Gen.
Nephila Leach ,
1815 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01397 ]
N.B.: May be a senior synonym of Heterargiope Kishida, 1931 (see under Argiope maja); placed in Araneidae by Wunderlich, 2004g: 960; transferred from Tetragnathidae to Nephilidae by Kuntner, 2006: 24; transferred from Nephilidae to Araneidae by Dimitrov et al., 2017: 245; for the familial placement see also the note at the family.
Status:
accepted
Last updated
2020-11-25
2020-11-25
Described in
Leach, 1815
Leach, 1815
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Species counts
| Counts | Status |
| 10 | accepted |
| 11 | synonym |
| 1 | nomen dubium |
Reference
Edit history
Leach, W. E. (1815). Zoological Miscellany; being Descriptions of New and Interesting Animals. London, 2, 1-154 (Araneae, pp. 131-134). 
| Date | Type | Reference | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-05-08 | Genus transferred to other family | Dimitrov et al., 2017 | Nephila Leach, 1815 transferred to Araneidae |