List of Nephilidae species

This page lists all described species of the spider family Nephilidae as of Mar. 8, 2007.

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Clitaetra

Clitaetra Simon, 1889

• Clitaetra clathrata Simon, 1907 (West Africa)
• Clitaetra episinoides Simon, 1889 (Comoro Is.)
• Clitaetra irenae Kuntner, 2006 (South Africa)
• Clitaetra perroti Simon, 1894 (Madagascar)
• Clitaetra simoni Benoit, 1962 (Congo)
• Clitaetra thisbe Simon, 1903 (Sri Lanka)

Herennia

Herennia Thorell, 1877

• Herennia agnarssoni Kuntner, 2005 (Solomon Is.)
• Herennia deelemanae Kuntner, 2005 (Borneo)
• Herennia etruscilla Kuntner, 2005 (Java)
• Herennia gagamba Kuntner, 2005 (Philippines)
• Herennia jernej Kuntner, 2005 (Sumatra)
• Herennia milleri Kuntner, 2005 (New Guinea, New Britain)
• Herennia multipuncta (Doleschall, 1859) (India to China, Borneo, Sulawesi)
• Herennia oz Kuntner, 2005 (Northern Territory)
• Herennia papuana Thorell, 1881 (New Guinea)
• Herennia sonja Kuntner, 2005 (Kalimantan, Sulawesi)
• Herennia tone Kuntner, 2005 (Philippines)

Nephila

Nephila Leach, 1815

• Nephila adelaidensis Hogg, 1910 (South Australia)
• Nephila ambigua Kulczynski, 1911 (New Guinea)
• Nephila antipodiana (Walckenaer, 1842) (China, Philippines to New Zealand)
• Nephila celebesiana Strand, 1915 (Sulawesi)
• Nephila dirangensis Biswas & Biswas, 2006 (India)
• Nephila clavata L. Koch, 1878 (India to Japan)
• Nephila clavipes (Linnaeus, 1767) (USA to Argentina, São Tomé)
  • Nephila clavipes fasciculata (De Geer, 1778) (USA to Argentina)
  • Nephila clavipes vespucea (Walckenaer, 1842) (Argentina)
• Nephila comorana Strand, 1916 (Comoro Is.)
• Nephila cornuta (Pallas, 1772) (Guyana)
• Nephila constricta Karsch, 1879 (Tropical Africa)
• Nephila edulis (Labillardière, 1799) (Australia, New Caledonia)
• Nephila fenestrata Thorell, 1859 (South Africa)
  • Nephila fenestrata fuelleborni Dahl, 1912 (East Africa)
  • Nephila fenestrata venusta (Blackwall, 1865) (West, Central Africa)
• Nephila inaurata (Walckenaer, 1842) (Mauritius, Rodriguez, Réunion)
  • Nephila inaurata madagascariensis (Vinson, 1863) (South Africa to Seychelles)
• Nephila kuhlii Doleschall, 1859 (India to Sulawesi)
• Nephila laurinae Thorell, 1881 (China to Solomon Is.)
  • Nephila laurinae novemmecklenburgiae (Strand, 1911) (South Pacific Is.)
• Nephila meridionalis Hogg, 1910 (South Australia)
  • Nephila meridionalis hermitis Hogg, 1914 (South Australia)
• Nephila pakistaniensis Ghafoor & Beg, 2002 (Pakistan)
• Nephila pilipes (Fabricius, 1793) (China, Philippines to Australia)
  • Nephila pilipes annulipes Thorell, 1881 (Indonesia)
  • Nephila pilipes flavornata Merian, 1911 (Sulawesi)
  • Nephila pilipes hasselti (Doleschall, 1859) (Java)
  • Nephila pilipes jalorensis (Simon, 1901) (India)
  • Nephila pilipes lauterbachi (Dahl, 1912) (New Guinea)
  • Nephila pilipes malagassa (Strand, 1907) (Madagascar)
  • Nephila pilipes novaeguineae (Strand, 1906) (New Guinea)
  • Nephila pilipes piscatorum Vis, 1911 (Queensland)
  • Nephila pilipes walckenaeri (Doleschall, 1857) (Java)
• Nephila pictithorax Kulczynski, 1911 (New Guinea)
• Nephila plumipes (Latreille, 1804) (New Guinea, Australia, New Caledonia)
• Nephila robusta Tikader, 1962 (India)
• Nephila sarasinorum Merian, 1911 (Sulawesi)
• Nephila senegalensis (Walckenaer, 1842) (West Africa to Ethiopia)
  • Nephila senegalensis annulata (Thorell, 1859) (Namibia, South Africa)
  • Nephila senegalensis bragantina Brito Capello, 1886 (Central Africa)
  • Nephila senegalensis hildebrandti Dahl, 1912 (Madagascar)
  • Nephila senegalensis huebneri Dahl, 1912 (East Africa)
  • Nephila senegalensis keyserlingi (Blackwall, 1865) (Congo, East Africa)
  • Nephila senegalensis nyikae Pocock, 1898 (East Africa)
  • Nephila senegalensis schweinfurthi Simon, 1890 (Yemen)
• Nephila sexpunctata Giebel, 1867 (Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina)
• Nephila sumptuosa Gerstäcker, 1873 (East Africa, Socotra)
• Nephila tetragnatoides (Walckenaer, 1842) (Samoa, Tonga, Fiji)
• Nephila turneri Blackwall, 1833 (West, Central Africa)
  • Nephila turneri orientalis Benoit, 1964 (Central, East Africa)
• Nephila vitiana (Walckenaer, 1847) (Indonesia, Sulawesi, to Fiji, Tonga)

Nephilengys

Nephilengys L. Koch, 1872

• Nephilengys borbonica (Vinson, 1863) (Madagascar, Comoro Is., Mascarene Is., Seychelles, Aldabra)
• Nephilengys cruentata (Fabricius, 1775) (Tropical Africa, South America)
• Nephilengys malabarensis (Walckenaer, 1842) (India to China, Philippines, Japan, Ambon)
• Nephilengys papuana Thorell, 1881 (New Guinea, Queensland)

References

• The World Spider Catalog, V8.0