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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:
Metepeira andamanensis Tikader, 1977 -- see Nephilengys
Metepeira arabesca Mello-Leitão, 1947 -- see Araneus
Metepeira aurantiifemuris Mello-Leitão, 1942 -- see Araneus
Metepeira chilensis (Nicolet, 1849) -- see Molinaranea
Metepeira citrinella (Roewer, 1942) -- see Alpaida
Metepeira delineata Mello-Leitão, 1943 -- see Araneus
Metepeira dubitata Soares & Camargo, 1948 -- see Dubiepeira
Metepeira lathyrina (Holmberg, 1875) -- see Araneus
Metepeira taperae Mello-Leitão, 1937 -- see Araneus
Metepeira uniformis (Keyserling, 1879) -- see Araneus
Metepeira vittata Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1948 -- see Aculepeira
Metepeira wiedenmeyeri Schenkel, 1953 -- see Alpaida
Metepeira workmani (Keyserling, 1884) -- see Araneus
In synonymy:
Metepeira acostai Archer, 1958 = Metepeira triangularis (Franganillo, 1930) (Piel, 2001: 63)
Metepeira bani Archer, 1965 = Metepeira triangularis (Franganillo, 1930) (Piel, 2001: 63)
Metepeira crucifera (Keyserling, 1864, T from Araneus) = Metepeira labyrinthea (Hentz, 1847) (Levi, 1977b: 196)
Metepeira dakota Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 = Metepeira grandiosa Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941 (Levi, 1977b: 212, sub Metepeira grandiosa alpina)
Metepeira dominicana Archer, 1965 = Metepeira vigilax (Keyserling, 1893) (Piel, 2001: 30)
Metepeira douglasi Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941 = Metepeira spinipes F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903 (Levi, 1977b: 198, sub Metepeira grinnelli)
Metepeira ensenada Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 = Metepeira ventura Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 (Levi, 1977b: 204)
Metepeira grandiosa alpina Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 = Metepeira grandiosa Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941 (Dondale et al., 2003: 324)
Metepeira grinnelli (Coolidge, 1910) = Metepeira spinipes F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903 (Piel, 2001: 34)
Metepeira inerma Bryant, 1945 = Metepeira datona Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 (Levi, 1977b: 208)
Metepeira josepha Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 = Metepeira crassipes Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 (Levi, 1977b: 202)
Metepeira keyserlingi (Roewer, 1942, T from Araneus) = Metepeira labyrinthea (Hentz, 1847) (Levi, 1977b: 196)
Metepeira latigyna Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 = Metepeira compsa (Chamberlin, 1916) (Piel, 2001: 48)
Metepeira nanella Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 = Metepeira foxi Gertsch & Ivie, 1936 (Levi, 1977b: 210)
Metepeira palomara Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 = Metepeira grandiosa Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941 (Levi, 1977b: 210)
Metepeira perezi Archer, 1965 = Metepeira compsa (Chamberlin, 1916) (Piel, 2001: 48)
Metepeira salei (Keyserling, 1864) = Metepeira incrassata F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903 (Piel, 2001: 68)
Metepeira santa (Chamberlin, 1916) = Metepeira glomerabilis (Keyserling, 1892) (Piel, 2001: 28)
Metepeira seditiosa (Keyserling, 1893) = Metepeira gressa (Keyserling, 1892) (Piel, 2001: 54)
Metepeira solitudinis (Holmberg, 1881, T from Araneus) = Metepeira labyrinthea (Hentz, 1847) (Mello-Leitão, 1933b: 39)
Metepeira vaurieorum Archer, 1965 = Metepeira compsa (Chamberlin, 1916) (Piel, 2001: 48)
Metepeira virginensis Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 = Metepeira compsa (Chamberlin, 1916) (Piel, 2001: 48)
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