Nephila Leach, 1815

GENUS |   ACCEPTED

N.B.: placed in the Araneidae by Wunderlich, 2004g: 960; firstly transferred from the Tetragnathidae to the Nephilidae by Kuntner, 2006: 24; for the current familial placement see also the note at the family.

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Last updated: 2024-07-14

Species counts

ACCEPTED: 8

SYNONYM: 11

NOMEN NUDUM: 1

NOMEN DUBIUM: 2

Taxonomic Reference
Original description Leach, 1815: 133 type Aranea maculata Fabricius, 1793; gender feminine; syn. of Nephila pilipes (Fabricius, 1793)
Reference

Leach, W. E. (1815). Zoological miscellany; being descriptions of new and interesting animals. London, 2, 1-154 (Araneae, pp. 131-134). -- Show included taxa

Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2024-02-08 Nota bene edited Old value
2024-02-08 Genus transferred to other family Hormiga et al., 2023 Nephila Leach, 1815 transferred to Araneidae
2023-08-08 Nota bene edited Old value
2023-08-08 Genus transferred to other family Kuntner et al., 2023 Nephila Leach, 1815 transferred to Nephilidae
2022-05-29 Nota bene edited Old value
2019-06-15 Nota bene edited Old value
2017-05-08 Nota bene edited Old value
2017-05-08 Genus transferred to other family Dimitrov et al., 2017 Nephila Leach, 1815 transferred to Araneidae

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