Araneidae

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Faradja is a genus of Central African orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Faradja faradjensis. It was first described by M. Grasshoff in 1970, and has only been found in Middle Africa.

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Madacantha is a genus of East African orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Madacantha nossibeana. It was first described by M. Emerit in 1970, and has only been found in Madagascar.

Thelacantha (Asian spinybacked orbweaver) is a genus of orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Thelacantha brevispina. It was first described by in 1882, and has been found in Australia, Madagascar, the Indian subcontinent, and Southeast Asia, as well as parts of Japan. It has also been introduced into Hawaii. T. brevispina is closely related to those in the genus Gasteracantha and was briefly synonymized with it in 1859, but revalidated in 1974. Saito described three other Thelacantha species in 1933, which were later synonymized with T. brevispina.

Colphepeira is a genus of North American orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Colphepeira catawba. It was first described by Allan Frost Archer in 1941, and has only been found in United States and Mexico.

Heterognatha is a genus of South American orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Heterognatha chilensis. It was first described by H. Nicolet in 1849, and has only been found in Chile.

Pherenice is a genus of Central African orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Pherenice tristis. It was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1899, and has only been found in Cameroon.

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Actinacantha is a genus of Southeast Asian orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Actinacantha globulata. It was first described by Eugène Simon in 1864, and has only been described from Sumatra, Java in Indonesia.

Hypsacantha is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Hypsacantha crucimaculata. It was first described by Friedrich Dahl in 1914, and is found from Central to Southern Africa.

Friula is a genus of orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Friula wallacei. It was first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1897, and has been found only on Borneo. Pickard-Cambridge based his description and drawing on a specimen collected by Alfred Russel Wallace in Sarawak between November 1854 and January 1856. Pickard-Cambridge personally confirmed with Wallace that Wallace "was the captor of this spider, and in the locality mentioned." In 2017, the Alfred Russel Wallace Memorial Fund published a call for observations of this species, stating that no specimens of the species

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Talthybia is a genus of Asian orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Talthybia depressa. It was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1898, and has only been found in China and Myanmar.

Togacantha is a genus of orb-weaver spiders found in Africa. It is monotypic and contains the single species Togacantha nordviei. It was first described as a subgenus of Gasteracantha by Friedrich Dahl in 1914, and was later elevated to genus status. Only the female was known until a male was found and described in 1982.

Yaginumia is a genus of Asian orb-weaver spiders described by Allan Frost Archer to hold the single species, Yaginumia sia. This species was moved from Aranea to Zygiella in 1942, before moving to this genus in 1960. It has only been found in China, Korea, Taiwan, and Japan.

Lariniaria is a genus of Asian orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Lariniaria argiopiformis. It was first described by M. Grasshoff in 1970, and has only been found in Russia, China, Korea, and Japan.

Epeiroides is a genus of orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Epeiroides bahiensis. It was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1885, and has only been found in Costa Rica and Brazil.

Aspidolasius is a genus of South American orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Aspidolasius branicki. It was first described by Eugène Simon in 1887, and has been found in Colombia, Bolivia, Guyana, and Brazil.

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.

Pitharatus is a genus of Southeast Asian orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Pitharatus junghuhni. It was first described by Eugène Simon in 1895 to contain the single species moved from the now obsolete "catch-all" genus Epeira. It has only been found in Malaysia and Indonesia.

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Mahembea is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Mahembea hewitti. The species is found in Central and East Africa. It is commonly known as '''Hewitt's grass orb-web spider'''.

Spinepeira is a genus of South American orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Spinepeira schlingeri. It was first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 1995, and has only been found in Peru.

Psyllo is a genus of Central African orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Psyllo nitida. It was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1899, and has only been found in Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Actinosoma is a genus of orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Actinosoma pentacanthum. It was first described by E. L. Holmberg in 1883, and is found throughout South America, from Colombia to Argentina.

Rubrepeira is a genus of orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Rubrepeira rubronigra. It was first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 1992, found from Mexico to Brazil.

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Pseudopsyllo is a genus of Central African orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Pseudopsyllo scutigera. It was first described by Embrik Strand in 1916, and has only been found in Cameroon.

Allocyclosa is a genus of orb weaver spiders that contains only one species, Allocyclosa bifurca. It was first described in 1887 by McCook under the name Cyrtophora bifurca, and was transferred to its own genus in 1999. It is the only Cyclosa species north of Mexico to have a forked rear tip of the abdomen hence the name bifurca, Latin for "two-pronged". The forked tip of the abdomen, bearing two humps shaped like the letter M, is a defining feature in both males and females, though it is similar to features present in certain Cyrtophora species. Both sexes are a grey-green color, though only

Umbonata is a genus of Tanzanian orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Umbonata spinosissima. It was first described by M. Grasshoff in 1971 to contain the single species moved from Mangora.

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Chorizopesoides is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by X. Q. Mi & C. Wang in 2018. This genus currently contains four species:

Aetrocantha is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Aetrocantha falkensteini. It was first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1879, and has only been found in West and Central Africa.

Nemospiza conspicillata is a rare species of spider in the family Araneidae. It is the type species of the genus Nemospiza.

Megaraneus is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Megaraneus gabonensis. It was first described by R. F. Lawrence in 1968, to contain the single species originally published under the name Epeira gabonensis. It is found across several African countries and is commonly known as the Gabon Megaraneus orb-web spider.

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Poecilarcys is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Poecilarcys ditissimus. It was first described by Eugène Simon in 1895 to hold the single species moved from the now obsolete "catch-all" genus Epeira. It has only been found in Tunisia.

Sedasta is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Sedasta ferox. It was first described by Eugène Simon in 1894, and has only been found in West Africa. It was originally placed with the tangle-web spiders, and though was moved to the orb-weavers in 1985, it is still sometimes considered to be a theridiid or a long-jawed orb weaver.

Afracantha is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Afracantha camerunensis. It was first described by Friedrich Dahl in 1914, and has only been found in Africa.

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Cyrtobill is a genus of Australian orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Cyrtobill darwini. It was first described by V. W. Framenau & N. Scharff in 2009, and has only been found in Australia.

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