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iNephilidae
Image:Golden silk mating.jpg mating Nephila clavipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Arachnida Order: Araneae Suborder: Araneomorphae Superfamily: Araneoidea Family: Nephilidae Simon, 1894
Diversity
4 genera, 75 species
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Genera
see text

The Nephilidae are a spider family with 75 described species in four genera. They were formerly grouped in the families Araneidae and Tetragnathidae. The genus Singafrotypa was moved to Araneidae in 2002.

All nephilid genera partially renew their webs.<ref name=Kuntner2005>Kuntner, M. 2005. A revision of Herennia (Araneae, Nephilidae, Nephilinae), the Australasian ‘coin spiders’. Invertebrate Systematics 19(5):391–436. PDF</ref>

Contents 1 Distribution 2 Genera 3 See also 4 References 5 Further reading 6 External links

[edit] Distribution

Species of this family occur worldwide in the tropics.

[edit] Genera

• Clitaetra Simon, 1889 (Africa, Madagascar, Sri Lanka)
• Herennia Thorell, 1877 (South Asia, Australia)
• Nephila Leach, 1815 (Pantropical)
• Nephilengys L. Koch, 1872 (Pantropical)

[edit] See also

• List of Nephilidae species
• Spider families

[edit] References

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[edit] Further reading

• Kuntner, M. 2006. Phylogenetic systematics of the Gondwanan nephilid spider lineage Clitaetrinae (Araneae, Nephilidae). Zoologica Scripta 35(1):19-62. PDF
• Kuntner, M. & G. Hormiga. 2002. The African spider genus Singafrotypa (Araneae, Araneidae). Journal of Arachnology 30:129-139. PDF
• Kuntner, M. 2002. The placement of Perilla (Araneae, Araneidae) with comments on araneid phylogeny. Journal of Arachnology 30:281-287. PDF
• Agnarsson I. 2003a. Spider webs as habitat patches - The distribution of kleptoparasites (Argyrodes, Theridiidae) among host webs (Nephila, Tetragnathidae). Journal of Arachnology 31(3):344-349. PDF
• Nephila of Southern Africa

[edit] External links

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• Nephilidae.com: A web resource for nephilid spiders

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