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:
Drexelia McCook, 1892 = Larinia Simon, 1874 (Harrod, Levi & Leibensperger, 1991: 243)
Lariniaria Grasshoff, 1970 = Larinia Simon, 1874 (Tanikawa, Into & Petcharad, 2025b: 88)
Larinopa Grasshoff, 1970 = Larinia Simon, 1874 (Framenau & Scharff, 2008: 242)
Lipocrea Thorell, 1878 = Larinia Simon, 1874 (Tanikawa, Into & Petcharad, 2025b: 88)
N.B.: Tanikawa, 1989 and Harrod, Levi & Leibensperger, 1991, following Levi, 1975b and Marusik, 1987c, rejected the conclusions of Grasshoff (1970a, 1970b, 1970c, 1971a), who separated these species into about 10 genera; as none of the regional reports have analyzed Grasshoff's conclusions on a worldwide basis, and workers such as Levy, 1986 have supported some of Grasshoff's results, only those subsequent generic synonymies that have been listed in detail (such as the synonymy of Drexelia McCook, 1892: 127 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04775] (type Epeira directa Hentz, 1847) by Harrod, Levi & Leibensperger, 1991: 243, after Levi, 1975b: 102) are followed here; considered a senior synonym of Larinopa Grasshoff, 1970b: 226 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05304] (type Epeira tabida L. Koch, 1872) by Framenau & Scharff, 2008: 242 (by transfer of the type species, contra Levy, 1986: 5); considered a senior synonym of Lipocrea Thorell, 1878b: 6 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01505] (type Meta fusiformis Thorell, 1877) and Lariniaria Grasshoff, 1970c: 420 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01502] (type Larinia argiopiformis Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) by Tanikawa, Into & Petcharad, 2025b: 88.
Transferred to other genera:
Larinia albosigillata Mello-Leitão, 1947 -- see Araneus
Larinia atomaria (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876) -- see Siwa
Larinia badiana Roewer, 1961 -- see Araneus
Larinia bartelsi Lessert, 1933 -- see Paralarinia
Larinia bristowei Mello-Leitão, 1940 -- see Hingstepeira
Larinia coamensis Petrunkevitch, 1930 -- see Metazygia
Larinia decens (Blackwall, 1866) -- see Kilima
Larinia denisi Lessert, 1938 -- see Paralarinia
Larinia dufouri Simon, 1874 -- see Siwa
Larinia eburneiventris Simon, 1908 -- see Araneus
Larinia faradjensis Lessert, 1930 -- see Faradja
Larinia forata Keyserling, 1893 -- see Araneus
Larinia griseovariegata Tullgren, 1910 -- see Kilima
Larinia hewitti Lessert, 1930 -- see Mahembea
Larinia incerta Tullgren, 1910 -- see Paralarinia
Larinia latro (Fabricius, 1775) -- see Alpaida
Larinia maulliniana Mello-Leitão, 1951 -- see Zygiella
Larinia mitis Pavesi, 1897 -- see Kilima
Larinia mundula (Keyserling, 1892) -- see Metazygia
Larinia mundulella (Strand, 1915) -- see Metazygia
Larinia nigrofoliata Keyserling, 1884 -- see Araneus
Larinia nobilis Mello-Leitão, 1944 -- see Araneus
Larinia ovata Denis, 1947 -- see Siwa
Larinia peltiventris Strand, 1913 -- see Paralarinia
Larinia pura Simon, 1907 -- see Araneus
Larinia rubroguttulata Keyserling, 1879 -- see Eustala
Larinia scriba (Mello-Leitão, 1940) -- see Alpaida
Larinia silvestris Bryant, 1942 -- see Metazygia
Larinia simillima Lessert, 1915 -- see Kilima
Larinia vara Kauri, 1950 -- see Araneus
Larinia viriosa (Keyserling, 1892) -- see Metazygia
In synonymy:
Larinia albigera Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 = Larinia phthisica (L. Koch, 1871) (Yin, 1994: 135)
Larinia albonigra Franganillo, 1931 = Larinia directa (Hentz, 1847) (Levi, 1975b: 106)
Larinia albotaeniata Simon, 1906 = Larinia acuticauda Simon, 1906 (Grasshoff, 1970b: 217, sub Drexelia)
Larinia antarctica Simon, 1905 = Larinia bivittata Keyserling, 1885 (Harrod, Levi & Leibensperger, 1991: 256)
Larinia bellona Banks, 1898 = Larinia directa (Hentz, 1847) (Levi, 1975b: 106)
Larinia camerunica (Strand, 1908) = Larinia acuticauda Simon, 1906 (Grasshoff, 1971a: 94, sub Drexelia)
Larinia chhagani Patel, 1975 = Larinia phthisica (L. Koch, 1871) (Tikader & Biswas, 1981: 44)
Larinia cymotympa Chamberlin, 1924 = Larinia directa (Hentz, 1847) (Levi, 1975b: 106)
Larinia deludens (Keyserling, 1893, T from Epeira) = Larinia directa (Hentz, 1847) (McCook, 1894: 249, sub Drexelia)
Larinia duchengcaii Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, 2013 = Larinia triprovina Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 (Lin et al., 2023a: 503)
Larinia fasciata Thorell, 1899 = Larinia longissima Simon, 1881 (Grasshoff, 1970b: 230, sub Larinopa)
Larinia flavescens Simon, 1882 = Larinia chloris (Audouin, 1826) (Grasshoff, 1970b: 222)
Larinia intercisa (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889, T from Epeira) = Larinia directa (Hentz, 1847) (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903a: 461, sub Drexelia)
Larinia ishango (Grasshoff, 1971) = Larinia bifida Tullgren, 1910 (Saaristo, 2010: 39)
Larinia lintearia (Keyserling, 1893, T from Mangora) = Larinia bivittata Keyserling, 1885 (Harrod, Levi & Leibensperger, 1991: 256)
Larinia lutescens Thorell, 1898 = Larinia fusiformis (Thorell, 1877) (Grasshoff, 1970b: 231, sub Larinopa)
Larinia mormon (Keyserling, 1892, T from Araneus) = Larinia famulatoria (Keyserling, 1883) (Levi, 1975b: 110)
Larinia nenilini Marusik, 1986 = Larinia phthisica (L. Koch, 1871) (Yin et al., 1997d: 321)
Larinia nigrovittata Mello-Leitão, 1947 = Larinia directa (Hentz, 1847) (Levi, 1975b: 106)
Larinia octopunctata (Caporiacco, 1955, T from Drexelia) = Larinia directa (Hentz, 1847) (Levi, 1975b: 106)
Larinia phragmiteti (Nemenz, 1956, T from Singa) = Larinia elegans Spassky, 1939 (Jäger, 1995a: 17)
Larinia punctifera Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 = Larinia argiopiformis Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 (Yaginuma, 1962c: 30)
Larinia punctipedana Strand, 1913 = Larinia bifida Tullgren, 1910 (Grasshoff, 1970b: 217, sub Drexelia)
Larinia quadrinotata Simon, 1889 = Larinia fusiformis (Thorell, 1877) (Grasshoff, 1970b: 231, sub Larinopa)
Larinia quinquepunctata Tullgren, 1910 = Larinia longissima Simon, 1881 (Grasshoff, 1970b: 230, sub Larinopa)
Larinia quinquepunctata concolor Caporiacco, 1947 = Larinia longissima Simon, 1881 (Grasshoff, 1970b: 230, sub Larinopa)
Larinia rubella (Hentz, 1847, T from Epeira) = Larinia directa (Hentz, 1847) (McCook, 1894: 249, sub Drexelia)
Larinia shandongensis Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 = Larinia sekiguchii Tanikawa, 1989 (Yin, 1994: 135)
Larinia soror (Thorell, 1877, T from Lipocrea) = Larinia tabida (L. Koch, 1872) (Thorell, 1890a: 188)
Larinia tetragnathoides (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889, T from Epeira) = Larinia directa (Hentz, 1847) (McCook, 1894: 249, sub Drexelia)
Larinia tibelloides Lessert, 1930 = Larinia longissima Simon, 1881 (Grasshoff, 1970b: 230, sub Larinopa)
Larinia turcmenica Spassky, 1939 = Larinia pubiventris Simon, 1889 (Marusik, 1987c: 247)
Larinia vicina Kulczyński, 1911 = Larinia tabida (L. Koch, 1872) (Chrysanthus, 1961b: 205)
Nomina dubia:
Larinia melanosticta Thorell, 1891: 47 (j, India/Nicobar Is.) -- Grasshoff, 1970b: 217, 234, sub Larinopa
Larinia nigrolimbata Simon, 1909e: 106 (j, Vietnam) -- Grasshoff, 1970b: 217, 234, sub Larinopa