In synonymy:
Afraranea Archer, 1951 = Neoscona Simon, 1864 (Grasshoff, 1986: 4, as a subgenus of Neoscona)
Chinestela Chamberlin, 1924 = Neoscona Simon, 1864 (Archer, 1958: 17)
Cubanella Franganillo, 1926 = Neoscona Simon, 1864 (Berman & Levi, 1971: 469, after Bryant, 1940: 511)
Transferred to other genera:
Neoscona chasisa Zhu & Song, 1994 -- see Araneus
Neoscona enshiensis Yin & Zhao, 1994 -- see Eriovixia
Neoscona excelsus (Simon, 1889) -- see Eriovixia
Neoscona fuscocolorata (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) -- see Alenatea
Neoscona hainanensis Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 -- see Eriovixia
Neoscona laglaizei (Simon, 1877) -- see Eriovixia
Neoscona menglunensis Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 -- see Eriovixia
Neoscona modesta (Simon, 1890) -- see Agalenatea
Neoscona nidificans (Hingston, 1932) -- see Eriophora
Neoscona orientalis (Urquhart, 1887) -- see Courtaraneus
Neoscona poonaensis Tikader & Bal, 1981 -- see Eriovixia
Neoscona redempta (Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936) -- see Ocrepeira
Neoscona rhinura (Pocock, 1899) -- see Eriovixia
Neoscona variabilis (Keyserling, 1863) -- see Alpaida
Neoscona yunnanensis Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 -- see Eriovixia
In synonymy:
Neoscona aballensis albozonata (Caporiacco, 1941, T from Araneus) = Neoscona subfusca C. L. Koch, 1837 (Grasshoff, 1986: 15)
Neoscona aballensis angustifolia (Caporiacco, 1941, T from Araneus) = Neoscona subfusca C. L. Koch, 1837 (Grasshoff, 1986: 15)
Neoscona aballensis bimaculata (Caporiacco, 1941, T from Araneus) = Neoscona subfusca C. L. Koch, 1837 (Grasshoff, 1986: 15)
Neoscona aballensis foliata (Caporiacco, 1941, T from Araneus) = Neoscona subfusca C. L. Koch, 1837 (Grasshoff, 1986: 15)
Neoscona aballensis nigricans (Caporiacco, 1941, T from Araneus) = Neoscona subfusca C. L. Koch, 1837 (Grasshoff, 1986: 15)
Neoscona aballensis subconcolor (Caporiacco, 1941, T from Araneus) = Neoscona subfusca C. L. Koch, 1837 (Grasshoff, 1986: 15)
Neoscona accentuata (Thorell, 1899, T from Araneus) = Neoscona chiarinii Pavesi, 1883 (Grasshoff, 1986: 42)
Neoscona adiantoides (Taczanowski, 1878, T from Araneus) = Neoscona oaxacensis Keyserling, 1864 (Berman & Levi, 1971: 486)
Neoscona airensis (Denis, 1955, T from Araneus) = Neoscona subfusca C. L. Koch, 1837 (Grasshoff, 1986: 15)
Neoscona albobitriangulosa Caporiacco, 1939 = Neoscona subfusca C. L. Koch, 1837 (Grasshoff, 1986: 15)
Neoscona alternidens (Schenkel, 1936, T from Araneus) = Neoscona vigilans Blackwall, 1865 (Grasshoff, 1986: 95)
Neoscona amulensis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904 = Neoscona orizabensis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904 (Berman & Levi, 1971: 484)
Neoscona annulella (Strand, 1907, T from Araneus) = Neoscona triangula Keyserling, 1864 (Grasshoff, 1980: 398, sub Afraranea)
Neoscona annulipedata (Roewer, 1942, T from Araneus) = Neoscona theisi Walckenaer, 1841 (Pocock, 1898i: 324)
Neoscona arganicola (Simon, 1909, T from Araneus) = Neoscona subfusca C. L. Koch, 1837 (Bosmans & Hervé, 2021: 58)
Neoscona arkansa Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 = Neoscona crucifera Lucas, 1838 (Berman & Levi, 1971: 480, sub N. hentzi)
Neoscona artifex (Tullgren, 1910) = Neoscona subfusca C. L. Koch, 1837 (Grasshoff, 1980: 406)
Neoscona bettoni (Pocock, 1898, T from Araneus) = Neoscona blondeli Simon, 1886 (Grasshoff, 1986: 36)
Neoscona bioculata (Thorell, 1899, T from Araneus) = Neoscona penicillipes Karsch, 1879 (Grasshoff, 1986: 78)
Neoscona blanda (Blackwall, 1865, T from Araneus) = Neoscona subfusca C. L. Koch, 1837 (Grasshoff, 1986: 15)
Neoscona cerviniventris (Simon, 1884, T from Araneus) = Neoscona triangula Keyserling, 1864 (Grasshoff, 1980: 397, sub Afraranea)
Neoscona conifera F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904 = Neoscona oaxacensis Keyserling, 1864 (Berman & Levi, 1971: 488)
Neoscona cooksoni (Butler, 1877, T from Araneus) = Neoscona oaxacensis Keyserling, 1864 (Berman & Levi, 1971: 486)
Neoscona crucifera albimaculata (Strand, 1908, T from Araneus) = Neoscona crucifera Lucas, 1838 (Grasshoff, 1986: 62)
Neoscona crucifera ladislausi (Strand, 1908, T from Araneus) = Neoscona crucifera Lucas, 1838 (Grasshoff, 1986: 62)
Neoscona crucifera ochroleucella (Strand, 1908, T from Araneus) = Neoscona crucifera Lucas, 1838 (Grasshoff, 1986: 62)
Neoscona crucifera pyramidella (Strand, 1908, T from Araneus) = Neoscona crucifera Lucas, 1838 (Grasshoff, 1986: 62)
Neoscona cruciferoides (Tullgren, 1910) = Neoscona triangula Keyserling, 1864 (Grasshoff, 1980: 398, sub Afraranea)
Neoscona danensis (Strand, 1906) = Neoscona triangula Keyserling, 1864 (Grasshoff, 1986: 84)
Neoscona distincta (Rainbow, 1897) = Neoscona theisi Walckenaer, 1841 (Pocock, 1898i: 324, sub Araneus theis)
Neoscona doenitzi (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) = Neoscona adianta Walckenaer, 1802 (Grasshoff, 1986: 118)
Neoscona dripaca Roberts, 1983 = Neoscona angulatula Schenkel, 1937 (Grasshoff, 1986: 106)
Neoscona edwardiana (Strand, 1913, T from Araneus) = Neoscona alberti Strand, 1913 (Grasshoff, 1986: 51)
Neoscona eximia Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936 = Neoscona utahana Chamberlin, 1919 (Berman & Levi, 1971: 485)
Neoscona fernandensis (Simon, 1907, T from Araneus) = Neoscona triangula Keyserling, 1864 (Grasshoff, 1986: 84)
Neoscona formicae (Tullgren, 1910, T from Araneus) = Neoscona triangula Keyserling, 1864 (Grasshoff, 1986: 84)
Neoscona gerhardti (Caporiacco, 1949, T from Araneus) = Neoscona blondeli Simon, 1886 (Grasshoff, 1986: 36)
Neoscona gisti (Chamberlin, 1924) = Neoscona scylla Karsch, 1879 (Song, 1988: 129)
Neoscona granatae (Caporiacco, 1941, T from Araneus) = Neoscona subfusca C. L. Koch, 1837 (Grasshoff, 1986: 15)
Neoscona griseomaculatus Yin & Wang, 1982 = Neoscona elliptica Tikader & Bal, 1981 (Yin et al., 1997d: 347)
Neoscona haematocnemis (Pocock, 1900) = Neoscona penicillipes Karsch, 1879 (Grasshoff, 1986: 78)
Neoscona haploscapus (Pocock, 1898, T from Araneus) = Neoscona triangula Keyserling, 1864 (Grasshoff, 1986: 84)
Neoscona hentzi (Keyserling, 1864) = Neoscona crucifera Lucas, 1838 (Grasshoff, 1986: 62)
Neoscona hoffmanni (Schenkel, 1937, T from Araneus) = Neoscona subfusca C. L. Koch, 1837 (Grasshoff, 1986: 15)
Neoscona hoggi (Rainbow, 1897) = Neoscona theisi Walckenaer, 1841 (Pocock, 1898i: 324, sub Araneus theis)
Neoscona immodesta Caporiacco, 1941 = Neoscona subfusca C. L. Koch, 1837 (Caporiacco, 1949a: 416, sub N. submodesta neumanni)
Neoscona irritans Caporiacco, 1947 = Neoscona vigilans Blackwall, 1865 (Grasshoff, 1986: 95)
Neoscona jonesi Archer, 1951 = Neoscona utahana Chamberlin, 1919 (Berman & Levi, 1971: 485)
Neoscona katangae (Giltay, 1935, T from Araneus) = Neoscona triangula Keyserling, 1864 (Grasshoff, 1986: 84)
Neoscona kersteni (Gerstaecker, 1873) = Neoscona triangula Keyserling, 1864 (Grasshoff, 1986: 84)
Neoscona kibonotensis (Tullgren, 1910, T from Araneus) = Neoscona triangula Keyserling, 1864 (Grasshoff, 1980: 398, sub Afraranea)
Neoscona koratsensis (Dönitz & Strand, 1906, T from Araneus) = Neoscona nautica L. Koch, 1875 (Yaginuma, 1955a: 17)
Neoscona lambarenensis (Simon, 1907, T from Araneus) = Neoscona rapta Thorell, 1899 (Grasshoff, 1986: 100)
Neoscona lanuginosa (Lenz, 1886, T from Araneus) = Neoscona moreli Vinson, 1863 (Grasshoff, 1986: 56)
Neoscona lapillula (Simon, 1907, T from Araneus) = Neoscona chiarinii Pavesi, 1883 (Grasshoff, 1986: 42)
Neoscona larbada Roberts, 1983 = Neoscona triangula Keyserling, 1864 (Grasshoff, 1986: 84)
Neoscona lativulva Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 = Neoscona oaxacensis Keyserling, 1864 (Berman & Levi, 1971: 488)
Neoscona leimenstolli (Strand, 1906, T from Araneus) = Neoscona penicillipes Karsch, 1879 (Grasshoff, 1986: 78)
Neoscona locuples (Butler, 1880, T from Araneus) = Neoscona triangula Keyserling, 1864 (Grasshoff, 1986: 84)
Neoscona marcuzzii (Caporiacco, 1955, T from Araneus) = Neoscona nautica L. Koch, 1875 (Berman & Levi, 1971: 498)
Neoscona marshalli (Pocock, 1898, T from Araneus) = Neoscona vigilans Blackwall, 1865 (Grasshoff, 1986: 95)
Neoscona melanopa (Gerstaecker, 1873, T from Araneus) = Neoscona triangula Keyserling, 1864 (Grasshoff, 1986: 84)
Neoscona mensamontis (Pocock, 1900, T from Araneus) = Neoscona hirta C. L. Koch, 1844 (Grasshoff, 1986: 91)
Neoscona mesonauta (Simon, 1907, T from Araneus) = Neoscona subfusca C. L. Koch, 1837 (Grasshoff, 1986: 15)
Neoscona minima F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904 = Neoscona arabesca Walckenaer, 1841 (Berman & Levi, 1971: 476)
Neoscona minoriscylla Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 = Neoscona multiplicans Chamberlin, 1924 (Song, Chen & Zhu, 1997: 1715)
Neoscona mutilata (Caporiacco, 1947, T from Araneus) = Neoscona chiarinii Pavesi, 1883 (Grasshoff, 1986: 42)
Neoscona naiba Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1929 = Neoscona oaxacensis Keyserling, 1864 (Levi, 1973: 478)
Neoscona nebraskensis Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 = Neoscona crucifera Lucas, 1838 (Berman & Levi, 1971: 480, sub N. hentzi)
Neoscona neotheis (Petrunkevitch, 1911) = Neoscona moreli Vinson, 1863 (Grasshoff, 1986: 56)
Neoscona nidicola (Franganillo, 1926, T from Cubanella) = Neoscona moreli Vinson, 1863 (Berman & Levi, 1971: 490, sub N. neotheis)
Neoscona nigrita (Thorell, 1899, T from Araneus) = Neoscona subfusca C. L. Koch, 1837 (Grasshoff, 1986: 15)
Neoscona nigrostriatus (Caporiacco, 1947, T from Araneus) = Neoscona triangula Keyserling, 1864 (Grasshoff, 1980: 398, sub Afraranea)
Neoscona nigrostriatus nigrovittatus (Caporiacco, 1947, T from Araneus) = Neoscona triangula Keyserling, 1864 (Grasshoff, 1980: 398, sub Afraranea)
Neoscona nocturnella (Roewer, 1942, T from Araneus) = Neoscona triangula Keyserling, 1864 (Grasshoff, 1980: 397, sub Afraranea)
Neoscona occidanea (Simon, 1907, T from Araneus) = Neoscona subfusca C. L. Koch, 1837 (Grasshoff, 1986: 15)
Neoscona opima (L. Koch, 1878) = Neoscona punctigera Doleschall, 1857 (Yaginuma, 1967b: 89, sub Araneus lugubris)
Neoscona pachana (Pocock, 1898, T from Araneus) = Neoscona penicillipes Karsch, 1879 (Grasshoff, 1986: 78)
Neoscona parascylla (Schenkel, 1963, T from Araneus) = Neoscona punctigera Doleschall, 1857 (Grasshoff, 1986: 117)
Neoscona parva Schmidt, 1973 = Neoscona subfusca C. L. Koch, 1837 (Grasshoff, 1986: 15)
Neoscona perplicata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) = Neoscona subfusca C. L. Koch, 1837 (Levy, 1998a: 336)
Neoscona platyparomma Caporiacco, 1939 = Neoscona triangula Keyserling, 1864 (Grasshoff, 1986: 84)
Neoscona potteri (Simon, 1901, T from Araneus) = Neoscona chiarinii Pavesi, 1883 (Grasshoff, 1986: 42)
Neoscona recta (Franganillo, 1930, T from Cubanella) = Neoscona moreli Vinson, 1863 (Berman & Levi, 1971: 491, sub N. neotheis)
Neoscona restiaria (Tullgren, 1910, T from Araneus) = Neoscona subfusca C. L. Koch, 1837 (Grasshoff, 1986: 15)
Neoscona restiaria obscura (Tullgren, 1910, T from Araneus) = Neoscona subfusca C. L. Koch, 1837 (Grasshoff, 1986: 15)
Neoscona rufofemorata (Simon, 1884, T from Afraranea) = Neoscona vigilans Blackwall, 1865 (Grasshoff, 1986: 95)
Neoscona salaeria Chamberlin, 1920 = Neoscona oaxacensis Keyserling, 1864 (Berman & Levi, 1971: 488)
Neoscona sanguipes antepicta (Strand, 1913, T from Araneus) = Neoscona penicillipes Karsch, 1879 (Grasshoff, 1986: 78)
Neoscona sanguipes constrictifascia (Strand, 1913, T from Araneus) = Neoscona penicillipes Karsch, 1879 (Grasshoff, 1986: 78)
Neoscona sanguipes decoratella (Strand, 1913, T from Araneus) = Neoscona penicillipes Karsch, 1879 (Grasshoff, 1986: 78)
Neoscona sanguipes indistinctepicta (Strand, 1913, T from Araneus) = Neoscona penicillipes Karsch, 1879 (Grasshoff, 1986: 78)
Neoscona sanguipes lanceolatella (Strand, 1913, T from Araneus) = Neoscona penicillipes Karsch, 1879 (Grasshoff, 1986: 78)
Neoscona sanguipes monotonia (Strand, 1913, T from Araneus) = Neoscona penicillipes Karsch, 1879 (Grasshoff, 1986: 78)
Neoscona sanguipes nigrofoliata (Strand, 1913, T from Araneus) = Neoscona penicillipes Karsch, 1879 (Grasshoff, 1986: 78)
Neoscona sanguipes recurvata (Strand, 1913, T from Araneus) = Neoscona penicillipes Karsch, 1879 (Grasshoff, 1986: 78)
Neoscona scylla nigromaculata (Yaginuma, 1941, T from Araneus) = Neoscona scylla Karsch, 1879 (Nishikawa, 1977c: 32)
Neoscona seca Roberts, 1983 = Neoscona moreli Vinson, 1863 (Grasshoff, 1986: 56)
Neoscona singularis (Banks, 1898, T from Araneus) = Neoscona arabesca Walckenaer, 1841 (Levi, 1991a: 180)
Neoscona slateri (Butler, 1880, T from Araneus) = Neoscona punctigera Doleschall, 1857 (Grasshoff, 1980: 403, sub Afraranea)
Neoscona sodom Levy, 1998 = Neoscona theisi Walckenaer, 1841 (Zamani, Marusik & Šestáková, 2020: 36)
Neoscona speciosissima (Roewer, 1942, T from Araneus) = Neoscona theisi Walckenaer, 1841 (Pocock, 1898i: 324)
Neoscona spenceri (Pocock, 1898, T from Araneus) = Neoscona vigilans Blackwall, 1865 (Grasshoff, 1986: 95)
Neoscona subbituberculata (Thorell, 1899, T from Araneus) = Neoscona triangula Keyserling, 1864 (Grasshoff, 1986: 84)
Neoscona submodesta (Strand, 1906, T from Araneus) = Neoscona subfusca C. L. Koch, 1837 (Grasshoff, 1986: 15)
Neoscona taruensis (Pocock, 1898, T from Araneus) = Neoscona blondeli Simon, 1886 (Grasshoff, 1986: 36)
Neoscona temeraria (Tullgren, 1910, T from Araneus) = Neoscona vigilans Blackwall, 1865 (Grasshoff, 1986: 95)
Neoscona theisi feisiana (Strand, 1911) = Neoscona theisi Walckenaer, 1841 (Nentwig et al., 2019: 34)
Neoscona triangula mensamontella (Strand, 1907) = Neoscona triangula Keyserling, 1864 (Nentwig et al., 2019: 32)
Neoscona tristimoniae (Petrunkevitch, 1911, T from Araneus) = Neoscona nautica L. Koch, 1875 (Berman & Levi, 1971: 498)
Neoscona tuckeri Caporiacco, 1949 = Neoscona alberti Strand, 1913 (Grasshoff, 1986: 51)
Neoscona tullgreni (Caporiacco, 1947, T from Araneus) = Neoscona subfusca C. L. Koch, 1837 (Grasshoff, 1986: 15)
Neoscona tullgreni obscuratus (Caporiacco, 1947, T from Araneus) = Neoscona subfusca C. L. Koch, 1837 (Grasshoff, 1986: 15)
Neoscona varians (Thorell, 1899, T from Araneus) = Neoscona penicillipes Karsch, 1879 (Grasshoff, 1986: 78)
Neoscona wiehlei Caporiacco, 1949 = Neoscona subfusca C. L. Koch, 1837 (Grasshoff, 1986: 15)
Neoscona xiquanensis Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, 2013 = Neoscona polyspinipes Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 (Lin et al., 2023a: 503)
Neoscona xizangensis Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 = Neoscona achine Simon, 1906 (Yin et al., 1997d: 364)
Homonyms replaced:
Neoscona cruciferoides (Spassky, 1952, sub Araneus) -- see Neoscona spasskyi Brignoli, 1983 Brignoli, 1983c
Neoscona nigrita fernandensis (Simon, 1907, T from Araneus) -- see Neoscona simoni Grasshoff, 1986
Nomina dubia:
Neoscona benjamina (Walckenaer, 1841: 42, f, USA, originally in Epeira) -- Berman & Levi, 1971: 477
Neoscona bomdilaensis B. Biswas & K. Biswas, 2006: 511, f. 7-10 (f, India) -- Sherwood & Caleb, 2024: 114
Neoscona mutabilis (Walckenaer, 1841: 73, f, USA, originally in Epeira) -- Berman & Levi, 1971: 480
Neoscona nigrovariata Mello-Leitão, 1941b: 258 (f, Colombia) -- Levi, 1993a: 224
Neoscona paralela Franganillo, 1931d: 44 (f, Cuba) -- Berman & Levi, 1971: 491, confirming Roewer, 1955c: 1599
Neoscona rubicunda (Walckenaer, 1841: 43, f, USA, originally in Epeira) -- Berman & Levi, 1971: 480
Neoscona rufipalpis nigrodecorata (Strand, 1908: 290, j, Togo, originally in Aranea) -- Nentwig et al., 2019: 34
Neoscona rufipalpis punctipedella (Strand, 1908e: 292, j, East Africa, originally in Aranea) -- Nentwig et al., 2019: 34
Neoscona sacra (Walckenaer, 1841: 33, mf, USA, originally in Epeira) -- Berman & Levi, 1971: 482
Neoscona vulgaris (Hentz, 1847: 469, pl. 30, f. 6, f, USA, originally in Epeira) -- Berman & Levi, 1971: 498