This page lists all described species of the spider family Nephilidae as of Sept. 27, 2013.
Clitaetra Simon, 1889
Clitaetra clathrata Simon, 1907 — West Africa
Clitaetra episinoides Simon, 1889 — Comoro Islands
Clitaetra irenae Kuntner, 2006 — South Africa
Clitaetra perroti Simon, 1894 — Madagascar
Clitaetra simoni Benoit, 1962 — Congo
Clitaetra thisbe Simon, 1903 — Sri Lanka
Herennia Thorell, 1877
Herennia agnarssoni Kuntner, 2005 — Solomon Islands
Herennia deelemanae Kuntner, 2005 — Borneo
Herennia etruscilla Kuntner, 2005 — Java
Herennia gagamba Kuntner, 2005 — Philippines
Herennia jernej Kuntner, 2005 — Sumatra
Herennia milleri Kuntner, 2005 — New Guinea, New Britain
Herennia multipuncta (Doleschall, 1859) — India to China, Borneo, Sulawesi
Herennia oz Kuntner, 2005 — Northern Territory
Herennia papuana Thorell, 1881 — New Guinea
Herennia sonja Kuntner, 2005 — Kalimantan, Sulawesi
Herennia tone Kuntner, 2005 — Philippines
Nephila Leach, 1815
Nephila antipodiana (Walckenaer, 1841) — China, Philippines to New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Queensland
Nephila clavata L. Koch, 1878 — India to Japan
Nephila clavata caerulescens Ono, 2011 — Japan
Nephila clavipes (Linnaeus, 1767) — USA to Argentina, São Tomé
Nephila clavipes fasciculata (De Geer, 1778) — USA to Argentina
Nephila clavipes vespucea (Walckenaer, 1841) — Argentina
Nephila comorana Strand, 1916 — Comoro Islands
Nephila constricta Karsch, 1879 — Tropical Africa
Nephila cornuta (Pallas, 1772) — Guyana
Nephila dirangensis Biswas & Biswas, 2006 — India
Nephila edulis (Labillardière, 1799) — Australia, New Guinea, New Caledonia, New Zealand
Nephila fenestrata Thorell, 1859 — South Africa
Nephila fenestrata fuelleborni Dahl, 1912 — East Africa
Nephila fenestrata venusta (Blackwall, 1865) — West, Central Africa
Nephila inaurata (Walckenaer, 1841) — Mauritius, Rodriguez, Réunion
Nephila inaurata madagascariensis (Vinson, 1863) — South Africa to Seychelles
Nephila komaci Kuntner & Coddington, 2009 — South Africa, Madagascar
Nephila kuhlii (Doleschall, 1859) — India to Sulawesi
Nephila laurinae Thorell, 1881 — China to Solomon Islands
Nephila pakistaniensis Ghafoor & Beg, 2002 — Pakistan
Nephila pilipes (Fabricius, 1793) — India to China, Philippines, northeastern Australia
Nephila pilipes malagassa (Strand, 1907) — Madagascar
Nephila plumipes (Latreille, 1804) — Indonesia, New Guinea, Australia, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, New Ireland
Nephila robusta Tikader, 1962 — India
Nephila senegalensis (Walckenaer, 1841) — West Africa to Ethiopia
Nephila senegalensis annulata (Thorell, 1859) — Namibia, South Africa
Nephila senegalensis bragantina Brito Capello, 1867 — Central Africa
Nephila senegalensis hildebrandti Dahl, 1912 — Madagascar
Nephila senegalensis huebneri Dahl, 1912 — East Africa
Nephila senegalensis keyserlingi (Blackwall, 1865) — Congo, East Africa
Nephila senegalensis nyikae Pocock, 1898 — East Africa
Nephila senegalensis schweinfurthi Simon, 1890 — Yemen
Nephila sexpunctata Giebel, 1867 — Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
Nephila sumptuosa Gerstäcker, 1873 — East Africa, Socotra
Nephila tetragnathoides (Walckenaer, 1841) — Fiji, Tonga, Niue
Nephila turneri Blackwall, 1833 — West, Central Africa
Nephila turneri orientalis Benoit, 1964 — Central, East Africa
Nephila vitiana (Walckenaer, 1847) — Indonesia, Sulawesi, to Fiji, Tonga
Nephilengys L. Koch, 1872
Nephilengys malabarensis (Walckenaer, 1841) — India to China, Philippines, Japan, Ambon
Nephilengys papuana Thorell, 1881 — New Guinea, Queensland
Nephilingis Kuntner, 2013
Nephilingis borbonica (Vinson, 1863) — Réunion
Nephilingis cruentata (Fabricius, 1775) — Tropical Africa, South America
Nephilingis dodo (Kuntner & Agnarsson, 2011) — Mauritius
Nephilingis livida (Vinson, 1863) — Madagascar, Comoro Islands, Aldabra, Seychelles
