Species list, Checklist of Subfamily Nephilinae (Golden orb weavers) for Lesser Sunda Islands (Indonesia)

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Checklist for Subfamily Nephilinae Simon, 1894 (Golden orb weavers)
and region Lesser Sunda Islands (Indonesia)

Class	Arachnida Lamarck, 1801 Arachnids	100 303 429	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Micrura Ehrenberg, 1831	84 273 394	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Megoperculata Börner, 1902	36 202 314	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Araneae Clerck, 1757 Spider, Spiders, True Spiders	33 197 308	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Araneomorphae Smith, 1902 True Spiders	30 186 285	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Araneomorphi Smith, 1902	30 186 285	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Araneoidea Latreille, 1806	4 65 121	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866 Elongated Orb Weavers, Four-Jawed Spiders, Stretch spider	12 23	Genera Species	Taxom
Subfamily	Nephilinae Simon, 1894 Golden orb weavers, Large-jawed spiders	2 6	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Lesser Sunda Islands
2 Genera with 6 Species

Nephila Leach, 1847	Banana spiders	5	Species	Taxom
Nephilengys L. Koch, 1842	Hermit spiders	1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Lesser Sunda Islands
6 Species

Nephila kuhlii Doleschall, 1859
Nephila maculata (Fabricius, 1793)	⇒ Nephila pilipes Fabricius, 1793
Nephila pilipes Fabricius, 1793	Giant golden orb weaver
Nephila plumipes Latreille, 1804	Humped Golden Orb-weaving Spider
Nephila vitiana Walckenaer, 1847
Nephilengys malabarensis (Walckenaer, 1842)	⇒ Nephilengys papuana Tord Tamerla..., 1881

Links, sources and further information

Nephilinae at biodiversity.org.au