Trichonephila
Trichonephila is a genus of orb-weaver spiders that was first described by Friedrich Dahl in 1911.Species
it contains twelve species and fourteen subspecies, found in Africa, Oceania, Asia, and over all The Americas:
- Trichonephila antipodiana – China, Philippines to New Guinea, Solomon Is., Australia
- Trichonephila clavata – India to Japan
- *Trichonephila c. caerulescens – Japan
- Trichonephila clavipes – USA to Argentina. Introduced to São Tomé and Príncipe
- *Trichonephila c. fasciculata – USA to Argentina
- *Trichonephila c. vespucea – Argentina
- Trichonephila edulis – Australia, New Guinea, New Caledonia, New Zealand
- Trichonephila fenestrata – South Africa
- *Trichonephila f. fuelleborni – East Africa
- *Trichonephila f. venusta – West, Central Africa
- Trichonephila inaurata – Mauritius, Réunion
- *Trichonephila i. madagascariensis – South Africa to Seychelles
- Trichonephila komaci – South Africa, Madagascar
- Trichonephila plumipes – Indonesia, New Guinea, Australia, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Solomon Is., New Ireland
- Trichonephila senegalensis – West Africa to Ethiopia
- *Trichonephila s. annulata – Namibia, South Africa
- *Trichonephila s. bragantina – Central Africa
- *Trichonephila s. hildebrandti – Madagascar
- *Trichonephila s. huebneri – East Africa
- *Trichonephila s. keyserlingi – Congo, East Africa
- *Trichonephila s. nyikae – East Africa
- *Trichonephila s. schweinfurthi – Yemen
- Trichonephila sexpunctata – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
- Trichonephila sumptuosa – East Africa, Yemen
- Trichonephila turneri – West, Central Africa
- *Trichonephila t. orientalis – Central, East Africa