Genus Nephila Leach, 1815
Compiler and date details
May 2008 - Updated data from Harvey et al. (2007).
Type species:
Aranea maculata Fabricius, 1793 by monotypy (= Aranea pilipes Fabricius, 1793).- Chondronephila Dahl, H. 1911. Die Verbreitung der Spinnen spricht gegen ein frühere Landverbindung der Südspitzen unsrer Kontinente. Zoologischer Anzeiger 37: 270-282 [275] [as subgenus of Nephila].
Type species (included species):
Nephila fenestrata Thorell, 1859; Nephila turneri Blackwall, 1833 - Poecilonephila Dahl, H. 1911. Die Verbreitung der Spinnen spricht gegen ein frühere Landverbindung der Südspitzen unsrer Kontinente. Zoologischer Anzeiger 37: 270-282 [275] [as subgenus of Nephila].
Type species:
Nephila constricta Karsch, 1879 by monotypy. - Cyphonephila Dahl, H. 1911. Die Verbreitung der Spinnen spricht gegen ein frühere Landverbindung der Südspitzen unsrer Kontinente. Zoologischer Anzeiger 37: 270-282 [275] [as subgenus of Nephila].
Type species (included species):
Aranea plumipes Latreille, 1804; Epeira tetragnathoides Walckenaer, 1842; Epeira (Nephila) imperialis Doleschall, 1857; Nephila wallacei Thorell, 1877; Epeira antipodiana Walckenaer, 1842 - Zeugonephila Dahl, H. 1911. Die Verbreitung der Spinnen spricht gegen ein frühere Landverbindung der Südspitzen unsrer Kontinente. Zoologischer Anzeiger 37: 270-282 [276] [as subgenus of Nephila].
Type species (included species):
Epeira madagascariensis Vinson, 1863; Epeira inaurata Walckenaer, 1842 - Lionephila Dahl, H. 1911. Die Verbreitung der Spinnen spricht gegen ein frühere Landverbindung der Südspitzen unsrer Kontinente. Zoologischer Anzeiger 37: 270-282 [276] [as subgenus of Nephila].
Type species (included species):
Aranea edulis Labillardière, 1799; Nephila sumptuosa Gerstäcker, 1873; Epeira senegalensis Walckenaer, 1842; Nephila bragantina senegalensis Brito Capello, 1867; Nephila keyserlingii senegalensis Blackwall, 1865; Nephila annulata senegalensis Thorell, 1859 - Trichonephila Dahl, H. 1911. Die Verbreitung der Spinnen spricht gegen ein frühere Landverbindung der Südspitzen unsrer Kontinente. Zoologischer Anzeiger 37: 270-282 [277].
Type species (included species):
Nephila clavata L. Koch, 1878; Aranea clavipes Linnaeus, 1767 - Dasynephila Dahl, F. 1912. Seidenspinne und Spinnensiede. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 6: 1-90 [63].
Type species:
Nephila fenestrata Thorell, 1859 by monotypy. - Nothonephila Archer, A.F. 1958. Studies in the orbweaving spiders (Argiopidae). 4. American Museum Novitates 1922: 1-21 [3].
Type species:
Aranea cornuta Pallas, 1772 by monotypy.
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Ubiquitous throughout Australia.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Other Regions
Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater, Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater, Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater
General References
Harvey, M.S., Austin, A.D. & Adams, M. 2007. The systematics and biology of the spider genus Nephila (Araneae: Nephilidae) in the Australian Region). Invertebrate Systematics 21: 407-451 (diagnosis, key to species from the Australasian Region, much biological information, new synonymies)
Kuntner, M., Coddington J.A. & Hormiga, G. 2008. Phylogeny of extant nephilid orb-weaving spiders (Araneae, Nephilidae): testing morphological and ethological homologies. Cladistics 24: 147-217 (morphology, behaviour, phylogeny)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15-Oct-2020 | 20-Jun-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 15-Oct-2020 | 17-Aug-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |