Arachnida - Araneae - Araneidae
Alternative spellings: Nephilidae, Nephilidae
Parent taxon: Araneidae according to I. L. F. Magalhaes et al. 2020
See also Dunlop et al. 2013, Kuntner et al. 2018, Patel et al. 2019, Petrunkevitch 1922, Selden et al. 2011 and Wheeler et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Anepeira, Aranea, Araneinae, Araneus, Argiope, Bararaneus, Chrysometata, Cyclososoma, Enacrosoma, Eoaraneus, Eochorizopes, Eozygiella, Eustaloides, Fossilaraneus, Gea, Hypognatha, Meditrina, Miraraneus, Mirometa, Molinaranea, Pulchellaranea, Pycnosinga, Testudinaroides, Tethneus, Zilla
Subtaxa: Eonephila Geratonephila Luxurionephila Minutunguis Nephila Palaeonephila Trichonephila
Type: Nephila
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Madagascar (1 collection)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (2)
• Eocene of Germany (2), India (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (5), United States (1: Colorado)
• Cretaceous of Myanmar (1)
Total: 14 collections including 28 occurrences