type Aranea maculata Fabricius, 1793; gender feminine; syn. of Nephila pilipes (Fabricius, 1793)

N.B.: placed in the Araneidae by Wunderlich, 2004g: 960; firstly transferred from the Tetragnathidae to the Nephilidae by Kuntner, 2006: 24; for the current familial placement see also the note at the family.

Transferred to other genera:
Nephila adelaidensis Hogg, 1910 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila aerea (Hogg, 1896) -- see Trichonephila
Nephila ambigua Kulczyński, 1911 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila antipodiana (Walckenaer, 1841) -- see Trichonephila
Nephila celebesiana Strand, 1915 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila chacoensis Badcock, 1932 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila clavata Schenkel, 1963 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila clavata L. Koch, 1878 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila clavata caerulescens Ono, 2011 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila clavatoides Schenkel, 1953 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila clavipes (Linnaeus, 1767) -- see Trichonephila
Nephila clavipes fasciculata (De Geer, 1778) -- see Trichonephila
Nephila clavipes vespucea (Walckenaer, 1841) -- see Trichonephila
Nephila dolabella Thorell, 1899 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila dubia Badcock, 1932 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila edulis (Labillardière, 1799) -- see Trichonephila
Nephila eremiana Hogg, 1896 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila fenestrata Thorell, 1859 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila fenestrata fuelleborni Dahl, 1912 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila fenestrata venusta (Blackwall, 1865) -- see Trichonephila
Nephila fontanae Holmberg, 1876 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila imperatrix L. Koch, 1872 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila inaurata Canard, 1975 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila inaurata (Walckenaer, 1841) -- see Trichonephila
Nephila inaurata madagascariensis (Vinson, 1863) -- see Trichonephila
Nephila janeira (Walckenaer, 1841) -- see Trichonephila
Nephila komaci Kuntner & Coddington, 2009 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila laurinae (Strand, 1911) -- see Trichonephila
Nephila laurinae Thorell, 1881 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila maja (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) -- see Trichonephila
Nephila meridionalis Hogg, 1910 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila meridionalis Hogg, 1914 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila nigritarsis Pocock, 1900 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila picta Rainbow, 1896 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila plumipes (Latreille, 1804) -- see Trichonephila
Nephila riverai Brèthes, 1918 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila sarasinorum Merian, 1911 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila senegalensis Dahl, 1912 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila senegalensis (Walckenaer, 1841) -- see Trichonephila
Nephila senegalensis annulata (Thorell, 1859) -- see Trichonephila
Nephila senegalensis bragantina Brito Capello, 1867 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila senegalensis hildebrandti Dahl, 1912 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila senegalensis huebneri Dahl, 1912 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila senegalensis keyserlingi (Blackwall, 1865) -- see Trichonephila
Nephila senegalensis nyikae Pocock, 1898 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila senegalensis schweinfurthi Simon, 1890 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila sexpunctata Giebel, 1867 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila sulphurea Taczanowski, 1873 -- see Alpaida
Nephila sumptuosa Gerstäcker, 1873 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila thomensis Benoit, 1963 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila turneri Blackwall, 1833 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila turneri orientalis Benoit, 1964 -- see Trichonephila
Nephila vitiana (Walckenaer, 1847) -- see Trichonephila

In synonymy:
Nephila pictithorax Kulczyński, 1911 = Nephila pilipes (Fabricius, 1793) (Harvey, Austin & Adams, 2007: 423).
Nephila pilipes annulipes Thorell, 1881 = Nephila pilipes (Fabricius, 1793) (Harvey, Austin & Adams, 2007: 423).
Nephila pilipes flavornata Merian, 1911 = Nephila pilipes (Fabricius, 1793) (Harvey, Austin & Adams, 2007: 423).
Nephila pilipes hasselti (Doleschall, 1859) = Nephila pilipes (Fabricius, 1793) (Harvey, Austin & Adams, 2007: 423).
Nephila pilipes jalorensis (Simon, 1901) = Nephila pilipes (Fabricius, 1793) (Harvey, Austin & Adams, 2007: 423).
Nephila pilipes lauterbachi (Dahl, 1912) = Nephila pilipes (Fabricius, 1793) (Harvey, Austin & Adams, 2007: 423).
Nephila pilipes novaeguineae (Strand, 1906) = Nephila pilipes (Fabricius, 1793) (Harvey, Austin & Adams, 2007: 423).
Nephila pilipes piscatorum Vis, 1911 = Nephila pilipes (Fabricius, 1793) (Harvey, Austin & Adams, 2007: 423).
Nephila pilipes walckenaeri (Doleschall, 1857) = Nephila pilipes (Fabricius, 1793) (Harvey, Austin & Adams, 2007: 423).
Nephila prolixa L. Koch, 1872 (removed from S of N. plumipes) = Nephila tetragnathoides (Walckenaer, 1841) (Harvey, Austin & Adams, 2007: 434).
Nephila robusta Tikader, 1962 = Nephila pilipes (Fabricius, 1793) (Sankaran et al., 2020: 592).

Nomina dubia:
Nephila dirangensis B. Biswas & K. Biswas, 2006: 512, f. 11-13 (f, India) -- Sherwood & Caleb, 2024: 114.
Nephila pilipes malagassa Strand, 1907a: 533 (f, Madagascar) -- Nentwig et al., 2019: 41, see also Strand, 1907n: 609.

Nomen nudum:
Nephila rocheti Guérin, in Duvernoy, 1851: 239 (Ethiopia) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055995] -- Bonnet, 1958: 3083, no description.

Nephila comorana Strand, 1916d: 120 (Dmf).
Nephila comorana Schmidt & Jocqué, 1986: 206, f. 1-3 (mf).

Nephila constricta Karsch, 1879e: 834, pl. 11, f. 4 (Df).
Nephila lucasi Simon, 1887a: 270 (Df).
Nephila baculigera Thorell, 1899: 36 (Dm).
Nephila constricta Dahl, 1912a: 42, 55.
Nephila constricta Kuntner, Coddington & Hormiga, 2008: 166, f. 7D-E (m).
Nephila constricta Kuntner, Coddington & Schneider, 2009: 1452, f. 1A, 4E (mf).

Aranea cornuta Pallas, 1772: 44, pl. 3, f. 13 (Df).
Aranea longimana Fabricius, 1781: 536 (Df).
Aranea longimana Olivier, 1789: 232.
Nephila cornuta F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901b: 325, pl. 7, f. 5 (f).
Nephila clavipes cornuta Dahl, 1912a: 46, 74 (S of Aranea longimana, Nephila fasciculata [revalidated by Archer, 1958: 3, see Trichonephila clavipes fasciculata] and N. sulphurea [revalidated by Levi, 1988: 482, see Alpaida sulphurea)]).
Nephila cornuta Archer, 1958: 3, f. 3-6 (f, Dm, elevated from subspecies of N. clavipes).

Epeira kuhlii Doleschall, 1859: 27, pl. 9, f. 7 (Df).
Nephila kuhlii Thorell, 1887: 150.
Nephila kuhlii Tikader, 1982a: 104, f. 198-201 (removed f from S of N. pilipes).
Nephila kuhlii Sankaran et al., 2020: 594 (specimens from India belong to N. pilipes).

Nephila pakistaniensis Ghafoor & Beg, 2002a: 526, f. 2A-D (Dmf).

Aranea longipes Fabricius, 1781: 545 (Df; preoccupied by Fuesslin, 1775).
Aranea maculata Fabricius, 1793: 424 (D, preoccupied by Olivier, 1789).
Aranea pilipes Fabricius, 1793: 425 (Df).
Aranea sebae Walckenaer, 1805: 55.
Epeira chrysogaster Walckenaer, 1805: 53 (D).
Nephila maculata Leach, 1815: 134, pl. 110 (f).
Nephila fuscipes C. L. Koch, 1839a: 136, f. 528 (Df).
Epeira chrysogaster Walckenaer, 1841: 92 (Df).
Epeira fuscipes Walckenaer, 1841: 97.
Epeira doreyana Walckenaer, 1841: 100 (Df).
Epeira caliginosa Walckenaer, 1841: 100 (Df).
Nephila ornata Adams, 1847: 291 (Df).
Epeira penicillum Doleschall, 1857: 413 (Df).
Epeira walckenaeri Doleschall, 1857: 413 (Df).
Epeira hasseltii Doleschall, 1859: 27, pl. 13, f. 5 (Df).
Epeira chrysogaster Doleschall, 1859: 27, pl. 14, f. 2, pl. 11, f. 2 (f).
Epeira walckenaeri Doleschall, 1859: pl. 1, f. 4, pl. 2, f. 4 (f).
Epeira harpyia Doleschall, 1859: 28, pl. 14, f. 1 (Df).
Nephila chrysogaster O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871d: 620, pl. 49, f. 3-4 (f, Dm).
Meta ornata L. Koch, 1872a: 134, pl. 11, f. 6 (j).
Nephila fuscipes L. Koch, 1872a: 156, pl. 13, f. 1 (f).
Nephila pecuniosa L. Koch, 1872a: 157, pl. 13, f. 2 (Df).
Nephila aurosa L. Koch, 1872a: 160, pl. 13, f. 4 (Df).
Nephila procera L. Koch, 1872a: 162, pl. 14, f. 1 (Df).
Nephila sulphurosa L. Koch, 1872a: 163, pl. 14, f. 2 (Df).
Nephila tenuipes L. Koch, 1872a: 165, pl. 13, f. 5 (Df).
Nephila walckenaeri Thorell, 1877b: 447.
Nephila maculata annulipes Thorell, 1881: 146 (Df).
Nephila maculata McCook, 1894: 254, pl. 23, f. 4 (f).
Nephila maculata Simon, 1894a: 755, f. 832-833 (mf).
Nephila maculata jalorensis Simon, 1901k: 58 (Dj).
Nephila maculata Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 193, pl. 11, f. 208 (f).
Nephila submaculata Strand, 1906c: 30 (Df).
Nephila maculata novae-guineae Strand, 1906d: 261 (Df).
Nephila maculata flavornata Merian, 1911: 195 (Df).
Nephila maculata piscatorum Vis, 1911: 167 (Df).
Nephila pictithorax Kulczyński, 1911c: 469, pl. 20, f. 40 (Df).
Nephila maculata Dahl, 1912a: 35, 52.
Nephila maculata lauterbachi Dahl, 1912a: 53 (Df).
Nephila maculata hasselti Hogg, 1915a: 440.
Nephila maculata walckenaeri Hogg, 1915a: 441.
Nephila maculata Saito, 1959: 117, f. 140a-d (f).
Nephila maculata Chrysanthus, 1959: 197, f. 2, 11, 24 (f).
Nephila maculata Chrysanthus, 1960: 23, f. 3-4 (m).
Nephila robusta Tikader, 1962b: 566 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013972].
Nephila maculata Wiehle, 1967b: 195, f. 51 (f).
Nephila maculata Levi, 1980a: 17, f. 16-22 (mf).
Nephila maculata Tikader, 1982a: 97, f. 187-190 (f).
Nephila robusta Tikader, 1982a: 100, f. 191-194 (f).
Nephila maculata Wunderlich, 1986: 197, f. 163 (m).
Nephila maculata Song, 1987: 174, f. 134 (mf).
Nephila pilipes Barrion et al., 1988b: 248, f. 1, 2a-e (f).
Nephila maculata Hu & Wu, 1989: 106, f. 81.1-3 (mf).
Nephila maculata Chikuni, 1989b: 80, f. 52 (mf).
Nephila maculata Feng, 1990: 97, f. 72.1-5 (mf).
Nephila maculata Chen & Zhang, 1991: 111, f. 105.1-4 (mf).
Nephila maculata Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 560, f. 346a-c, 347a-e (mf).
Nephila pilipes Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 217, f. 124Q-R, 125E (mf).
Nephila pilipes Song, Zhu & Chen, 2001: 168, f. 98A-C (mf).
Nephila pilipes Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003: 82, f. 34A-F, 35A-C, pl. VA-D (mf).
Nephila maculata Kim, 2006: 203, f. 1a-c, 2a-e (mf).
Nephila maculata Gajbe, 2007: 510, f. 266-268 (f).
Nephila pilipes Harvey, Austin & Adams, 2007: 422, f. 1-2, 4-5, 19-31 (mf, S).
Nephila pilipes Tanikawa, 2007c: 94, f. 310-315, 766-767 (mf).
Nephila pilipes Tanikawa, 2009: 404, f. 3-4 (mf).
Nephila pilipes Sen et al., 2015: 104, f. 607-611, pl. 21 (f).
Nephila pilipes Sankaran et al., 2020: 592, f. 1A-D, 2A-C,E-F, 3A-H (mf, Sf of Nephila robusta).
Nephila pilipes Ochi & Shinta, 2021: 108, f. 2-3 (m).
Nephila pilipes Jaffry, Butt & Zahra, 2024a: 426, f. 10A-G, 11A-E, 12A-D (mf).

Epeira tetragnatoides Walckenaer, 1841: 100 (Df, lapsus).
Epeira durvilla Walckenaer, 1841: 103 (Df).
Nephila prolixa L. Koch, 1872a: 149, pl. 12, f. 2 (Df).
Nephila flagellans L. Koch, 1872a: 153, pl. 12, f. 5, 5a-b, 6, 6a (mf, in part, misidentified).
Nephila tetragnathoides Dahl, 1912a: 35, 60 (S of Nephila durvilla and N. prolixa).
Nephila prolixa Strand, 1915d: 206, pl. 16, f. 49 (mf).
Nephila flagellans Gerhardt, 1921: 207, f. 18 (m).
Nephila tetragnathoides Harvey, Austin & Adams, 2007: 434, f. 47-59 (Dm, f, S of Nephila prolixa removed from S of N. plumipes [now Trichonephila], confirming Dahl, 1912a: 35).

Epeira vitiana Walckenaer, 1847a: 471 (Df).
Nephila wallacei Thorell, 1877b: 449 (Df).
Nephila piepersii Thorell, 1877b: 451 (Df).
Nephila piepersii Merian, 1911: 197, pl. 9, f. 8-9.
Nephila vitiana Dahl, 1912a: 36, 59, 61 (S of Nephila piepersii and N. wallacei).
Trichonephila vitiana Yong et al., 2021: 2 (T from Nephila; but the act is invalid for nomenclatural purposes in accordance with Article 8 of the ICZN).