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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).
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Transferred to other genera:
Parawixia affinitata (Roewer, 1942) -- see Molinaranea
Parawixia aysenensis (Tullgren, 1902) -- see Molinaranea
Parawixia bicaudata (Nicolet, 1849) -- see Nicolepeira
Parawixia carenata (Nicolet, 1849) -- see Nicolepeira
Parawixia carenata (Nicolet, 1849) -- see Nicolepeira
Parawixia cinaberina (Nicolet, 1849) -- see Molinaranea
Parawixia clymene (Nicolet, 1849) -- see Molinaranea
Parawixia darlingtoni Bryant, 1945 -- see Ocrepeira
Parawixia dorsatula (Roewer, 1942) -- see Molinaranea
Parawixia flavifrons (Nicolet, 1849) -- see Nicolepeira
Parawixia flaviventris (Nicolet, 1849) -- see Molinaranea
Parawixia hyadesi (Simon, 1884) -- see Nicolepeira
Parawixia mastophoroides Mello-Leitão, 1942 -- see Ocrepeira
Parawixia naevia (Nicolet, 1849) -- see Molinaranea
Parawixia obliterata (Nicolet, 1849) -- see Molinaranea
Parawixia tullgreni Caporiacco, 1955 -- see Alpaida
Parawixia venustula (Keyserling, 1879) -- see Ocrepeira
Parawixia wagenknechti (Mello-Leitão, 1940) -- see Molinaranea
Parawixia zigzag Mello-Leitão, 1951 -- see Nicolepeira
In synonymy:
Parawixia aeronavis (Mello-Leitão, 1947, T from Eriophora) = Parawixia bistriata (Rengger, 1836) (Levi, 1992b: 41)
Parawixia amaurophila (Holmberg, 1876, T from Epeira) = Parawixia audax (Blackwall, 1863) (Mello-Leitão, 1933b: 42, sub Verrucosa)
Parawixia armata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) = Parawixia rigida (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) (Levi, 1992b: 32)
Parawixia bicolorata (Roewer, 1942) = Parawixia bistriata (Rengger, 1836) (Levi, 1992b: 41)
Parawixia bogoriensis (Doleschall, 1859) = Parawixia dehaani (Doleschall, 1859) (Thorell, 1895b: 170, sub Epeira)
Parawixia burmeisteri (Holmberg, 1876) = Parawixia bistriata (Rengger, 1836) (Mello-Leitão, 1944b: 321, sub Eriophora)
Parawixia caestata (Thorell, 1890) = Parawixia dehaani (Doleschall, 1859) (Thorell, 1895b: 170, sub Epeira)
Parawixia cambridgei Bryant, 1940 = Parawixia tredecimnotata F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904 (Levi, 1992b: 18)
Parawixia caputlupi (Doleschall, 1859) = Parawixia dehaani (Doleschall, 1859) (Chrysanthus, 1960: 31, sub Araneus)
Parawixia coronigera (Taczanowski, 1878) = Parawixia audax (Blackwall, 1863) (Levi, 1992b: 37)
Parawixia decemtuberculata (Caporiacco, 1955, T from Eustala) = Parawixia rimosa (Keyserling, 1892) (Levi & Santos, 2013: 223)
Parawixia dehaani pygituberculata (Strand, 1911) = Parawixia dehaani (Doleschall, 1859) (Roewer, 1938: 39, sub Aranea)
Parawixia dehaani quadripunctigera (Strand, 1911) = Parawixia dehaani (Doleschall, 1859) (Roewer, 1938: 39, sub Aranea)
Parawixia destrictoides (Strand, 1908) = Parawixia rimosa (Keyserling, 1892) (Levi, 1992b: 16)
Parawixia duodecimtuberculata (Bertkau, 1880) = Parawixia audax (Blackwall, 1863) (Keyserling, 1892: 85, sub Epeira)
Parawixia eriophoroides (Caporiacco, 1954) = Parawixia velutina (Taczanowski, 1878) (Levi, 1992b: 24)
Parawixia eumeniphila (Strand, 1916) = Parawixia audax (Blackwall, 1863) (Levi, 1992b: 37)
Parawixia hamata F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904 = Parawixia rimosa (Keyserling, 1892) (Levi, 1992b: 16)
Parawixia hodierna (Petrunkevitch, 1911, T from Araneus) = Parawixia rimosa (Keyserling, 1892) (Roewer, 1942a: 871, sub Parawixia hamata)
Parawixia horizontina (Mello-Leitão, 1917, T from Araneus) = Parawixia bistriata (Rengger, 1836) (Mello-Leitão, 1932d: 124, sub Eriophora)
Parawixia kandarensis (Thorell, 1877) = Parawixia dehaani (Doleschall, 1859) (Roewer, 1938: 38, sub Aranea)
Parawixia kochi albozonata Caporiacco, 1948 = Parawixia kochi (Taczanowski, 1873) (Levi, 1992b: 33)
Parawixia kochi maculilatera Caporiacco, 1948 = Parawixia kochi (Taczanowski, 1873) (Levi, 1992b: 33)
Parawixia kochi nigrohumeralis Caporiacco, 1948 = Parawixia kochi (Taczanowski, 1873) (Levi, 1992b: 33)
Parawixia merens (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899, T from Epeira) = Parawixia guatemalensis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 489)
Parawixia meridionalis (Keyserling, 1865) = Parawixia audax (Blackwall, 1863) (Keyserling, 1892: 85, sub Epeira)
Parawixia minas (Keyserling, 1892) = Parawixia kochi (Taczanowski, 1873) (Levi, 1992b: 33)
Parawixia moraballii (Hingston, 1932, T from Cyclosa) = Parawixia kochi (Taczanowski, 1873) (Levi, 1995b: 209)
Parawixia nordenskioldi (Tullgren, 1905) = Parawixia bistriata (Rengger, 1836) (Levi, 1992b: 41)
Parawixia porvenir Levi, 1992 = Parawixia carimagua (Levi, 1991) (Cabra-García & Hormiga, 2020: 1107)
Parawixia rivalis (Keyserling, 1892, T from Araneus) = Parawixia rigida (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) (Levi, 1992b: 32)
Parawixia rugosa (Badcock, 1932) = Parawixia audax (Blackwall, 1863) (Levi, 1992b: 37)
Parawixia sermonifera (Mello-Leitão, 1932) = Parawixia bistriata (Rengger, 1836) (Levi, 1992b: 41)
Parawixia setosa (Mello-Leitão, 1948) = Parawixia kochi (Taczanowski, 1873) (Levi, 1992b: 33)
Parawixia socialis (Rengger, 1836, T from Epeira) = Parawixia bistriata (Rengger, 1836) (Petrunkevitch, 1911: 282, sub Araneus)
Parawixia spectabilis (Doleschall, 1859) = Parawixia dehaani (Doleschall, 1859) (Roewer, 1938: 38, sub Aranea)
Parawixia submucronata (Simon, 1887) = Parawixia dehaani (Doleschall, 1859) (Thorell, 1895b: 170, sub Epeira)
Parawixia tuberculata (Hingston, 1932, T from Cyclosa) = Parawixia kochi (Taczanowski, 1873) (Levi, 1995b: 209)
Nomina dubia:
Parawixia advena (Petrunkevitch, 1911: 277, sub Araneus, new name for Epeira adianta Nicolet, 1849: 488, f, Chile) -- Levi, 1991a: 181
Parawixia immunda (Nicolet, 1849: 510, f, Chile, originally in Epeira) -- Levi, 1991a: 181
Parawixia paraopeba (Mello-Leitão, 1917a: 92, f. 10a-b, f, Brazil, originally in Araneus) -- Levi, 1992b: 41
Parawixia ribeiroi (Mello-Leitão, 1917a: 89, f. 11-12, f, Brazil, originally in Araneus) -- Levi, 1992b: 37
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