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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:
Zealaranea acincta (Urquhart, 1891, T from Araneus) = Zealaranea crassa (Walckenaer, 1841) (Court & Forster, 1988: 70)
Zealaranea aestiva (Urquhart, 1893, T from Araneus) = Zealaranea trinotata (Urquhart, 1890) (Court & Forster, 1988: 72)
Zealaranea albiscutum (Urquhart, 1890, T from Araneus) = Zealaranea crassa (Walckenaer, 1841) (Court & Forster, 1988: 70)
Zealaranea albostricta (Urquhart, 1890, T from Araneus) = Zealaranea crassa (Walckenaer, 1841) (Court & Forster, 1988: 70)
Zealaranea angusticlava (Urquhart, 1893, T from Araneus) = Zealaranea crassa (Walckenaer, 1841) (Court & Forster, 1988: 70)
Zealaranea bialbimacula (Urquhart, 1887, T from Araneus) = Zealaranea crassa (Walckenaer, 1841) (Court & Forster, 1988: 70)
Zealaranea brouni olivinia (Urquhart, 1890, T from Araneus) = Zealaranea trinotata (Urquhart, 1890) (Court & Forster, 1988: 72)
Zealaranea dubitabilis (Urquhart, 1890, T from Epeira) = Zealaranea crassa (Walckenaer, 1841) (Dalmas, 1917a: 384, sub Araneus)
Zealaranea dumicola (Urquhart, 1889, T from Araneus) = Zealaranea crassa (Walckenaer, 1841) (Court & Forster, 1988: 70)
Zealaranea extuberata (L. Koch, 1871, T from Epeira) = Zealaranea crassa (Walckenaer, 1841) (Dalmas, 1917a: 384, sub Araneus)
Zealaranea guttatum (Urquhart, 1890, T from Epeira) = Zealaranea crassa (Walckenaer, 1841) (Dalmas, 1917a: 384, sub Araneus)
Zealaranea lineaacuta (Urquhart, 1887, T from Araneus) = Zealaranea crassa (Walckenaer, 1841) (Paquin et al., 2008d: 4)
Zealaranea purpurea (Urquhart, 1887, T from Araneus) = Zealaranea crassa (Walckenaer, 1841) (Court & Forster, 1988: 70)
Zealaranea similaris (Urquhart, 1891, T from Araneus) = Zealaranea crassa (Walckenaer, 1841) (Court & Forster, 1988: 70)
Zealaranea sublutius (Urquhart, 1892, T from Araneus) = Zealaranea trinotata (Urquhart, 1890) (Paquin et al., 2008d: 4)
Zealaranea undata (L. Koch, 1871, T from Epeira) = Zealaranea crassa (Walckenaer, 1841) (Dalmas, 1917a: 384, sub Araneus)
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