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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:
Plebs concinnus (Rainbow, 1900, T from Araneus) = Plebs bradleyi (Keyserling, 1887) (Joseph & Framenau, 2012: 307)
Plebs flavomaculatus (Yaginuma, 1955, T from Zilla) = Plebs sachalinensis (Saito, 1934) (Yaginuma, 1977c: 386, sub Zilla)
Plebs flavus (Zhu & Song, 1994, T from Eriophora) = Plebs sachalinensis (Saito, 1934) (Tanikawa, 2000a: 24, sub Eriophora)
Plebs migra (Zhu & Song, 1994, T from Eriophora) = Plebs astridae (Strand, 1917) (Tanikawa, 2000a: 22, sub Eriophora sagana)
Plebs pineus (Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990, T from Araneus) = Plebs sachalinensis (Saito, 1934) (Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2006a: 9, sub Eriophora)
Plebs rubripunctatus (Rainbow, 1893, T from Araneus) = Plebs eburnus (Keyserling, 1886) (Joseph & Framenau, 2012: 295)
Plebs russicus (Bakhvalov, 1981, T from Araneus) = Plebs sachalinensis (Saito, 1934) (Marusik et al., 2015: 209)
Plebs shaanxiensis (Zhu & Wang, 1994, T from Eriophora) = Plebs baotianmanensis (Hu, Wang & Wang, 1991) (Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2006a: 3, sub Eriophora)
Plebs sinuosus (Rainbow, 1893, T from Araneus) = Plebs eburnus (Keyserling, 1886) (Joseph & Framenau, 2012: 295)
Plebs tokachianus (Saito, 1934, T from Zilla) = Plebs sachalinensis (Saito, 1934) (Tanikawa, 2000a: 24, after Yaginuma, 1986, sub Eriophora)
Plebs wangi (Zhu & Song, 1994, T from Eriophora) = Plebs baotianmanensis (Hu, Wang & Wang, 1991) (Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2006a: 3, sub Eriophora)
Plebs yebongsanensis Kim, Ye & Lee, 2014 = Plebs baotianmanensis (Hu, Wang & Wang, 1991) (Lee et al., 2022a: 76)
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