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Clitaetra
ClitaetraClitaetra
Clitaetra is the least known of the four currently recognised nephilid spider genera. It occurs in Africa, Madagascar and Sri Lanka, hinting to a Gondwanan origin. The split between Clitaetra and other nephilids may be as old as 160 million years....
Simon, 1889
- Clitaetra clathrata Simon, 1907 — West Africa
- Clitaetra episinoides Simon, 1889 — Comoro Islands
- Clitaetra irenae Kuntner, 2006 — South Africa
- Clitaetra perroti Simon, 1894 — Madagascar
- Clitaetra simoni Benoit, 1962 — Congo
- Clitaetra thisbe Simon, 1903 — Sri Lanka
Herennia
HerenniaHerennia
Herennia is a genus of spiders in the Nephilidae family with Australasian distribution. While two species have been known since the 19th century, nine new species were described in 2005. Spiders in this genus are sometimes called coin spiders....
Thorell, 1877
- Herennia agnarssoni Kuntner, 2005 — Solomon Islands
- Herennia deelemanae Kuntner, 2005 — Borneo
- Herennia etruscillaHerennia EtruscillaAnnia Cupressenia Herennia Etruscilla was Augusta of the Roman Empire, wife of Emperor Decius, and mother of Emperors Herennius Etruscus and Hostilian.As with most third century Roman Empresses, very little is known about her...
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 antipodiana (Walckenaer, 1842) — China, Indonesia, Philippines to New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Queensland
- Nephila clavataNephila clavataNephila clavata, also known as the , is a member of the golden orb-web spider group. The spider can be found throughout Japan except Hokkaidō, in Korea, Taiwan and China...
L. Koch, 1878 — India to Japan - Nephila clavipesNephila clavipesNephila clavipes is a species of golden orb-web spider. It lives in the warmer regions of the Americas. The large size and bright colours of the species make it distinctive...
(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 Islands
- Nephila constricta Karsch, 1879 — Tropical Africa
- Nephila cornuta (Pallas, 1772) — Guyana
- Nephila dirangensis Biswas & Biswas, 2006 — India
- Nephila edulisNephila edulisNephila edulis is a species of large spider of the Nephilidae family. It is referred to the common name edible golden silk spider or golden silk orb-weaver...
(Labillardière, 1799) — Australia, New Guinea, New Caledonia, New Zealand - Nephila fenestrata Thorell, 1859 — South Africa
- Nephila fenestrata fuelleborni Dahl, 1912 — East Africa
- Nephila fenestrata venusta (Blackwall, 1865) — West, Central Africa
- Nephila inaurataNephila inaurataThe red-legged golden orb-web spider is a species of golden orb-web spider. It lives in Southern Africa and several islands in the Indian Ocean . Like other spiders in the family Nephilidae it can weave webs so strong that sometimes even birds and bats get caught...
(Walckenaer, 1842) — Mauritius, Rodriguez, Réunion- Nephila inaurata madagascariensis (Vinson, 1863) — South Africa to Seychelles
- Nephila komaciNephila komaciNephila komaci is a species of golden orb-web spider. It is the largest web-spinning spider known. A few specimens have been found in South Africa and Madagascar.-Discovery:...
Kuntner & Coddington, 2009 — South Africa, Madagascar - Nephila kuhlii Doleschall, 1859 — India to Sulawesi
- Nephila laurinae Thorell, 1881 — China to Solomon Islands
- Nephila pakistaniensis Ghafoor & Beg, 2002 — Pakistan
- Nephila pilipesNephila pilipesNephila pilipes is a species of golden orb-web spider. It can be found in Japan, China, Vietnam, Taiwan, Singapore, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Philippines, Sri Lanka, India, Papua New Guinea, and Northern Australia. It is commonly found in primary and secondary forests and gardens...
(Fabricius, 1793) — China, Philippines to Australia- Nephila pilipes malagassa (Strand, 1907) — Madagascar
- Nephila plumipesNephila plumipesA species of spider found in Queensland, Indonesia and some Pacific Islands which exhibits extreme sexual dimorphism.As with other spiders from the Nephila genus they have a distinctive golden web....
(Latreille, 1804) — Indonesia, New Guinea, Australia, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, New Ireland - Nephila robusta Tikader, 1962 — India
- Nephila senegalensisNephila senegalensisThe spider species Nephila senegalensis is commonly known as the banded-legged golden orb-web spider. The name comes from the fact that the joints of the spider are typically coloured a golden yellow. It is common in the savannas of South Africa. Males are much smaller than females...
(Walckenaer, 1842) — West Africa to Ethiopia- Nephila senegalensis annulata (Thorell, 1859) — Namibia, South Africa
- Nephila senegalensis bragantina Brito Capello, 1867 — 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 tetragnathoides (Walckenaer, 1842) — Fiji, Tonga, Niue
- 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
NephilengysNephilengys
Nephilengys is a genus of tropical spiders of the family Nephilidae , consisting of six currently described species. They are called hermit spiders in South Africa .-Anatomy:...
L. Koch, 1872
- Nephilengys borbonicaNephilengys borbonicaNephilengys borbonica is a nephilid spider from Madagascar and nearby islands .-Anatomy:The color of the abdomen ranges from dark grey to brown or purple....
(Vinson, 1863) — Madagascar, Comoro Islands, Mascarene Islands, Seychelles, Aldabra - Nephilengys cruentataNephilengys cruentataNephilengys cruentata is a nephilid spider with a strikingly red sternum.Females reach a length of about 24 mm. The legs can be uniformly dark red or brown, or annulated. Males are about 4 mm long .-Distribution:N...
(Fabricius, 1775) — Tropical Africa, South America - Nephilengys malabarensisNephilengys malabarensisNephilengys malabarensis is a nephilid spider.Females reach a body length of about 15 mm. The legs and palp are annulated yellow and black. Male body size less than 5 mm, with mostly grey-black legs .N...
(Walckenaer, 1842) — India to China, Philippines, Japan, Ambon - Nephilengys papuanaNephilengys papuanaNephilengys papuana is a species of nephilid spider.These animals are currently considered a population of Nephilengys malabarensis. An upcoming publication presents the case for them to be reinstated as a full species....
Thorell, 1881 — New Guinea, Queensland