N.B.: generic name validated by ICZN Direction 104, type species designated by ICZN Opinion 2224; not a senior synonym of Alpaida O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889 (Levi, 1976: 388) or Molinaranea Mello-Leitão, 1940g: 237, type M. molinai Mello-Leitão, 1940 [=M. cinaberina (Nicolet, 1849)] (Levi, 1991a: 177, contra Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1963: 107); considered a senior synonym of Cathaistela Archer, 1958: 16, type Araneus ventricosus (L. Koch, 1878) by Yaginuma, 1959c: 28 (N.B.: spelling Catheisthela in Brignoli, 1983c: 250 is a lapsus); of Amamrotypus Archer, 1951a: 17, type A. mammatus Archer, 1951, Cambridgepeira Archer, 1951b: 2, type Araneus detrimentosus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889), Conaranea Archer, 1951b: 5, type Araneus excelsus (Banks, 1896) [=A. bispinosus (Keyserling, 1885)] (considered instead a junior synonym of Atea C. L. Koch, 1837 by Archer, 1951c: 3), Conepeira Archer, 1951b: 12, type Araneus miniatus (Walckenaer, 1841) and Neosconella F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903 (contra Archer, 1951a: 38) by Levi, 1973: 478; and of Atea C. L. Koch, 1837 by Levi, 1991a: 171, contra Grasshoff, 1976: 150; Breitling, 2019b: 23 discusses Gibbaranea, Agalenatea and Epeira might be subgenera of Araneus, while Atea is possibly a valid genus (based mainly on COI, see FAQ 7).