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Taxonomy
Nephilinae was named by Simon (1894). It is extant. Its type is Nephila.
It was reranked as the family Nephilidae by Selden et al. (2011), Dunlop et al. (2013) and Kuntner et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Argiopidae by Petrunkevitch (1922); to Araneae by Selden et al. (2011); to Araneoidea by Dunlop et al. (2013); to Orbipurae by Kuntner et al. (2018); and to Araneidae by Wheeler et al. (2017), Patel et al. (2019) and Magalhaes et al. (2020).
It was reranked as the family Nephilidae by Selden et al. (2011), Dunlop et al. (2013) and Kuntner et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Argiopidae by Petrunkevitch (1922); to Araneae by Selden et al. (2011); to Araneoidea by Dunlop et al. (2013); to Orbipurae by Kuntner et al. (2018); and to Araneidae by Wheeler et al. (2017), Patel et al. (2019) and Magalhaes et al. (2020).
Subtaxa
Eonephila, Geratonephila, Luxurionephila, Minutunguis, Nephila (type genus), Palaeonephila, Trichonephila
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1894 | Nephilinae Simon |
| 1922 | Nephilinae Petrunkevitch p. 260 |
| 2011 | Nephilidae Selden et al. |
| 2013 | Nephilidae Dunlop et al. p. 159 |
| 2017 | Nephilinae Wheeler et al. |
| 2018 | Nephilidae Kuntner et al. |
| 2019 | Nephilinae Patel et al. p. 99 |
| 2020 | Nephilinae Magalhaes et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Subfm. Nephilinae Simon 1894
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G. †Eonephila Wunderlich 2004
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†Eonephila bitterfeldensis Wunderlich 2004
†Eonephila excellens Wunderlich 2004
†Eonephila longembolus Wunderlich 2004
G. Nephila Leach 1815 [golden silk orb-weaver]
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†Nephila breviembolus Wunderlich 1986
†Nephila dommeli Wunderlich 1982
†Nephila furca Wunderlich 1986
†Nephila pennatipes Scudder 1885
G. †Palaeonephila Wunderlich 2004
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†Palaeonephila brevis Wunderlich 2004
†Palaeonephila curvata Wunderlich 2004
†Palaeonephila dilitans Wunderlich 2004
†Palaeonephila fibula Wunderlich 2004
†Palaeonephila longipes Wunderlich 2004
G. Trichonephila Dahl 1911
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†Trichonephila longembolus Wunderlich 1986
†Trichonephila tenuis Wunderlich 1986
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Holocene or 99.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.5 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.5 Ma
Collections (14 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Myanmar (Kachin) | Geratonephila burmanica (123429) | |
| Ypresian | India (Rajasthan) | Nephila sp. (198876) | |
| Priabonian | Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) | Eonephila sp. (123420) Nephilidae indet., Eonephila sp., Palaeonephila sp., Eonephila excellens, Eonephila longembolus, Palaeonephila curvata, Palaeonephila fibula, Palaeonephila dilitans, Palaeonephila longipes (124318) Palaeonephila brevis (124201) Palaeonephila curvata (120812) Palaeonephila sp. (123936) | |
| Priabonian | Poland | Eonephila bitterfeldensis (120813) | |
| Priabonian | Germany (Halle) | Eonephila bitterfeldensis (129228) | |
| Priabonian | Germany | Eonephila bitterfeldensis, Luxurionephila spinifera (123769) | |
| Chadronian | USA (Colorado) | Nephila pennatipes (106384) | |
| Burdigalian - Langhian | Dominican Republic | Nephila dommeli (124224) Nephila dommeli, Nephila breviembolus, Nephila tenuis, Nephila furca, Nephila longembolus (146557) | |
| Holocene | Madagascar | Minutunguis silvestris (147603) |