World Spider Catalog

Araneidae Clerck, 1757

Family | ACCEPTED

Gen. Nephilingis Kuntner, 2013 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04122

type Aranea cruentata Fabricius, 1775; gender feminine

N.B.: described as a member of Nephilidae Simon, 1894; for the current familial placement see the note at the family.

In synonymy:

Nephilingis cruentata chiloangensis (Strand, 1919) = Nephilingis cruentata (Fabricius, 1775) (Levi & Eickstedt, 1989: 49, sub Nephilengys)

Nephilingis borbonica (Vinson, 1863) | | Reunion urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013988

Epeira borbonica Vinson, 1863: 170, 309, pl. 4, f. 1 (Df) Original description

Nephila cruentata Lenz, 1891: 180, pl. 2, f. 19 (f, Dm, misidentified)

Nephilengys cruentata borbonica Dahl, 1912a: 77

Nephilengys borbonica Benoit, 1963a: 369 (elevated from subspecies of N. cruentata)

Nephilengys borbonica Kuntner, 2007: 114, f. 13A-D, 14A-G, 15A-D, 16A-D, 17A-D (f, Sm)

Nephilengys borbonica Kuntner, Coddington & Hormiga, 2008: 167, f. 8D-G (m)

Nephilengys borbonica Kuntner, Coddington & Schneider, 2009: 1453, f. 2B (f)

Nephilengys borbonica Kuntner, Agnarsson & Gregorič, 2009: 266, f. 2A-B (mf)

Nephilengys borbonica Kuntner & Agnarsson, 2011: 486, f. 1, 4C-E, 5C-D (mf)

Nephilingis borbonica Kuntner et al., 2013: Appendix A (T from Nephilengys)

Nephilingis cruentata (Fabricius, 1775) | | Tropical Africa. Introduced to Colombia, Brazil, Paraguay, Indian Ocean Islands urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013990 TYPE SPECIES

Aranea cruentata Fabricius, 1775: 439 (Df) Original description

Epeira diadela Walckenaer, 1841: 54 (Df)

Epeira brasiliensis Walckenaer, 1841: 101 (Df)

Epeira azzara Walckenaer, 1841: 102 (Df)

Nephilengys genualis Gerstaecker, 1873: 503 (Df)

Nephila borbonica mossambicensis Karsch, 1878a: 319, pl. 1, f. 3 (Df)

Nephila brasiliensis Bertkau, 1880a: 83, pl. 2, f. 29 (f)

Nephilengys cruentata Simon, 1887a: 271

Araneus diadelus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 289

Nephilengys cruentata Dahl, 1912a: 47, 77, 79 (Dm)

Nephila cruentata chiloangensis Strand, 1918: 109 (Df)

Nephilengys cruentata Lessert, 1936: 244, f. 39 (m)

Nephilengys cruentata Schmidt & Jocqué, 1986: 209, f. 10-11 (mf)

Nephilengys cruentata Levi & Eickstedt, 1989: 48, f. 16-25 (mf, S)

Nephilengys cruentata Hormiga, Eberhard & Coddington, 1995: 323, f. 5E-F, 12A-E (m)

Nephilengys cruentata Kuntner, 2007: 109, f. 1A-H, 2A-G, 3A-D, 4A-C, 5A-D, 6A-B, 7A-D, 8A-D, 9A-D, 10A-B (mf)

Nephilengys cruentata Kuntner, Coddington & Hormiga, 2008: 167, f. 8A-C, K-M (mf)

Nephilengys cruentata Kuntner, Coddington & Schneider, 2009: 1453, f. 2D (f)

Nephilingis cruentata Kuntner et al., 2013: Appendix A (T from Nephilengys)

Nephilingis cruentata Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022f: 23, p. 22: 3 f., p. 23: 3 f. (f habitus)

Nephilingis dodo (Kuntner & Agnarsson, 2011) | | Mauritius urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043940

Nephilengys dodo Kuntner & Agnarsson, 2011: 486, f. 4F-G, 5E-F (Dmf) Original description

Nephilingis dodo Kuntner et al., 2013: Appendix A (T from Nephilengys)

Nephilingis livida (Vinson, 1863) | | Madagascar, Comoros, Mayotte, Seychelles urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043939

Epeira livida Vinson, 1863: 175, 310, pl. 14, f. 1 (Df) Original description

Nephilengys cruentata livida Dahl, 1912a: 77

Nephilengys borbonica livida Benoit, 1963a: 368 (T from subspecies of N. cruentata)

Nephilengys cruentata Saaristo, 1978: 120, f. 211-223 (mf, misidentified)

Nephilengys cruentata Roberts, 1983: 284, f. 222-224 (m, misidentified)

Nephilengys borbonica livida Schmidt & Jocqué, 1986: 209, f. 7-9 (mf)

Nephilengys borbonica Saaristo, 2010: 97, f. 18.7-18 (mf)

Nephilengys livida Kuntner & Agnarsson, 2011: 485, f. 1, 4A-B, 5A-B (removed mf from S of N. borbonica, contra Kuntner, 2007: 114)

Nephilingis livida Kuntner et al., 2013: Appendix A (T from Nephilengys)