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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:
Ebaea L. Koch, 1872 = Gea C. L. Koch, 1843 (Simon, 1895a: 769)
Transferred to other genera:
Gea bimucronata Mello-Leitão, 1936 -- see Mecynogea
Gea diadema Hogg, 1920 -- see Neogea
Gea dubiosa Strand, 1911 -- see Argiope
Gea guttata Thorell, 1890 -- see Neogea
Gea lugens O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899 -- see Neogea
Gea nocticolor Thorell, 1887 -- see Neogea
Gea panamensis Chamberlin, 1917 -- see Argiope
Gea rotunda Hogg, 1915 -- see Argiope
Gea virginis Strand, 1911 -- see Leucauge
Gea wiedenmeyeri Schenkel, 1953 -- see Mecynogea
In synonymy:
Gea brongersmai Chrysanthus, 1971 = Gea subarmata Thorell, 1890 (Levi, 1983: 323)
Gea catenulata Thorell, 1898 = Gea subarmata Thorell, 1890 (Levi, 1983: 323)
Gea chelifer (van Hasselt, 1882) = Gea spinipes C. L. Koch, 1843 (Levi, 1983: 326)
Gea corbetti Tikader, 1982 = Gea subarmata Thorell, 1890 (Levi, 1983: 323)
Gea curvipes (Keyserling, 1886, T from Argiope) = Gea theridioides (L. Koch, 1872) (Levi, 1983: 328)
Gea decorata Thorell, 1890 = Gea spinipes C. L. Koch, 1843 (Levi, 1983: 326)
Gea festiva Thorell, 1895 = Gea spinipes C. L. Koch, 1843 (Levi, 1983: 326)
Gea festiva nigrifrons Simon, 1901 = Gea spinipes C. L. Koch, 1843 (Levi, 1983: 326)
Gea heptagon nigra Petrunkevitch, 1930 = Gea heptagon (Hentz, 1850) (Levi, 1968a: 325)
Gea praecincta (L. Koch, 1872) = Gea heptagon (Hentz, 1850) (Levi, 1983: 322)
Gea praedicta O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898 = Gea heptagon (Hentz, 1850) (Levi, 1968a: 325)
Nomina dubia:
Gea decorata varians Franganillo, 1926a: 53 (j, Cuba) -- Levi, 1968a: 324
Gea integra Franganillo, 1930: 19, f. 6B (mf, Cuba) -- Levi, 1968a: 325
Gea lineata Franganillo, 1926a: 53 (j, Cuba) -- Levi, 1968a: 324
Gea partita Franganillo, 1930: 17, f. 6A (mf, Cuba) -- Levi, 1968a: 325
Gea severinoi Mello-Leitão, 1917a: 91 (f, Brazil) -- Levi, 1968a: 324
Gea subarmata maculata Franganillo, 1930: 19 (f, Cuba) -- Levi, 1968a: 325
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