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Guizygiella
Guizygiella is a genus of Asian orb-weaver spiders that was first described by M. S. Zhu, J. P. Kim and D. X. Song in 1997. It was transferred from the family Tetragnathidae to Araneidae by Kallal & Hormiga in 2022.
Oarces
Oarces is a spider genus in the family Araneidae. It is the sister genus of Gnolus. Gnolus and Oarces transferred from Mimitidae by Dimitrov et al., 2012: Suppl. 1, p. 15.
Novaranea
Novaranea is a genus of South Pacific orb-weaver spiders first described by D. J. Court and Raymond Robert Forster in 1988. , it contains only two species.
Melychiopharis
Melychiopharis is a genus of South American orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895. it contains only two species, both found in Brazil.
Cnodalia
Cnodalia is a genus of Asian orb-weaver spiders first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1890.
Deione
Deione is a genus of Asian orb-weaver spiders first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1898.
Backobourkia
Backobourkia is a genus of South Pacific orb-weaver spiders first described by Volker Framenau, Nadine Dupérré, Todd Blackledge & Cor Vink in 2010. It is a common Australian spider, closely related to Eriophora and placed in the "coxal hook clade" of the Araneinae subfamily of Araneidae. Females are generally the same size among all species, but males are much smaller, suggesting male dwarfism throughout the genus. The genus name is a play on the well-known Australian idiom, "Back of Bourke", meaning very remote and beyond the limits of civilization.
Novakiella
Novakiella is a genus of South Pacific orb-weaver spiders. Previously monotypic containing the single species, Novakiella trituberculosa found in Australia and New Zealand, a second species was recognised in 2021, Novakiella boletus.
Hortophora
Hortophora is a genus of South Pacific orb-weaver spiders first described by V. W. Framenau, R. L. C. Baptista and F. S. M. Oliveira in 2021.
Chorizopesoides
Chorizopesoides is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by X. Q. Mi & C. Wang in 2018. This genus currently contains four species: