type Epeira multipuncta Doleschall, 1859; gender feminine

N.B.: placed in the Araneidae by Wunderlich, 2004g: 964; firstly transferred from the Tetragnathidae to the Nephilidae by Kuntner, 2006: 24 (see also Kuntner, 2005a: 391); for the current familial placement see also the note at the family.

In synonymy:
Herennia mollis Thorell, 1887 = Herennia multipuncta (Doleschall, 1859) (Kuntner, 2005a: 397).
Herennia ornatissima (Doleschall, 1859, T from Epeira) = Herennia multipuncta (Doleschall, 1859) (Thorell, 1877b: 371).
Herennia sampitana Karsch, 1880 = Herennia multipuncta (Doleschall, 1859) (Kuntner, 2005a: 397).

Herennia agnarssoni Kuntner, 2005a: 401, f. 16A-C (Df).

Herennia deelemanae Kuntner, 2005a: 402, f. 17A-C (Dmf).

Herennia etruscilla Kuntner, 2005a: 405, f. 18A-D, 19A-F, 20A-F, 21A-F, 22A-F, 23A-F, 24A-F, 25A-C, 26A-B (Dmf).

Herennia gagamba Kuntner, 2005a: 408, f. 27C-D (Df).

Herennia jernej Kuntner, 2005a: 411, f. 27E (Df).

Herennia milleri Kuntner, 2005a: 412, f. 16D-G (Df).

Epeira ornatissima Doleschall, 1859: 32, pl. 1, f. 5 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013660].
Epeira multipuncta Doleschall, 1859: 32, pl. 11, f. 1 (Df).
Epeira mammillaris Stoliczka, 1869: 236, pl. 20, f. 12 (Df).
Herennia multipuncta Thorell, 1877b: 371 (S, first reviser).
Herennia sampitana Karsch, 1880c: 381 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013662].
Herennia mollis Thorell, 1887: 166 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013659].
Herennia ornatissima Simon, 1894a: 759, f. 828, 835 (f, Dm).
Herennia ornatissima Tikader, 1982a: 106, f. 202-204 (f).
Herennia ornatissima Feng, 1990: 86, f. 61.1-6 (mf).
Herennia ornatissima Hormiga, Eberhard & Coddington, 1995: 334, f. 11A-B, E-F (m).
Herennia ornatissima Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 213, f. 120P-R (mf).
Herennia ornatissima Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003: 71, f. 31A-H, pl. IVA-D (mf).
Herennia multipuncta Kuntner, 2005a: 397, f. 1A-G, 2A-D, 3A-C, 4A-E, 5A-F, 6A-F, 7A-F, 8A-F, 9A-F, 10A-F, 11A-F, 12A-F, 13A-F, 14A-C, 15 (mf, S).
Herennia multipuncta Kuntner, Coddington & Hormiga, 2008: 168, f. 9A-E, I-L (mf).
Herennia multipuncta Kuntner, Coddington & Schneider, 2009: 1452, f. 1B, 4D (mf).
Herennia multipuncta Kuntner et al., 2009: 258, f. 1a-b (mf).
Herennia multipuncta Eberhard & Huber, 2010: 264, f. 12.13 (f).
Herennia multipuncta Álvarez-Padilla & Hormiga, 2011a: 846, f. 133F, 134E-F (f).
Herennia multipuncta Sen et al., 2015: 104, f. 601-606, pl. 21 (f).

Herennia oz Kuntner, 2005a: 413, f. 28A-C (Df).

Herennia papuana Thorell, 1881: 77 (Df).
Herennia ornatissima Chrysanthus, 1971: 41, f. 85-86 (f, misidentified).
Herennia papuana Kuntner, 2005a: 415, f. 29A-C, 30A-E (f, Dm).
Herennia papuana Kuntner, Coddington & Hormiga, 2008: 168, f. 9F-H (m).
Herennia papuana Kuntner, Coddington & Schneider, 2009: 1452, f. 1B-C (m).

Herennia sonja Kuntner, 2005a: 418, f. 27A-B (Df).

Herennia tone Kuntner, 2005a: 420, f. 31A-E (Df).