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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:
Zygia C. L. Koch, 1834 = Zygiella F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902d: 15, preoccupied, replacement name)
Transferred to other genera:
Zygiella alpina (Giebel, 1867) -- see Theridion
Zygiella alpina (L. Koch, 1870) -- see Parazygiella
Zygiella aureola (Keyserling, 1884) -- see Chrysometa
Zygiella baojingensis Yin, 2002 -- see Guizygiella
Zygiella carpenteri Archer, 1951 -- see Parazygiella
Zygiella caspica (Simon, 1889) -- see Leviellus
Zygiella decolorata (Keyserling, 1893) -- see Mangora
Zygiella dispar (Kulczyński, 1885) -- see Parazygiella
Zygiella gemella (Petrunkevitch, 1911) -- see Chrysometa
Zygiella guangxiensis Zhu & Zhang, 1993 -- see Guizygiella
Zygiella guttata (Keyserling, 1880) -- see Chrysometa
Zygiella guyanensis (Keyserling, 1881) -- see Manogea
Zygiella hiramatsui Tanikawa, 2017 -- see Parazygiella
Zygiella inconveniens (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) -- see Leviellus
Zygiella indica Tikader & Bal, 1980 -- see Guizygiella
Zygiella kochi (Thorell, 1870) -- see Leviellus
Zygiella melanocephala (Taczanowski, 1873) -- see Mangora
Zygiella melanocrania (Thorell, 1887) -- see Guizygiella
Zygiella montana (C. L. Koch, 1834) -- see Parazygiella
Zygiella nadleri Heimer, 1984 -- see Guizygiella
Zygiella nawazi (Dyal, 1935) -- see Bijoaraneus
Zygiella nearctica Gertsch, 1964 -- see Parazygiella
Zygiella poriensis Levy, 1987 -- see Leviellus
Zygiella punctata (Keyserling, 1893) -- see Metazygia
Zygiella rogenhoferi (Keyserling, 1878) -- see Metazygia
Zygiella salta Yin & Gong, 1996 -- see Guizygiella
Zygiella shivui Patel & Reddy, 1990 -- see Guizygiella
Zygiella sia (Strand, 1906) -- see Yaginumia
Zygiella stroemi (Thorell, 1870) -- see Leviellus
Zygiella thorelli (Ausserer, 1871) -- see Leviellus
In synonymy:
Zygiella biologica (Chamberlin, 1925, T from Pseudometa = Chrysometa) = Zygiella x-notata (Clerck, 1757) (Levi, 1980a: 16)
Zygiella boesenbergi (Keyserling, 1878) = Zygiella x-notata (Clerck, 1757) (Levi, 1974a: 276)
Zygiella californica (Banks, 1896) = Zygiella x-notata (Clerck, 1757) (Gertsch, 1964a: 12)
Zygiella calophylla (Walckenaer, 1802) = Zygiella x-notata (Clerck, 1757) (Levi, 1974a: 271)
Zygiella canariensis Schmidt, 1977 = Zygiella minima Schmidt, 1968 (Wunderlich, 1987a: 135)
Zygiella gigans (Franganillo, 1913, T from Enoplognatha) = Zygiella x-notata (Clerck, 1757) (Méndez, 1998: 145)
Zygiella litterata (Olivier, 1789) = Zygiella x-notata (Clerck, 1757) (ICZN, 1959: 89)
Zygiella maulliniana (Mello-Leitão, 1951, T from Larinia) = Zygiella x-notata (Clerck, 1757) (Levi, 1974a: 276)
Zygiella similis (Blackwall, 1844, T from Epeira) = Zygiella x-notata (Clerck, 1757) (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874d: 474, sub Zilla)
Zygiella x-notata chelata (Franganillo, 1909) = Zygiella x-notata (Clerck, 1757) (Breitling et al., 2016b: 56)
Zygiella x-notata percechelata (Franganillo, 1909) = Zygiella x-notata (Clerck, 1757) (Breitling et al., 2016b: 56)
Nomen dubium:
Zygiella crucinotata (Pokrowsky, 1904: 300, f. 25-25a, f, Russia/Europe, originally in Zilla) -- Levi, 1974a: 271
Nomen nudum:
Zygiella pulcherrima (Zawadsky, 1902: 5, Georgia, sub Zilla) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017182] -- Mikhailov, 2013b: 113
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