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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:
Euetria Thorell, 1887 = Cyrtophora Simon, 1864 (Simon, 1895a: 775)
Suzumia Kishida, 1943 = Cyrtophora Simon, 1864 (Yaginuma, 1958b: 10)
Transferred to other genera:
Cyrtophora alayoi Archer, 1958 -- see Kapogea
Cyrtophora angolensis (Brito Capello, 1866) -- see Megaraneus
Cyrtophora argentea Ausserer, 1871 -- see Cyclosa
Cyrtophora berlandi (Caporiacco, 1954) -- see Manogea
Cyrtophora brasilica (Soares & Camargo, 1948) -- see Manogea
Cyrtophora bucardia (McCook, 1894) -- see Eustala
Cyrtophora californiensis Keyserling, 1885 -- see Eustala
Cyrtophora chinchoxensis (Karsch, 1879) -- see Megaraneus
Cyrtophora cyrtophoroides (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904) -- see Kapogea
Cyrtophora davisi (Hingston, 1932) -- see Spilasma
Cyrtophora espiritosantensis (Soares & Camargo, 1955) -- see Manogea
Cyrtophora gabonensis (Lucas, 1858) -- see Megaraneus
Cyrtophora grammica Simon, 1895 -- see Manogea
Cyrtophora guyanensis (Keyserling, 1881) -- see Manogea
Cyrtophora interalbicans Bösenberg & Lenz, 1895 -- see Cyclosa
Cyrtophora lodiculafaciens (Hingston, 1932) -- see Dolichognatha
Cyrtophora melanura Simon, 1877 -- see Cyclosa
Cyrtophora nympha Simon, 1895 -- see Kapogea
Cyrtophora porracea (C. L. Koch, 1839) -- see Manogea
Cyrtophora sellata Simon, 1895 -- see Kapogea
Cyrtophora setospinosa (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936) -- see Kapogea
Cyrtophora sexnotata Simon, 1895 -- see Kapogea
Cyrtophora vachoni Caporiacco, 1954 -- see Azilia
In synonymy:
Cyrtophora adspersata (Karsch, 1892, T from Meta) = Cyrtophora cicatrosa (Stoliczka, 1869) (Simon, 1895a: 775)
Cyrtophora albopunctata Rainbow, 1898 = Cyrtophora moluccensis (Doleschall, 1857) (Davies & Gallon, 1986: 232)
Cyrtophora bifurcata (Kishida, 1931, T from Cyclosa) = Cyrtophora exanthematica (Doleschall, 1859) (Yaginuma, 1958c: 14)
Cyrtophora cactiopuntiae (Lucas, 1838, T from Epeira) = Cyrtophora citricola (Forsskål, 1775) (Simon, 1874a: 34, sub Cyrtophora opuntiae)
Cyrtophora cajetana (Costa, 1882, T from Epeira) = Cyrtophora citricola (Forsskål, 1775) (Roewer, 1942a: 747)
Cyrtophora citricola abessinensis Strand, 1906 = Cyrtophora citricola (Forsskål, 1775) (Simon, 1929: 769)
Cyrtophora cupidinea (Thorell, 1875, T from Epeira) = Cyrtophora moluccensis (Doleschall, 1857) (Simon, 1895a: 775)
Cyrtophora cylindroides scalaris Strand, 1915 = Cyrtophora cylindroides (Walckenaer, 1841) (Nentwig et al., 2019: 35)
Cyrtophora dorsuosa (Blackwall, 1866, T from Epeira) = Cyrtophora citricola (Forsskål, 1775) (Dyal, 1935: 174)
Cyrtophora emarginata (Lucas, 1858, T from Epeira) = Cyrtophora citricola (Forsskål, 1775) (Simon, 1895a: 775)
Cyrtophora flava (Vinson, 1863) = Cyrtophora citricola (Forsskål, 1775) (Thorell, 1895b: 172, sub Epeira)
Cyrtophora hieroglyphica (L. Koch, 1871, T from Epeira) = Cyrtophora moluccensis (Doleschall, 1857) (Simon, 1895a: 775)
Cyrtophora leucopicta (Urquhart, 1890) = Cyrtophora moluccensis (Doleschall, 1857) (Vink, 2014: 62)
Cyrtophora margaritacea (Doleschall, 1859, T from Epeira) = Cyrtophora moluccensis (Doleschall, 1857) (Simon, 1895a: 775)
Cyrtophora margaritata Pocock, 1900 = Cyrtophora gemmosa Thorell, 1899 (Roewer, 1942a: 748)
Cyrtophora maritima (Keyserling, 1865, T from Epeira) = Cyrtophora moluccensis (Doleschall, 1857) (Simon, 1895a: 775)
Cyrtophora marxi (McCook, 1894, T from Argiope) = Cyrtophora moluccensis (Doleschall, 1857) (Levi, 1968a: 334)
Cyrtophora moluccensis albidinota (Strand, 1911) = Cyrtophora moluccensis (Doleschall, 1857) (Nentwig et al., 2019: 35)
Cyrtophora moluccensis bukae (Strand, 1911) = Cyrtophora moluccensis (Doleschall, 1857) (Nentwig et al., 2019: 35)
Cyrtophora moluccensis rubicundinota (Strand, 1911) = Cyrtophora moluccensis (Doleschall, 1857) (Nentwig et al., 2019: 35)
Cyrtophora nephilina (L. Koch, 1871) = Cyrtophora cylindroides (Walckenaer, 1841) (L. Koch, 1871: 90, sub Epeira nephilina)
Cyrtophora opuntiae (Dufour, 1820) = Cyrtophora citricola (Forsskål, 1775) (Simon, 1882b: 230)
Cyrtophora orientalis (Kishida, 1943, T from Suzumia) = Cyrtophora ikomosanensis (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) (Yaginuma, 1958c: 13)
Cyrtophora purpurea (Vinson, 1863, T from Epeira) = Cyrtophora citricola (Forsskål, 1775) (Roewer, 1942a: 747)
Cyrtophora salebrosa (Thorell, 1878, T from Epeira) = Cyrtophora cicatrosa (Stoliczka, 1869) (Simon, 1895a: 775)
Cyrtophora sculptilis L. Koch, 1872 = Cyrtophora citricola (Forsskål, 1775) (Simon, 1895a: 775)
Cyrtophora simoni Rainbow, 1898 = Cyrtophora moluccensis (Doleschall, 1857) (Davies & Gallon, 1986: 232)
Cyrtophora stigmatisata (Karsch, 1878, T from Epeira) = Cyrtophora unicolor (Doleschall, 1857) (Simon, 1895a: 775)
Cyrtophora stigmatisata serrata (van Hasselt, 1882, T from Epeira) = Cyrtophora unicolor (Doleschall, 1857) (Simon, 1895a: 775)
Cyrtophora thai (Levi, 1983, T from Argiope) = Cyrtophora moluccensis (Doleschall, 1857) (Jäger, 2012c: 315)
Cyrtophora viridipes (Doleschall, 1859, T from Epeira) = Cyrtophora cylindroides (Walckenaer, 1841) (Simon, 1895a: 775)
Homonym replaced:
Cyrtophora pallida (Rainbow, 1897) -- see Cyrtophora rainbowi Roewer, 1955 Roewer, 1955c
Nomen dubium:
Cyrtophora acrobalia (Thorell, 1895b: 173, j, Myanmar, originally in Epeira) -- Framenau, 2008b: 134
Nomina nuda:
Cyrtophora bituberculata Roy, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2017: 13, f. 53-57, 177 (f, India) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049036] -- Roy, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2017: 13, Zoobank registration in this electronic journal is missing, see ICZN Article 8.5.3
Cyrtophora citricola nigra (Franganillo, 1925: 33, Iberian Peninsula, originally as C. opuntiae n.) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049070] -- Breitling et al., 2016b: 56, no description
Cyrtophora citricola pallida (Franganillo, 1925: 33, Iberian Peninsula, originally as C. opuntiae p.) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049071] -- Breitling et al., 2016b: 56, no description
Cyrtophora shimomurai (Kishida, 1933, sub Suzumia) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054507] -- Brignoli, 1983c: 254, Ono & Ogata, 2018: 608 (as valid species 'Kishida in Shimomura, 1933')
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