub Nephila clavipes cornuta)
Nephila longipes (Fabricius, 1781, T from Aranea) = Nephila pilipes (Fabricius, 1793) (Dahl, 1912a: 35, sub Nephila maculata)
Nephila lucasi Simon, 1887 = Nephila constricta Karsch, 1879 (Dahl, 1912a: 42)
Nephila maculata (Fabricius, 1793) = Nephila pilipes (Fabricius, 1793) (Roewer, 1942a: 929)
Nephila ornata Adams, 1847 = Nephila pilipes (Fabricius, 1793) (Thorell, 1887: 149, sub Nephila maculata)
Nephila pecuniosa L. Koch, 1872 = Nephila pilipes (Fabricius, 1793) (Dahl, 1912a: 35, sub Nephila maculata)
Nephila penicillum (Doleschall, 1857, T from Epeira) = Nephila pilipes (Fabricius, 1793) (Thorell, 1877b: 447, sub Nephila walckenaeri)
Nephila pictithorax Kulczyński, 1911 = Nephila pilipes (Fabricius, 1793) (Harvey, Austin & Adams, 2007: 423)
Nephila pilipes annulipes Thorell, 1881 = Nephila pilipes (Fabricius, 1793) (Dahl, 1912a: 35, sub Nephila maculata)
Nephila pilipes flavornata Merian, 1911 = Nephila pilipes (Fabricius, 1793) (Harvey, Austin & Adams, 2007: 423)
Nephila pilipes jalorensis Simon, 1901 = Nephila pilipes (Fabricius, 1793) (Dahl, 1912a: 35, sub Nephila maculata)
Nephila pilipes lauterbachi Dahl, 1912 = Nephila pilipes (Fabricius, 1793) (Harvey, Austin & Adams, 2007: 423)
Nephila pilipes novaeguineae Strand, 1906 = Nephila pilipes (Fabricius, 1793) (Dahl, 1912a: 35, sub Nephila maculata)
Nephila pilipes piscatorum Vis, 1911 = Nephila pilipes (Fabricius, 1793) (Harvey, Austin & Adams, 2007: 423)
Nephila procera L. Koch, 1872 = Nephila pilipes (Fabricius, 1793) (Dahl, 1912a: 35, sub Nephila maculata)
Nephila prolixa L. Koch, 1872 = Nephila tetragnathoides (Walckenaer, 1841) (Dahl, 1912a: 35)
Nephila robusta Tikader, 1962 = Nephila pilipes (Fabricius, 1793) (Sankaran et al., 2020: 592)
Nephila sebae (Walckenaer, 1805, T from Aranea) = Nephila pilipes (Fabricius, 1793) (Walckenaer, 1841: 92, sub Epeira chrysogaster)
Nephila submaculata Strand, 1906 = Nephila pilipes (Fabricius, 1793) (Dahl, 1912a: 35, sub Nephila maculata)
Nephila sulphurosa L. Koch, 1872 = Nephila pilipes (Fabricius, 1793) (Dahl, 1912a: 35, sub Nephila maculata)
Nephila tenuipes L. Koch, 1872 = Nephila pilipes (Fabricius, 1793) (Dahl, 1912a: 35, sub Nephila maculata)
Nephila walckenaeri (Doleschall, 1857) = Nephila pilipes (Fabricius, 1793) (Thorell, 1887: 149, sub Nephila maculata)
Nomina dubia:
Nephila dirangensis B. Biswas & K. Biswas, 2006: 512, f. 11-13 (f, India) -- Sherwood & Caleb, 2024: 114
Nephila pilipes malagassa Strand, 1907a: 533 (f, Madagascar) -- Nentwig et al., 2019: 41
Nomen nudum:
Nephila rocheti Guérin, in Duvernoy, 1851: 239 (Ethiopia) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055995] -- Bonnet, 1958: 3083, no description
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