type Molinaranea molinai Mello-Leitão, 1940; gender feminine; syn. of Molinaranea magellanica (Walckenaer, 1847)

N.B.: implicitly revalidated by Levi, 1991a: 177, contra Archer, 1951a: 21, who regarded it as a junior synonym of Eriophora, and Archer, 1963: 25, who regarded it as a junior synonym of Parawixia, and Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1963: 107, who regarded it as a junior synonym of Araneus.

Transferred to other genera:
Molinaranea albisecta (Mello-Leitão, 1936) -- see Ocrepeira
Molinaranea setosa Mello-Leitão, 1948 -- see Parawixia

In synonymy:
Molinaranea affinis (Nicolet, 1849, T from Epeira = Araneus) = Molinaranea magellanica (Walckenaer, 1847) (Levi, 2001: 451).
Molinaranea affinitata (Roewer, 1942, T from Parawixia) = Molinaranea magellanica (Walckenaer, 1847) (Levi, 2001: 451).
Molinaranea aysenensis (Tullgren, 1902) = Molinaranea clymene (Nicolet, 1849) (Levi, 2001: 456).
Molinaranea chilensis (Nicolet, 1849) = Molinaranea magellanica (Walckenaer, 1847) (Levi, 2001: 451).
Molinaranea cinaberina (Nicolet, 1849) = Molinaranea magellanica (Walckenaer, 1847) (Levi, 2001: 451).
Molinaranea cinaberina tigrina (Archer, 1963) = Molinaranea magellanica (Walckenaer, 1847) (Levi, 2001: 451).
Molinaranea dorsalis (Nicolet, 1849, T from Epeira = Araneus) = Molinaranea magellanica (Walckenaer, 1847) (Levi, 2001: 451).
Molinaranea dorsatula (Roewer, 1942, T from Parawixia) = Molinaranea magellanica (Walckenaer, 1847) (Levi, 2001: 451).
Molinaranea erudita (Nicolet, 1849, T from Epeira) = Molinaranea clymene (Nicolet, 1849) (Simon, 1904e: 95, sub Araneus).
Molinaranea flaviventris (Nicolet, 1849, T from Araneus) = Molinaranea magellanica (Walckenaer, 1847) (Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1963: 107, sub Araneus cinnabarinus).
Molinaranea globiger (Hogg, 1913, T from Araneus) = Molinaranea magellanica (Walckenaer, 1847) (Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1974: 86, sub Araneus cinnabarinus).
Molinaranea hispida (Nicolet, 1849, T from Epeira) = Molinaranea clymene (Nicolet, 1849) (Simon, 1904e: 95, sub Araneus).
Molinaranea inflata (Nicolet, 1849, T from Epeira) = Molinaranea clymene (Nicolet, 1849) (Simon, 1904e: 95, sub Araneus).
Molinaranea molinai Mello-Leitão, 1940 = Molinaranea magellanica (Walckenaer, 1847) (Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1963: 107, sub Araneus cinnabarinus).
Molinaranea naevia (Nicolet, 1849, T from Parawixia) = Molinaranea magellanica (Walckenaer, 1847) (Levi, 2001: 451).
Molinaranea nigrata (Nicolet, 1849, T from Epeira) = Molinaranea clymene (Nicolet, 1849) (Simon, 1904e: 95, sub Araneus).
Molinaranea obliterata (Nicolet, 1849, T from Parawixia) = Molinaranea magellanica (Walckenaer, 1847) (Levi, 2001: 451).
Molinaranea patagonica (Tullgren, 1901) = Molinaranea magellanica (Walckenaer, 1847) (Levi, 2001: 451).
Molinaranea quadrimaculata (Nicolet, 1849, T from Epeira = Araneus) = Molinaranea magellanica (Walckenaer, 1847) (Levi, 2001: 451).
Molinaranea quadrimaculosa (Roewer, 1942, T from Araneus) = Molinaranea magellanica (Walckenaer, 1847) (Archer, 1963: 25, sub Parawixia flaviventris).
Molinaranea quadripunctata (Nicolet, 1849, T from Epeira = Araneus) = Molinaranea magellanica (Walckenaer, 1847) (Levi, 2001: 451).
Molinaranea quadripunctatula (Roewer, 1942, T from Araneus) = Molinaranea magellanica (Walckenaer, 1847) (Levi, 2001: 451).
Molinaranea thalia (Nicolet, 1849, T from Epeira) = Molinaranea clymene (Nicolet, 1849) (Simon, 1904e: 95, sub Araneus).
Molinaranea valdiviensis (Nicolet, 1849, T from Araneus) = Molinaranea clymene (Nicolet, 1849) (Levi, 2001: 456).
Molinaranea vallentini (Hogg, 1913, T from Araneus) = Molinaranea magellanica (Walckenaer, 1847) (Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1974: 86, sub Araneus cinnabarinus).
Molinaranea wagenknechti (Mello-Leitão, 1940, T from Eriophora) = Molinaranea magellanica (Walckenaer, 1847) (Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1963: 107, sub Araneus cinnabarinus).

Epeira clymene Nicolet, 1849: 503 (Df).
Epeira thalia Nicolet, 1849: 503 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061201].
Epeira nigrata Nicolet, 1849: 504 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016659].
Epeira inflata Nicolet, 1849: 504 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061202].
Epeira erudita Nicolet, 1849: 505 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061203].
Epeira hispida Nicolet, 1849: 505 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061204].
Epeira valdiviensis Nicolet, 1849: 506 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061198].
Araneus clymene Simon, 1895a: 802.
Araneus aysenensis Tullgren, 1902: 32, pl. 3, f. 4 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016654].
Araneus clymene Simon, 1904e: 95 (S of Epeira erudita, E. hispida, E. inflata, E. nigrata and E. thalia; confirmed by Levi, 2001: 456: "I will follow the first reviser, Simon (1904), in the use of the old names").
Parawixia clymene Archer, 1963: 23 (T from Araneus).
Parawixia clymene nigrata Archer, 1963: 24 (placed as subspecies, not recognized by Levi, 2001: 456).
Parawixia aysenensis Archer, 1963: 25 (T from Araneus).
Molinaranea aysenensis Levi, 1991a: 177 (T from Parawixia).
Molinaranea clymene Levi, 1991a: 179 (T from Parawixia).
Molinaranea clymene Levi, 2001: 456, f. 23-32, pl. 1A (f, Dm, S of Araneus valdiviensis, Molinaranea aysenensis and confirmed the synonymies by Simon, 1904e: 95).

Molinaranea fernandez Levi, 2001: 458, f. 40-47 (Dmf).

Epeira magellanica Walckenaer, 1847a: 467 (Df).
Epeira chilensis Nicolet, 1849: 487 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016655].
Epeira cinaberina Nicolet, 1849: 490, pl. 5, f. 9 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016656].
Epeira flaviventris Nicolet, 1849: 494 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061191].
Epeira quadripunctata Nicolet, 1849: 495 (Df; preoccupied by Linnaeus, 1758, sub Aranea, see Scotophaeus quadripunctatus) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061205].
Epeira obliterata Nicolet, 1849: 496 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061195].
Epeira affinis Nicolet, 1849: 498 (Df; preoccupied by Blackwell, 1846, see Larinioides cornutus) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061206].
Epeira naevia Nicolet, 1849: 499 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061194].
Epeira dorsalis Nicolet, 1849: 499 (Df; preoccupied by Fabricius, 1775, sub Aranea, see Pardosa lugubris) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061207].
Epeira quadrimaculata Nicolet, 1849: 507 (Df; preoccupied by De Geer, 1778, sub Aranea, see Araneus quadratus) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061208].
Epeira flaviventris Simon, 1884l: 121, pl. 3, f. 2-4 (f).
Epeira flaviventris Simon, 1887h: E10, pl. 2, f. 2 (f).
Araneus flaviventris Simon, 1901b: 19.
Araneus patagonicus Tullgren, 1901b: 218 (Dj) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016661].
Araneus chilensis Petrunkevitch, 1911: 285.
Araneus cinnaberinus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 285.
Araneus quadrimaculatus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 311.
Araneus vallentini Hogg, 1913: 37, pl. 1, f. 3 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061199].
Araneus globiger Hogg, 1913: 39, pl. 1, f. 4 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061192].
Eriophora wagenknechti Mello-Leitão, 1940g: 236, f. 24a-b (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061200].
Molinaranea molinai Mello-Leitão, 1940g: 238, f. 25a-b (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061193].
Aranea affinitata Roewer, 1942a: 836 (replacement name for Epeira affinis Nicolet, 1849) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061189].
Aranea dorsatula Roewer, 1942a: 841 (replacement name for Epeira dorsalis Nicolet, 1849) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061190].
Aranea quadrimaculosa Roewer, 1942a: 850 (replacement name for Epeira quadrimaculata Nicolet, 1849) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061196].
Aranea quadripunctatula Roewer, 1942a: 850 (replacement name for Epeira quadripunctata Nicolet, 1849) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061197].
Araneus cinnabarinus Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1963: 107 (S of Araneus flaviventris and Molinaranea molinai).
Parawixia affinitata Archer, 1963: 24 (T from Araneus).
Parawixia cinnaberina Archer, 1963: 24 (T from Araneus).
Parawixia cinnaberina tigrina Archer, 1963: 24 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016657].
Parawixia dosatula Archer, 1963: 24 (T from Araneus).
Parawixia wagenknechti Archer, 1963: 25 (T from Eriophora, S of Araneus quadrimaculosus = quadrimaculatus Nicolet, Eriophora wagenknechti and Molinaranea molinai).
Parawixia flaviventris Archer, 1963: 25 (T from Araneus).
Parawixia obliterata Archer, 1963: 25 (T from Araneus).
Parawixia naevia Archer, 1963: 25 (T from Araneus).
Metepeira chilensis Archer, 1963: 26 (T from Araneus).
Araneus cinnabarinus Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1974: 86, f. 43-46 (mf, S of Araneus globiger and A. vallentini).
Molinaranea chilensis Levi, 1991a: 178 (T from Metepeira).
Molinaranea patagonica Levi, 1991a: 178 (T from Araneus).
Molinaranea cinaberina Levi, 1991a: 179 (T from Parawixia).
Molinaranea magellanica Levi, 2001: 451, f. 1-22, pl. 1B-D (mf, S of Molinaranea chilensis, M. cinaberina, M. c. tigrina, M. dorsatula = dorsalis Nicolet, M. naevia, M. obliterata, M. patagonica, M. quadripunctatula = quadripunctata Nicolet, Parawixia affinitata = affinis Nicolet and P. naevia).
Molinaranea magellanica Levi, 2002: 543, f. 123, 125, 296 (mf).

Araneus mammiferus Tullgren, 1902: 34, pl. 3, f. 5 (Df).
Lariniacantha mammifera Archer, 1963: 26 (T from Araneus).
Molinaranea mammifera Levi, 1991a: 178 (T from Lariniacantha = Alpaida).
Molinaranea mammifera Levi, 2001: 461, f. 66-73 (f, Dm).

Araneus phaethontis Simon, 1896e: 67 (Df).
Molinaranea phaethontis Levi, 1991a: 178 (T from Araneus).
Molinaranea phaethontis Levi, 2001: 460, f. 56-65 (f, Dm).

Araneus surculorum Simon, 1896e: 67 (Df).
Molinaranea surculorum Levi, 1991a: 178 (T from Araneus).
Molinaranea surculora Levi, 2001: 458, f. 48-55 (f, Dm).

Molinaranea vildav Levi, 2001: 457, f. 33-39 (Dmf).