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N.B.: family name and authorship as per ICZN, 2009 Opinion 2224, after application by Kluge, 2007; Arkyinae L. Koch, 1872 (genera Arkys Walckenaer, 1837 and Demadiana Strand, 1929) elevated to Arkyidae by Dimitrov et al., 2017: 244; monophyly of Araneidae stated by Kallal et al., 2018: 138; Nephilinae Simon, 1894 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0111] elevated to family and relimited by Kuntner, 2006: 24, re-synonymized with Araneidae by Dimitrov et al., 2017: 244; Nephilinae and Phonognathinae Simon, 1894 (Simon, 1894a: 746 as Phonognatheae), the valid name for Zygiellinae Simon, 1929 sensu Wunderlich, 2004f, elevated to family by Kuntner et al., 2019: 563, not accepted by Scharff et al., 2020 and Kallal et al., 2020, and confirmed as family by Kuntner et al., 2023: 969-970 along with the separation of Paraplectanoididae Kuntner, Coddington, Agnarsson & Bond, 2023; Nephilinae and Phonognathinae downgraded to subfamily and Paraplectanoididae considered a synonym of Araneidae by Hormiga et al., 2023: 803; family status of Paraplectanoididae, Nephilidae and Phonognathidae revalidated by Kuntner et al., 2025: 17, 23, but not accepted here for reasons of stability; Oarcinae (Gnolus and Oarces) transferred from the Mimetidae to the Araneidae by Dimitrov et al., 2012: Suppl. 1, p. 15, re-transfer to the Mimetidae by Eskov & Marusik, 2023: 340 not accepted here (by majority vote of the WSC boards); Eskov & Marusik, 2023: 241 and Eskov & Marusik, 2024: 52 consider Zygiellidae as the valid name instead of Phonognathidae and accept the family status of Nephilidae; the status of the Nephilinae and Phonognathinae (= Zygiellidae) as subfamilies is accepted by majority vote of the WSC boards; Eskov & Marusik, 2024: 52 list ten subfamilies and tribes as valid (besides Nephilidae and Zygiellidae): Araneinae, Argiopinae Simon, 1890a: 81 (sub Argiopidae), Cyrtarachninae Simon, 1895a: 876 (sub Cyrtarachneae), Сyrtophorinae Simon, 1895a: 876 (sub Cyrtophoreae), Gasteracanthinae O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871e: 217 (sub Gasteracanthides), Micratheninae Simon, 1895a: 848 (sub Micratheneae), Guizygiellinae Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003: 42, Caerostrini Simon, 1895a: 831 (sub Cerostreae), Hypognathini Simon, 1895a: 871 (sub Hypognatheae) and Poltyini Simon, 1895a: 888 (sub Poltyeae).
Transferred to other genera:
Hypsosinga henanensis Hu, Wang & Wang, 1991 -- see Sinolinyphia
Hypsosinga ryani Mi, Li & Pham, 2023 -- see Wangaraneus
Hypsosinga zioni Mi, Li & Pham, 2023 -- see Wangaraneus
In synonymy:
Hypsosinga aenea (Kroneberg, 1875, T from Singa) = Hypsosinga pygmaea (Sundevall, 1831) (Marusik, 1989b: 43)
Hypsosinga affinis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876, T from Singa) = Hypsosinga albovittata (Westring, 1851) (Levy, 1984: 127)
Hypsosinga atra (Kulczyński, 1885, T from Singa) = Hypsosinga sanguinea (C. L. Koch, 1844) (Levi, 1972a: 242)
Hypsosinga attica (Simon, 1885) = Hypsosinga albovittata (Westring, 1851) (Hadjissarantos, 1940: 70, sub Singa)
Hypsosinga banksi (Petrunkevitch, 1911, T from Linyphia) = Hypsosinga pygmaea (Sundevall, 1831) (Levi, 1972a: 244, sub H. variabilis)
Hypsosinga cubana (Banks, 1909, T from Singa) = Hypsosinga pygmaea (Sundevall, 1831) (Levi, 1972a: 244, sub H. variabilis)
Hypsosinga distincta (Banks, 1892, T from Microneta) = Hypsosinga pygmaea (Sundevall, 1831) (Levi, 1972a: 242, sub H. variabilis)
Hypsosinga hentzi (Banks, 1907, T from Singa) = Hypsosinga rubens (Hentz, 1847) (Levi, 1972a: 250)
Hypsosinga hilgendorfi (Karsch, 1879, T from Theridion) = Hypsosinga sanguinea (C. L. Koch, 1844) (Ono, 1981c: 4)
Hypsosinga itemvarians (Bonnet, 1955, T from Araneus) = Hypsosinga pygmaea (Sundevall, 1831) (Levi, 1972a: 244, sub H. variabilis)
Hypsosinga laevisternis (Simon, 1909, T from Pronous) = Hypsosinga pygmaea (Sundevall, 1831) (Levi, 1995b: 169)
Hypsosinga linyphiformis (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) = Hypsosinga pygmaea (Sundevall, 1831) (Yaginuma, 1962c: 32, sub Singa)
Hypsosinga luzhongxiani Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, 2013 = Hypsosinga alboria Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 (Lin et al., 2023a: 502)
Hypsosinga melania (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947, T from Singa) = Hypsosinga pygmaea (Sundevall, 1831) (Levi, 1972a: 244, sub H. variabilis)
Hypsosinga modesta (Banks, 1896, T from Singa) = Hypsosinga rubens (Hentz, 1847) (Levi, 1972a: 250)
Hypsosinga nigripes (Keyserling, 1884, T from Singa) = Hypsosinga rubens (Hentz, 1847) (Levi, 1972a: 250)
Hypsosinga nigrofasciata (L. Koch, 1882) = Hypsosinga albovittata (Westring, 1851) (Denis, 1952c: 1, sub Singa)
Hypsosinga orotes (Archer, 1951, T from Singa) = Hypsosinga funebris (Keyserling, 1892) (Levi, 1972a: 246, sub H. singaeformis)
Hypsosinga quadripunctata (Kishida, 1931, T from Singa) = Hypsosinga pygmaea (Sundevall, 1831) (Ono & Ogata, 2018: 609)
Hypsosinga rufula (Simon, 1874, T from Singa) = Hypsosinga sanguinea (C. L. Koch, 1844) (Montardi et al., 2023: 15)
Hypsosinga scabristernis (Kulczyński, 1887, T from Singa) = Hypsosinga albovittata (Westring, 1851) (Thaler & Knoflach, 2003: 637)
Hypsosinga singaeformis (Scheffer, 1904) = Hypsosinga funebris (Keyserling, 1892) (Levi, 1975b: 113)
Hypsosinga theridiformis (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906, T from Singa) = Hypsosinga pygmaea (Sundevall, 1831) (Yaginuma, 1962c: 32, sub Singa)
Hypsosinga truncata (Banks, 1901, T from Singa) = Hypsosinga rubens (Hentz, 1847) (Levi, 1972a: 250)
Hypsosinga variabilis (Emerton, 1884) = Hypsosinga pygmaea (Sundevall, 1831) (Levi, 1975c: 273)
Nomen dubium:
Hypsosinga aussereri (Thorell, 1873: 456, Europe, originally in Singa) -- Montardi et al., 2023: 16
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