N.B.: described as a subgenus of Nephila Leach, 1815, elevated to genus by Kuntner et al., 2019: 557; for the current familial placement see the note at the family; Chondronephila Dahl, 1911: 275 (see also Dahl, 1912a: 61) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06280] (type Nephila turneri Blackwall, 1833), Cyphonephila Dahl, 1911: 275 (see also Dahl, 1912a: 59) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06281] (type Aranea plumipes Latreille, 1804), Zeugonephila Dahl, 1911: 276 (see also Dahl, 1912a: 56) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06282] (type Epeira inaurata Walckenaer, 1841), Lionephila Dahl, 1911: 276 (see also Dahl, 1912a: 68) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06283] (type Nephila sumptuosa Gerstaecker, 1873) and Dasynephila Dahl, 1912a: 63, [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06284] (type Nephila fenestrata Thorell, 1859) were described as subgenera of Nephila and transferred to Trichonephila by Kuntner et al., 2019: 557 (by transfer of their type species); considered a senior synonym of Heterargiope Kishida, 1936a: 19 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05234] (type Argiope maja Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 = Trichonephila clavata (L. Koch, 1878)) by Jäger, 2012c: 315 (sub Nephila, by transfer of the type species).

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Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-06-17	Nota bene edited		Old value
2024-02-08	Nota bene edited		Old value
2024-02-08	Nota bene edited		Old value
2024-02-08	Genus transferred to other family	Hormiga et al., 2023		Trichonephila Dahl, 1911 transferred to Araneidae
2023-08-27	Nota bene edited		Old value
2023-08-08	Nota bene edited		Old value
2023-08-08	Genus transferred to other family	Kuntner et al., 2023		Trichonephila Dahl, 1911 transferred to Nephilidae
2022-05-29	Nota bene edited		Old value
2019-06-15	Nota bene edited		Old value
2019-06-15	New genus inserted	Dahl, 1911