In synonymy:
Afraranea Archer, 1951 = Neoscona Simon, 1864 (Grasshoff, 1986: 4, as a subgenus of Neoscona)
Chinestela Chamberlin, 1924 = Neoscona Simon, 1864 (Archer, 1958: 17)
Cubanella Franganillo, 1926 = Neoscona Simon, 1864 (Berman & Levi, 1971: 469, after Bryant, 1940: 511)

type Epeira arabesca Walckenaer, 1841; gender feminine

N.B.: type species fixed by F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 466; listed by Roewer as a synonym of Araneus Clerck, 1757, but accepted by all recent authors; considered a senior synonym of Chinestela Chamberlin, 1924a: 20 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05291] (type C. gisti Chamberlin, 1924 = Neoscona scylla (Karsch, 1879)) by Archer, 1958: 17, of Cubanella Franganillo, 1926a: 54 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05292] (type C. nidicola Franganillo, 1926 = Neoscona moreli (Vinson, 1863)) by Franganillo, 1936c: 76 (by transfer of the type species), of Afraranea Archer, 1951a: 21 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05215] (type Araneus sanguipes Thorell, 1899; but based on a misidentification by Archer of N. penicillipes) but not of Eriovixia Archer, 1951 (contra Berman & Levi, 1971: 469) by Grasshoff, 1986: 4.

Transferred to other genera:
Neoscona chasisa Zhu & Song, 1994 -- see Araneus
Neoscona enshiensis Yin & Zhao, 1994 -- see Eriovixia
Neoscona excelsus (Simon, 1889) -- see Eriovixia
Neoscona fuscocolorata (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) -- see Alenatea
Neoscona hainanensis Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 -- see Eriovixia
Neoscona laglaizei (Simon, 1877) -- see Eriovixia
Neoscona menglunensis Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 -- see Eriovixia
Neoscona modesta (Simon, 1890) -- see Agalenatea
Neoscona nidificans (Hingston, 1932) -- see Eriophora
Neoscona orientalis (Urquhart, 1887) -- see Courtaraneus
Neoscona poonaensis Tikader & Bal, 1981 -- see Eriovixia
Neoscona redempta (Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936) -- see Ocrepeira
Neoscona rhinura (Pocock, 1899) -- see Eriovixia
Neoscona variabilis (Keyserling, 1863) -- see Alpaida
Neoscona yunnanensis Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 -- see Eriovixia

In synonymy:
Neoscona aballensis albozonata (Caporiacco, 1941, T from Araneus) = Neoscona subfusca (C. L. Koch, 1837) (Grasshoff, 1986: 15).
Neoscona aballensis angustifolia (Caporiacco, 1941, T from Araneus) = Neoscona subfusca (C. L. Koch, 1837) (Grasshoff, 1986: 15).
Neoscona aballensis bimaculata (Caporiacco, 1941, T from Araneus) = Neoscona subfusca (C. L. Koch, 1837) (Grasshoff, 1986: 15).
Neoscona aballensis foliata (Caporiacco, 1941, T from Araneus) = Neoscona subfusca (C. L. Koch, 1837) (Grasshoff, 1986: 15).
Neoscona aballensis nigricans (Caporiacco, 1941, T from Araneus) = Neoscona subfusca (C. L. Koch, 1837) (Grasshoff, 1986: 15).
Neoscona aballensis subconcolor (Caporiacco, 1941, T from Araneus) = Neoscona subfusca (C. L. Koch, 1837) (Grasshoff, 1986: 15).
Neoscona accentuata (Thorell, 1899, T from Araneus) = Neoscona chiarinii (Pavesi, 1883) (Grasshoff, 1986: 42).
Neoscona adiantoides (Taczanowski, 1878, T from Araneus) = Neoscona oaxacensis (Keyserling, 1864) (Berman & Levi, 1971: 486).
Neoscona airensis (Denis, 1955, T from Araneus) = Neoscona subfusca (C. L. Koch, 1837) (Grasshoff, 1986: 15).
Neoscona albobitriangulosa Caporiacco, 1939 (T from Araneus) = Neoscona subfusca (C. L. Koch, 1837) (Grasshoff, 1986: 15).
Neoscona alternidens (Schenkel, 1936, T from Araneus) = Neoscona vigilans (Blackwall, 1865) (Grasshoff, 1986: 95).
Neoscona amulensis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904 (T from Araneus) = Neoscona orizabensis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904 (Berman & Levi, 1971: 484).
Neoscona annulella (Strand, 1907, T from Araneus) = Neoscona triangula (Keyserling, 1864) (Grasshoff, 1980: 398, sub Afraranea).
Neoscona annulipedata (Roewer, 1942, T from Araneus) = Neoscona theisi (Walckenaer, 1841) (Pocock, 1898i: 324, S omitted by Roewer).
Neoscona arganicola (Simon, 1909, T from Araneus) = Neoscona subfusca (C. L. Koch, 1837) (Bosmans & Hervé, 2021: 58).
Neoscona arkansa Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 = Neoscona crucifera (Lucas, 1838) (Berman & Levi, 1971: 480, sub N. hentzi).
Neoscona artifex (Tullgren, 1910) = Neoscona subfusca (C. L. Koch, 1837) (Grasshoff, 1980: 406).
Neoscona bettoni (Pocock, 1898, T from Araneus) = Neoscona blondeli (Simon, 1886) (Grasshoff, 1986: 36).
Neoscona bioculata (Thorell, 1899, T from Araneus) = Neoscona penicillipes (Karsch, 1879) (Grasshoff, 1986: 78).
Neoscona blanda (Blackwall, 1865, T from Araneus) = Neoscona subfusca (C. L. Koch, 1837) (Grasshoff, 1986: 15).
Neoscona cerviniventris (Simon, 1884, T from Araneus) = Neoscona triangula (Keyserling, 1864) (Grasshoff, 1980: 397, sub Afraranea).
Neoscona conifera F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904 (T from Araneus) = Neoscona oaxacensis (Keyserling, 1864) (Berman & Levi, 1971: 488).
Neoscona cooksoni (Butler, 1877, T from Araneus) = Neoscona oaxacensis (Keyserling, 1864) (Berman & Levi, 1971: 486, contra Roth & Craig, 1970: 120).
Neoscona crucifera albimaculata (Strand, 1908, T from Araneus) = Neoscona crucifera (Lucas, 1838) (Grasshoff, 1986: 62).
Neoscona crucifera ladislausi (Strand, 1908, T from Araneus) = Neoscona crucifera (Lucas, 1838) (Grasshoff, 1986: 62).
Neoscona crucifera ochroleucella (Strand, 1908, T from Araneus) = Neoscona crucifera (Lucas, 1838) (Grasshoff, 1986: 62).
Neoscona crucifera pyramidella (Strand, 1908, T from Araneus) = Neoscona crucifera (Lucas, 1838) (Grasshoff, 1986: 62).
Neoscona cruciferoides (Tullgren, 1910) = Neoscona triangula (Keyserling, 1864) (Grasshoff, 1980: 398, sub Afraranea).
Neoscona danensis (Strand, 1906) = Neoscona triangula (Keyserling, 1864) (Grasshoff, 1986: 84).
Neoscona distincta (Rainbow, 1897, T from Araneus) = Neoscona theisi (Walckenaer, 1841) (Pocock, 1898i: 324, S omitted by Roewer).
Neoscona doenitzi (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) = Neoscona adianta (Walckenaer, 1802) (Grasshoff, 1986: 118, Yaginuma, 1986c: 199).
Neoscona dripaca Roberts, 1983 = Neoscona angulatula (Schenkel, 1937) (Grasshoff, 1986: 106).
Neoscona edwardiana (Strand, 1913, T from Araneus) = Neoscona alberti (Strand, 1913) (Grasshoff, 1986: 51).
Neoscona eximia Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936 (T from Araneus) = Neoscona utahana (Chamberlin, 1919) (Berman & Levi, 1971: 485).
Neoscona fernandensis (Simon, 1907, T from Araneus) = Neoscona triangula (Keyserling, 1864) (Grasshoff, 1986: 84).
Neoscona formicae (Tullgren, 1910, T from Araneus) = Neoscona triangula (Keyserling, 1864) (Grasshoff, 1986: 84).
Neoscona gerhardti (Caporiacco, 1949, T from Araneus) = Neoscona blondeli (Simon, 1886) (Grasshoff, 1986: 36).
Neoscona gisti (Chamberlin, 1924) = Neoscona scylla (Karsch, 1879) (Song, 1988: 129).
Neoscona granatae (Caporiacco, 1941, T from Araneus) = Neoscona subfusca (C. L. Koch, 1837) (Grasshoff, 1986: 15).
Neoscona griseomaculatus Yin & Wang, 1982 = Neoscona elliptica Tikader & Bal, 1981 (Yin et al., 1997d: 347).
Neoscona haematocnemis (Pocock, 1900, removed from S of Araneus sanguipes Thorell, 1899) = Neoscona penicillipes (Karsch, 1879) (Grasshoff, 1986: 78).
Neoscona haploscapus (Pocock, 1898, T from Araneus) = Neoscona triangula (Keyserling, 1864) (Grasshoff, 1986: 84).
Neoscona hentzi (Keyserling, 1864) = Neoscona crucifera (Lucas, 1838) (Grasshoff, 1986: 62).
Neoscona hoffmanni (Schenkel, 1937, T from Araneus) = Neoscona subfusca (C. L. Koch, 1837) (Grasshoff, 1986: 15).
Neoscona hoggi (Rainbow, 1897, T from Araneus) = Neoscona theisi (Walckenaer, 1841) (Pocock, 1898i: 324, S omitted by Roewer).
Neoscona immodesta Caporiacco, 1941 = Neoscona subfusca (C. L. Koch, 1837) (Caporiacco, 1949a: 416, sub N. submodesta neumanni).
Neoscona irritans Caporiacco, 1947 = Neoscona vigilans (Blackwall, 1865) (Grasshoff, 1986: 95).
Neoscona jonesi Archer, 1951 = Neoscona utahana (Chamberlin, 1919) (Berman & Levi, 1971: 485).
Neoscona katangae (Giltay, 1935, T from Araneus) = Neoscona triangula (Keyserling, 1864) (Grasshoff, 1986: 84).
Neoscona kersteni (Gerstäcker, 1873, removed from S of N. rufipalpis) = Neoscona triangula (Keyserling, 1864) (Grasshoff, 1986: 84).
Neoscona kibonotensis (Tullgren, 1910, T from Araneus) = Neoscona triangula (Keyserling, 1864) (Grasshoff, 1980: 398, sub Afraranea).
Neoscona koratsensis (Dönitz & Strand, 1906, T from Araneus) = Neoscona nautica (L. Koch, 1875) (Yaginuma, 1955a: 17).
Neoscona lambarenensis (Simon, 1907, T from Araneus) = Neoscona rapta (Thorell, 1899) (Grasshoff, 1986: 100).
Neoscona lanuginosa (Lenz, 1886, T from Araneus) = Neoscona moreli (Vinson, 1863) (Grasshoff, 1986: 56).
Neoscona lapillula (Simon, 1907, T from Araneus) = Neoscona chiarinii (Pavesi, 1883) (Grasshoff, 1986: 42).
Neoscona larbada Roberts, 1983 = Neoscona triangula (Keyserling, 1864) (Grasshoff, 1986: 84).
Neoscona lativulva Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 = Neoscona oaxacensis (Keyserling, 1864) (Berman & Levi, 1971: 488).
Neoscona leimenstolli (Strand, 1906, T from Araneus) = Neoscona penicillipes (Karsch, 1879) (Grasshoff, 1986: 78).
Neoscona locuples (Butler, 1879, T from Araneus) = Neoscona triangula (Keyserling, 1864) (Grasshoff, 1986: 84).
Neoscona marcuzzii (Caporiacco, 1955, T from Araneus) = Neoscona nautica (L. Koch, 1875) (Berman & Levi, 1971: 498).
Neoscona marshalli (Pocock, 1898, T from Araneus) = Neoscona vigilans (Blackwall, 1865) (Grasshoff, 1986: 95).
Neoscona melanopa (Gerstäcker, 1873, T from Araneus) = Neoscona triangula (Keyserling, 1864) (Grasshoff, 1986: 84).
Neoscona mensamontis (Pocock, 1900, T from Araneus) = Neoscona hirta (C. L. Koch, 1844) (Grasshoff, 1986: 91).
Neoscona mesonauta (Simon, 1907, T from Araneus) = Neoscona subfusca (C. L. Koch, 1837) (Grasshoff, 1986: 15).
Neoscona minima F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904 (T from Araneus) = Neoscona arabesca (Walckenaer, 1841) (Berman & Levi, 1971: 476).
Neoscona minoriscylla Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 = Neoscona multiplicans (Chamberlin, 1924) (Song, Chen & Zhu, 1997: 1715).
Neoscona mutilata (Caporiacco, 1947, T from Araneus) = Neoscona chiarinii (Pavesi, 1883) (Grasshoff, 1986: 42).
Neoscona naiba Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1929 (T from Araneus) = Neoscona oaxacensis (Keyserling, 1864) (Levi, 1973: 478, contra Berman & Levi, 1971: 476).
Neoscona nebraskensis Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 = Neoscona crucifera (Lucas, 1838) (Berman & Levi, 1971: 480, sub N. hentzi).
Neoscona neotheis (Petrunkevitch, 1911) = Neoscona moreli (Vinson, 1863) (Grasshoff, 1986: 56).
Neoscona nidicola (Franganillo, 1926) = Neoscona moreli (Vinson, 1863) (Berman & Levi, 1971: 490, sub N. neotheis).
Neoscona nigrita (Thorell, 1899, T from Araneus) = Neoscona subfusca (C. L. Koch, 1837) (Grasshoff, 1986: 15).
Neoscona nigrostriatus (Caporiacco, 1947, T from Araneus) = Neoscona triangula (Keyserling, 1864) (Grasshoff, 1980: 398, sub Afraranea).
Neoscona nigrostriatus nigrovittatus (Caporiacco, 1947, T from Araneus) = Neoscona triangula (Keyserling, 1864) (Grasshoff, 1980: 398, sub Afraranea).
Neoscona nocturnella (Roewer, 1942, T from Araneus) = Neoscona triangula (Keyserling, 1864) (Grasshoff, 1980: 397, sub Afraranea).
Neoscona occidanea (Simon, 1907, T from Araneus) = Neoscona subfusca (C. L. Koch, 1837) (Grasshoff, 1986: 15).
Neoscona opima (L. Koch, 1878) = Neoscona punctigera (Doleschall, 1857) (Yaginuma, 1967b: 89, sub Araneus lugubris).
Neoscona pachana (Pocock, 1898, T from Araneus) = Neoscona penicillipes (Karsch, 1879) (Grasshoff, 1986: 78).
Neoscona parascylla (Schenkel, 1963, T from Araneus) = Neoscona punctigera (Doleschall, 1857) (Grasshoff, 1986: 117).
Neoscona parva Schmidt, 1973 = Neoscona subfusca (C. L. Koch, 1837) (Grasshoff, 1986: 15).
Neoscona perplicata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) = Neoscona subfusca (C. L. Koch, 1837) (Levy, 1998a: 336).
Neoscona platyparomma Caporiacco, 1939 (T from Araneus) = Neoscona triangula (Keyserling, 1864) (Grasshoff, 1986: 84).
Neoscona potteri (Simon, 1901, T from Araneus) = Neoscona chiarinii (Pavesi, 1883) (Grasshoff, 1986: 42).
Neoscona recta (Franganillo, 1930) = Neoscona moreli (Vinson, 1863) (Berman & Levi, 1971: 491, sub N. neotheis).
Neoscona restiaria (Tullgren, 1910, T from Araneus) = Neoscona subfusca (C. L. Koch, 1837) (Grasshoff, 1986: 15).
Neoscona restiaria obscura (Tullgren, 1910, T from Araneus) = Neoscona subfusca (C. L. Koch, 1837) (Grasshoff, 1986: 15).
Neoscona rufofemorata (Simon, 1884) = Neoscona vigilans (Blackwall, 1865) (Grasshoff, 1986: 95).
Neoscona salaeria Chamberlin, 1920 (T from Araneus) = Neoscona oaxacensis (Keyserling, 1864) (Berman & Levi, 1971: 488).
Neoscona sanguipes antepicta (Strand, 1913, T from Araneus) = Neoscona penicillipes (Karsch, 1879) (Grasshoff, 1986: 78).
Neoscona sanguipes constrictifascia (Strand, 1913, T from Araneus) = Neoscona penicillipes (Karsch, 1879) (Grasshoff, 1986: 78).
Neoscona sanguipes decoratella (Strand, 1913, T from Araneus) = Neoscona penicillipes (Karsch, 1879) (Grasshoff, 1986: 78).
Neoscona sanguipes indistinctepicta (Strand, 1913, T from Araneus) = Neoscona penicillipes (Karsch, 1879) (Grasshoff, 1986: 78).
Neoscona sanguipes lanceolatella (Strand, 1913, T from Araneus) = Neoscona penicillipes (Karsch, 1879) (Grasshoff, 1986: 78).
Neoscona sanguipes monotonia (Strand, 1913, T from Araneus) = Neoscona penicillipes (Karsch, 1879) (Grasshoff, 1986: 78).
Neoscona sanguipes nigrofoliata (Strand, 1913, T from Araneus) = Neoscona penicillipes (Karsch, 1879) (Grasshoff, 1986: 78).
Neoscona sanguipes recurvata (Strand, 1913, T from Araneus) = Neoscona penicillipes (Karsch, 1879) (Grasshoff, 1986: 78).
Neoscona scylla nigromaculata (Yaginuma, 1941, T from Araneus) = Neoscona scylla (Karsch, 1879) (Nishikawa, 1977c: 32).
Neoscona seca Roberts, 1983 = Neoscona moreli (Vinson, 1863) (Grasshoff, 1986: 56).
Neoscona singularis (Banks, 1898, T from Araneus) = Neoscona arabesca (Walckenaer, 1841) (Levi, 1991a: 180).
Neoscona slateri (Butler, 1879, T from Araneus) = Neoscona punctigera (Doleschall, 1857) (Grasshoff, 1980: 403, sub Afraranea).
Neoscona sodom Levy, 1998 = Neoscona theisi (Walckenaer, 1841) (Zamani, Marusik & Šestáková, 2020: 36).
Neoscona speciosissima (Roewer, 1942, T from Araneus) = Neoscona theisi (Walckenaer, 1841) (Pocock, 1898i: 324, S omitted by Roewer).
Neoscona spenceri (Pocock, 1898, T from Araneus) = Neoscona vigilans (Blackwall, 1865) (Grasshoff, 1986: 95).
Neoscona subbituberculata (Thorell, 1899, T from Araneus) = Neoscona triangula (Keyserling, 1864) (Grasshoff, 1986: 84).
Neoscona submodesta (Strand, 1906, T from Araneus) = Neoscona subfusca (C. L. Koch, 1837) (Grasshoff, 1986: 15).
Neoscona taruensis (Pocock, 1898, T from Araneus) = Neoscona blondeli (Simon, 1886) (Grasshoff, 1986: 36).
Neoscona temeraria (Tullgren, 1910, T from Araneus) = Neoscona vigilans (Blackwall, 1865) (Grasshoff, 1986: 95).
Neoscona theisi feisiana (Strand, 1911) = Neoscona theisi (Walckenaer, 1841) (Nentwig et al., 2019: 34).
Neoscona triangula mensamontella (Strand, 1907) = Neoscona triangula (Keyserling, 1864) (Nentwig et al., 2019: 32).
Neoscona tristimoniae (Petrunkevitch, 1911, T from Araneus) = Neoscona nautica (L. Koch, 1875) (Berman & Levi, 1971: 498).
Neoscona tuckeri Caporiacco, 1949 = Neoscona alberti (Strand, 1913) (Grasshoff, 1986: 51).
Neoscona tullgreni (Caporiacco, 1947, T from Araneus) = Neoscona subfusca (C. L. Koch, 1837) (Grasshoff, 1986: 15).
Neoscona tullgreni obscuratus (Caporiacco, 1947, T from Araneus) = Neoscona subfusca (C. L. Koch, 1837) (Grasshoff, 1986: 15).
Neoscona varians (Thorell, 1899, T from Araneus) = Neoscona penicillipes (Karsch, 1879) (Grasshoff, 1986: 78).
Neoscona wiehlei Caporiacco, 1949 = Neoscona subfusca (C. L. Koch, 1837) (Grasshoff, 1986: 15).
Neoscona xiquanensis Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, 2013 = Neoscona polyspinipes Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 (Lin et al., 2023a: 503).
Neoscona xizangensis Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 = Neoscona achine (Simon, 1906) (Yin et al., 1997d: 364).

Homonyms replaced:
Neoscona cruciferoides (Spassky, 1952, sub Araneus) -- see Neoscona spasskyi (see Brignoli, 1983c)
Neoscona nigrita fernandensis (Simon, 1907, T from Araneus) -- see Neoscona simoni

Nomina dubia:
Neoscona benjamina (Walckenaer, 1841: 42, f, USA, originally in Epeira) -- Berman & Levi, 1971: 477.
Neoscona mutabilis (Walckenaer, 1841: 73, f, USA, originally in Epeira) -- Berman & Levi, 1971: 480.
Neoscona nigrovariata Mello-Leitão, 1941b: 258 (f, Colombia) -- Levi, 1993a: 224.
Neoscona paralela Franganillo, 1931d: 44 (f, Cuba) -- Berman & Levi, 1971: 491, confirming Roewer, 1955c: 1599.
Neoscona rubicunda (Walckenaer, 1841: 43, f, USA, originally in Epeira) -- Berman & Levi, 1971: 480.
Neoscona rufipalpis nigrodecorata (Strand, 1908: 290, j, Togo, originally in Aranea) -- Nentwig et al., 2019: 34.
Neoscona rufipalpis punctipedella (Strand, 1908e: 292, j, East Africa, originally in Aranea) -- Nentwig et al., 2019: 34.
Neoscona sacra (Walckenaer, 1841: 33, mf, USA, originally in Epeira) -- Berman & Levi, 1971: 482.
Neoscona vulgaris (Hentz, 1847: 469, pl. 30, f. 6, f, USA, originally in Epeira) -- Berman & Levi, 1971: 498.

Araneus achine Simon, 1906c: 309 (Df).
Neoscona achine Tikader & Bal, 1981: 39, f. 85-90 (Tmf from Araneus).
Neoscona achine Tikader, 1982a: 278, f. 555-560 (mf).
Neoscona achine Hu & Li, 1987a: 330, f. 12.1-4, 13.1-2 (mf).
Neoscona xizangensis Yin et al., 1990: 131, f. 325-331 (Dmf).
Neoscona achine Yin et al., 1997d: 364, f. 259a-i (mf, S).
Neoscona achine Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 293, f. 175H-J, 178N, 180D (mf).
Neoscona achine Hu, 2001: 464, f. 304.1-4 (mf).

Aranea adianta Walckenaer, 1802: 199 (D).
Aranea marmorea Panzer, 1804b: 27, pl. 19, f. 12 (misidentified).
Epeira adianta Walckenaer, 1805: 60.
Epeira segmentata Sundevall, 1833a: 247 (Dmf).
Miranda pictilis C. L. Koch, 1837b: 4 (D).
Miranda pictilis C. L. Koch, 1838: 50, f. 369 (Df).
Epeira adianta Walckenaer, 1841: 52 (Df).
Epeira adianta Westring, 1861: 51 (Dm).
Epeira adianta Blackwall, 1864a: 348, pl. 25, f. 251 (mf).
Miranda adianta Menge, 1866: 69, pl. 11, f. 15 (mf).
Epeira adianta Thorell, 1870a: 23.
Epeira mimula L. Koch, 1882: 625, pl. 20, f. 1 (Df).
Epeira adianta Becker, 1896: (2): 38, pl. 9, f. 1 (mf).
Epeira adianta Bösenberg, 1901: 32, pl. 2, f. 17 (mf).
Meta doenitzi Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 180, pl. 11, f. 238-239 (Dmf).
Aranea adianta japonica Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 219, pl. 4, f. 27 (Df).
Aranea doenitzi Strand, 1907k: 182 (T from Meta).
Araneus adiantus Lessert, 1910b: 331.
Epeira triangulata Franganillo, 1913: 127 (Df).
Epeira triangulata Franganillo, 1918a: 63 (Dm).
Araneus adianta Simon, 1929: 693, 762, f. 1072-1073 (mf, S of Aranea byzanthina = A. turcica; rejected by Ledoux, 2008a: 49).
Aranea adianta Wiehle, 1931: 103, f. 156-160 (mf).
Meta doenitzi Saitō, 1933b: 49, pl. 3, f. 15.
Meta doenitzi Nakatsudi, 1942a: 307, f. 28 (f).
Aranea adianta Drensky, 1943: 244, f. 24 (mf).
Neoscona adianta Archer, 1951c: 4, f. 5 (Tmf from Araneus).
Araneus adiantus Locket & Millidge, 1953: 141, f. 93D-F (mf).
Neoscona adianta Yaginuma, 1955a: 18, pl. I, f. 2 (f).
Neoscona doenitzi Yaginuma, 1955a: 18, pl. I, f. 1, 18 (Tmf from Araneus).
Araneus adiantus Saito, 1959: 85, f. 88a-d (f).
Neoscona doenitzi Yaginuma, 1960: 56, f. 52.2 (mf).
Neoscona doenitzi Lee, 1966: 42, f. 12c-e (mf).
Araneus adiantus Azheganova, 1968: 74, f. 146, 167 (mf).
Araneus adiantum Miller, 1971: 211, pl. XXXIX, f. 18-19 (m).
Neoscona doenitzi Yaginuma, 1971: 56, f. 52.1 (mf).
Neoscona adianta Yaginuma, 1971: 57, f. 53 (f).
Araneus adiantus Tystshenko, 1971: 198, f. 594 (f).
Araneus adiantum Loksa, 1972: 84, f. 75, 76A-C (mf).
Araneus adiantus Izmailova, 1972c: 52, f. 4 (f).
Araneus adiantus Bakhvalov, 1974: 111, f. 81-85 (mf).
Neoscona adianta Punda, 1975b: 44, f. 71-72 (f).
Neoscona doenitzi Yin, 1978: 4, f. 11A-D (mf).
Neoscona adiantum Yin, 1978: 6, f. 14A-E (mf).
Neoscona adiantum Paik & Namkung, 1979: 46, f. 28 (f).
Neoscona doenitzi Paik & Namkung, 1979: 46, f. 29.1-2 (mf).
Neoscona doenitzi Song, 1980: 102, f. 48a-d (mf).
Neoscona adiantum Song, 1980: 106, f. 51a-e (mf).
Araneus adianta japonica Oliger, 1981: 3, f. 1 (f).
Neoscona doenitzi Oliger, 1981: 6, f. 9-11 (mf).
Neoscona adiantum Hu, 1984: 120, f. 120.1-2 (f).
Neoscona adianta Roberts, 1985: 214, f. 96b (mf).
Neoscona adiantum Guo, 1985: 67, f. 2-20.1-3 (mf).
Neoscona adianta Zhu & Shi, 1985: 79, f. 67a-h (mf).
Neoscona adiantum Grasshoff, 1986: 66, f. 85-89 (mf, S).
Neoscona doenitzi Yaginuma, 1986a: 103, f. 55.3 (f).
Neoscona adiantum Yaginuma, 1986c: 190, 199 (S).
Neoscona adiantum Zhang, 1987: 82, f. 66.1-4 (mf).
Neoscona adianta Chikuni, 1989b: 72, f. 31 (mf).
Neoscona adiantum Feng, 1990: 88, f. 63.1-4 (mf).
Neoscona adiantum Chen & Gao, 1990: 64, f. 79a-b (mf).
Neoscona adianta Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 88, f. 198 (mf).
Neoscona adianta Zhao, 1993: 240, f. 113a-d (mf).
Neoscona adianta Roberts, 1995: 324, f. (mf).
Neoscona adianta Zhao, 1995: 958, f. 452a-d (mf).
Araneus adiantus Mcheidze, 1997: 272, f. 633-634 (mf).
Neoscona adianta Yin & Kim, 1997: 58, f. 2A-G (mf).
Neoscona adianta Song, Chen & Zhu, 1997: 1714, f. 15a-c (mf).
Neoscona adianta Yin et al., 1997d: 345, f. 243a-g (mf).
Neoscona adianta Roberts, 1998: 337, f. (mf).
Neoscona adianta Levy, 1998a: 339, f. 108-116 (mf).
Neoscona adianta Kim, 1998a: 1, f. 1A-G (mf).
Neoscona adianta Tanikawa, 1998b: 140, f. 9, 18-24 (mf).
Neoscona adianta Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 293, f. 175K-L, 178O (mf).
Neoscona adianta Song, Zhu & Chen, 2001: 216, f. 130A-E (mf).
Neoscona adianta Namkung, 2002: 265, f. 19.27a-c (mf).
Neoscona adianta Kim & Kim, 2002: 214, f. 54-56, 138-140, 255-258 (mf).
Neoscona adianta Kim & Cho, 2002: 268, f. 661-666 (mf).
Neoscona adianta Namkung, 2003: 267, f. 19.27a-c (mf).
Neoscona adianta Almquist, 2005: 172, f. 178a-i (mf).
Neoscona adianta Tanikawa, 2007c: 68, f. 160-161, 575-577 (mf).
Neoscona adianta Ledoux, 2008a: 49, f. 5A-C, 7B, 8D, 10B (mf).
Neoscona adianta Tanikawa, 2009: 443, f. 155-157 (mf).
Neoscona adianta Zhu & Zhang, 2011: 234, f. 167A-D (mf).
Neoscona adianta Kim & Lee, 2012b: 89, f. 64A-C (mf).
Neoscona adianta Baba & Tanikawa, 2015: 68, 4 f. (mf).
Neoscona adianta Breitling et al., 2016b: 56 (S of Araneus triangulatus, confirming Roewer, 1955c : 1490 and Méndez, 1998: 143).
Neoscona adianta Geci & Naumova, 2021: 3, f. 5D-F (f).
Neoscona adianta Zhang, Peng & Zhang, 2022: 113, f. 79A-G (mf).
Neoscona adianta Střeštík, 2022: 14, 2 f. (m).
Neoscona adianta Pintilioaie & Urák, 2022a: 2, f. 3a-c (f).

Araneus doenitzi persectus Schenkel, 1936b: 110, f. 39 (Df).

Aranea alberti Strand, 1913a: 375 (Df).
Aranea edwardiana Strand, 1913a: 377 (Df).
Neoscona tuckeri Caporiacco, 1949a: 416, f. 59a-b (Df).
Neoscona alberti Caporiacco, 1949a: 416 (Tf from Araneus).
Neoscona alberti Grasshoff, 1986: 51, f. 64-70 (f, Dm, S).
Neoscona alberti Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022e: 59, 6 f. (f).

Neoscona albertoi Barrion-Dupo, 2008: 240, f. 1J, 2F (Df).

Neoscona aldinei Barrion-Dupo, 2008: 241, f. 1K, O, 2G (Df).

Neoscona amamiensis Tanikawa, 1998b: 142, f. 10, 25-31 (Dmf).
Neoscona amamiensis Tanikawa, 2007c: 68, f. 162, 578-580 (mf).
Neoscona amamiensis Tanikawa, 2009: 443, f. 158-160 (mf).

Neoscona ampoyae Barrion-Dupo, 2008: 242, f. 1L, 2H (Df).

Araneus angulatulus Schenkel, 1937: 383, f. 4 (Df).
Neoscona dripaca Roberts, 1983: 275, f. 199-201, 211-212 (Dm).
Neoscona angulatula Grasshoff, 1986: 106, f. 153-159 (mf, T from Araneus, S of Neoscona dripaca).
Neoscona angulatula Saaristo, 2010: 41, f. 4.43-46, 52 (mf).
Neoscona angulatula Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022e: 60, 4 f. (f).

Epeira arabesca Walckenaer, 1841: 74 (Dmf).
Epeira trivittata Keyserling, 1864: 95, pl. 5, f. 6-9 (Df).
Epeira trivittata Emerton, 1884: 311, pl. 33, f. 16, pl. 36, f. 2-3, 5, 8 (f, Dm).
Epeira trivittata Keyserling, 1892: 172, pl. 8, f. 127 (f).
Epeira arabesca McCook, 1894: 148, pl. 1, f. 8, pl. 2, f. 6-7 (mf).
Epeira singularis Banks, 1898b: 252, pl. 15, f. 4 (Df).
Epeira trivittata Emerton, 1902: 166, f. 393-395 (mf).
Neoscona minima F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 471, pl. 44, f. 11,-2 (Dmf).
Neoscona arabesca F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 472, pl. 44, f. 13-14 (mf).
Epeira minima Banks, 1909a: 211.
Araneus arabesca Petrunkevitch, 1911: 279.
Araneus minimus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 303.
Araneus singularis Petrunkevitch, 1911: 316.
Neoscona minima Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936b: 20, f. 30.
Neoscona arabesca Comstock, 1940: 510, f. 527 (f).
Neoscona arabesca Muma, 1943: 97, pl. XIV, f. 2-3 (Tmf from Araneus).
Neoscona arabesca Kaston, 1948: 245, f. 750, 771-773, 775 (f).
Neoscona minima Kaston, 1948: 245, f. 751, 776 (f).
Neoscona arabesca Berman & Levi, 1971: 474, f. 1-3, 5-6, 8, 10, 14-42, 125-126 (mf, S).
Neoscona arabesca Barrion et al., 1988a: 389, f. 1a-g, 9a (f, probably misidentified).
Neoscona minima Barrion et al., 1988a: 392, f. 2a-g, 9b (f, probably misidentified).
Neoscona minima Barrion et al., 1988b: 250, f. 3, 4a-f (f, probably misidentified).
Neoscona arabesca Coddington, 1990: 14, f. 65 (m).
Neoscona arabesca Levi, 1991a: 180 (S).
Neoscona arabesca Breene et al., 1993: 106, f. 164A-C (mf).
Neoscona arabesca Levi, 1993a: 230, f. 14-17 (mf).
Neoscona arabesca Levi, 2002: 547, f. 193 (m).
Neoscona arabesca Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 49, f. 341-343 (mf).
Neoscona arabesca Dondale et al., 2003: 171, f. 363-371 (mf).

Neoscona bengalensis Tikader & Bal, 1981: 15, f. 22-25 (Df).
Neoscona bengalensis Tikader & Biswas, 1981: 24, f. 25-27 (f).
Neoscona bengalensis Tikader, 1982a: 246, f. 474-477 (f).
Neoscona bengalensis Mukhtar, 2012: 1714 (m, but without describing it).
Neoscona bengalensis Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 2013c: 171, f. 1-6 (f).
Neoscona bengalensis Sen et al., 2015: 125, f. 793-798, pl. 24 (f).
Neoscona bengalensis Roy, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2017: 23, f. 132-137, 191 (f).
Neoscona bengalensis Basu, Roy & Raychaudhuri, 2017: 66, f. xii-xvii, 12-17 (f).

Neoscona bihumpi Patel, 1988a: 1029, f. 1a-f (Dmf).

Neoscona biswasi Bhandari & Gajbe, 2001a: 62, f. 7-10 (Df).
Neoscona biswasi Gajbe, 2004d: 47, f. 35-38 (f).

Epeira blondeli Simon, 1886g: 369 (Df).
Araneus bettoni Pocock, 1898g: 510, pl. 41, f. 4 (Df).
Araneus taruensis Pocock, 1898g: 511, pl. 41, f. 5, pl. 42, f. 1 (Df).
Araneus blondeli Simon, 1907d: 290, f. 1B (f).
Araneus gerhardti Caporiacco, 1949a: 420, f. 60a-b (Dm).
Neoscona blondeli Grasshoff, 1986: 36, f. 7-8, 44-54 (Tf from Araneus, Sm).
Neoscona blondeli Heinrichs & Barrion, 2004: 211, f. 603-604 (m).
Neoscona blondeli Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022e: 61, p. 61: 5 f., p. 62: 3 f. (f).

Neoscona bomdilaensis Biswas & Biswas, 2006: 511, f. 7-10 (Df).

Araneus bucheti Lessert, 1930: 650, f. 23a-b, 24a (Dmf).
Afraranea bucheti Archer, 1951a: 22 (Tmf from Araneus).

Araneus bucheti avakubiensis Lessert, 1930: 652, f. 24b (Dm).

Araneus bucheti flexuosa Lessert, 1930: 652, f. 25 (Df).
Araneus flexuosus Grasshoff & van Harten, 2007: 156 (considered a valid species).

Epeira byzanthina Pavesi, 1876b: 59 (Df).
Epeira turcica Simon, 1879b: 36 (Df).
Neoscona byzantina Ledoux & Canard, 1981: 12, f. 28 (m).
Neoscona byzanthina Ledoux, 2008a: 49, f. 5D-E, 6, 7A, 8A-C, 10A (mf, removed from S of Neoscona adianta).
Neoscona byzanthina Mora-Rubio, Morano & Pérez-Bote, 2019: 2, f. 1-2 (f).
Neoscona byzanthina Geci & Naumova, 2021: 2, f. 2A-I, 3A-I, 4A-C, 5A-C (mf).
Neoscona byzanthina Pintilioaie & Urák, 2022a: 1, f. 1a-e, 2a-c (f).

Aranea cereolella Strand, 1907d: 732 (Dmf).
Aranea cereolella Strand, 1907o: 54 (Dmf).
Aranea cereolella Tullgren, 1910: 163, pl. 4, f. 110 (mf).
Araneus cereolellus Lessert, 1930: 647, f. 21 (mf).
Afraranea cereolella Archer, 1951a: 22 (Tmf from Araneus).
Neoscona cereolella Nentwig et al., 2019: 33, f. 3a-b (f).

Aranea cereolella setaceola Strand, 1913a: 373 (Df).
Araneus cereolellus setaceola Lessert, 1930: 640, f. 22 (f, Dm).
Neoscona cereolella setaceola Nentwig et al., 2019: 33, f. 3c (f, subspecies inquirenda).

Araneus cheesmannae Berland, 1938: 175, f. 133-136 (Df; patronym for Ms. Cheesman).
Afraranea cheesmanae Archer, 1951a: 22 (Tf from Araneus).

Epeira chiarinii Pavesi, 1883: 14 (Df).
Aranea accentuata Thorell, 1899: 53 (Df).
Araneus potteri Simon, 1901d: 19 (Df).
Araneus lapillulus Simon, 1907d: 292, f. 1D (Df).
Araneus potteri Lessert, 1915a: 31, pl. 2, f. 48-49, 56-58 (Dm).
Araneus mutilatus Caporiacco, 1947c: 172, f. 29 (Dm).
Neoscona chiarinii Grasshoff, 1986: 42, f. 55-59 (mf, T from Araneus, S of Araneus accentuatus, A. lapillulus, A. mutilatus and A. potteri).
Neoscona chiarinii Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022f: 3, 5 f. (f).

Neoscona chongzuoensis Zhang & Zhang, 2011b: 521, f. 19-24 (Dm).

Neoscona chrysanthusi Tikader & Bal, 1981: 13, f. 18-21 (Df).
Neoscona chrysanthusi Tikader, 1982a: 244, f. 470-473 (f).
Neoscona chrysanthusi Sen et al., 2015: 125, f. 799-804, pl. 24 (f).
Neoscona chrysanthusi Roy, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2017: 23, f. 138-143, 192 (f).

Epeira crucifera Lucas, 1838: 42, pl. 6, f. 3 (Df).
Epeira lentiginosa Blackwall, 1862a: 378 (Df).
Epeira hentzii Keyserling, 1864: 97, pl. 5, f. 10-11 (Df).
Epeira domiciliorum Emerton, 1884: 312, pl. 33, f. 17, pl. 36, f. 1, 4 (mf, misidentified).
Epeira crucifera Kulczyński, 1899: 394, pl. 8, f. 88-97 (f, Dm).
Aranea crucifera ladislausi Strand, 1908c: 3 (Df).
Aranea crucifera albimaculata Strand, 1908c: 3 (Df).
Aranea crucifera pyramidella Strand, 1908c: 3 (Df).
Aranea crucifera ochroleucella Strand, 1908c: 4 (Df).
Neoscona benjamina Comstock, 1912: 498, f. 532-535 (f).
Neoscona benjamina Comstock, 1940: 511, f. 534 (f).
Neoscona arkansa Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942a: 77, f. 217-218 (Df).
Neoscona nebraskensis Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942a: 77, f. 219-220 (Df).
Neoscona sacra Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944: 108 (Tmf from Araneus, S, rejected).
Neoscona benjamina Kaston, 1948: 246, f. 752, 777-778 (f).
Neoscona hentzii Berman & Levi, 1971: 478, f. 51-58, 128 (mf, removed from S of N. benjamina, S).
Neoscona hentzi Kaston, 1977: 30, f. 22 (m).
Neoscona crucifera Grasshoff, 1986: 62, f. 79-84 (Tmf from Araneus, S).
Neoscona crucifera Dondale et al., 2003: 173, f. 372-377 (mf).

Epeira decolor L. Koch, 1871: 71, pl. 6, f. 8 (Df).
Neoscona decolor Framenau, 2019: 10, f. 5A-C (f, T from Araneus).

Neoscona dhruvai Patel & Nigam, 1994: 203, f. 2a-e (Df).

Neoscona dhumani Patel & Reddy, 1993a: 3, f. 2a-h (Dmf).

Epeira domiciliorum Hentz, 1847: 469, pl. 30, f. 7 (Df).
Epeira domiciliorum McCook, 1881: 173, f. 13 (f).
Epeira benjamini Keyserling, 1892: 134, pl. 7, f. 100 (f).
Epeira benjamina McCook, 1894: 147, pl. 1, f. 7, pl. 2, f. 4-5 (f, Dm).
Neoscona benjamina F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 479, pl. 44, f. 9-10 (mf).
Araneus benjaminus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 282.
Neoscona domiciliorum Archer, 1940: 48, pl. II, f. 2 (f, removed from S of N. benjamina).
Neoscona benjamina Muma, 1943: 98, pl. XIV, f. 4-5 (f).
Neoscona domiciliorum Berman & Levi, 1971: 477, f. 43-50, 127 (mf).
Neoscona domiciliorum Kaston, 1977: 30, f. 21 (m).
Neoscona domiciliorum Álvarez-Padilla & Hormiga, 2011a: 848, f. 135A, 138C (mf).

Neoscona dostinikea Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 618, f. 389a-g (Dm).

Neoscona dyali Gajbe, 2004d: 49, f. 39-42 (Df).

Neoscona elliptica Tikader & Bal, 1981: 24, f. 45-49 (Dmf).
Neoscona griseomaculata Yin & Wang, 1982: 260, f. A-L (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058337].
Neoscona elliptica Tikader, 1982a: 259, f. 515-519 (mf).
Neoscona griseomaculata Yin, Wang & Hu, 1983: 34, f. 6C (m).
Neoscona griseomaculata Hu, 1984: 122, f. 122.1-11 (mf).
Araneus ellipticus Grasshoff, 1986: 118 (T from Neoscona).
Neoscona griseomaculata Song, 1987: 171, f. 131 (mf).
Neoscona griseomaculata Feng, 1990: 90, f. 65.1-4 (mf).
Neoscona griseomaculata Chen & Gao, 1990: 66, f. 81a-c (mf).
Neoscona griseomaculata Zhao, 1993: 242, f. 114a-b (mf).
Neoscona elliptica Zhu & Zhang, 1993: 38, f. 14-20 (mf).
Araneus ellipticus Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 639, f. 406a-d (f).
Neoscona griseomaculata Zhao, 1995: 960, f. 453a-b (mf).
Neoscona elliptica Yin et al., 1997d: 347, f. 245a-k (mf, T from Araneus, S of Neoscona griseomaculata).
Neoscona elliptica Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 299, f. 175O-Q, 178Q-R, 180F (mf).
Neoscona elliptica Gajbe, 2007: 531, f. 322-325 (f).
Neoscona elliptica Yin et al., 2012: 725, f. 360a-k (mf).
Neoscona elliptica Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 2013c: 171, f. 7-13 (f).

Epeira enucleata Karsch, 1879d: 550 (Df).
Epeira albertisii Thorell, 1887: 182 (Df).
Epeira soronis Thorell, 1890a: 143 (Df).
Epeira enucleata Thorell, 1895b: 174 (S of Epeira albertisii and E. soronis).
Araneus soronis Simon, 1899a: 91.
Neoscona enucleata Framenau, 2019: 11 (T from Araneus).

Neoscona facundoi Barrion-Dupo, 2008: 244, f. 1M, 2I (Df).

Neoscona flavescens Zhang & Zhang, 2011b: 520, f. 10-18 (Dmf).

Neoscona flavida Kim, Lee & Yoo, 2019: 266, f. 2A-G (Df).

Epeira flavopunctata L. Koch, 1871: 79, pl. 5, f. 4 (Dm).
Araneus flavopunctulatus Bonnet, 1955: 503 (lapsus).
Neoscona flavopunctata Framenau, 2019: 12, f. 6A-D (m, T from Araneus).

Araneus floriatus Hogg, 1914a: 57 (Dmf) [no male in the type series per Framenau, 2019: 12].
Araneus floriatus Hogg, 1915a: 446, f. 25 (f).
Aranea floricata Roewer, 1942a: 828 (lapsus).
Neoscona floriata Framenau, 2019: 12, 7A-D (f, T from Araneus).

Aranea rufipalpis fuscinotum Strand, 1908e: 294 (Df).
Aranea fuscinotum Roewer, 1942a: 808 (elevated to species).
Neoscona fuscinotum Nentwig et al., 2019: 34 (T from Araneus, species inquirenda).

Singafrotypa goliath Benoit, 1963b: 30, f. 1-2 (Df; N.B.: omitted by Brignoli).
Neoscona goliath Kuntner & Hormiga, 2002: 137 (Tf from Singafrotypa).

Neoscona govindai Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 2013c: 171, f. 14-18 (Df).

Araneus granti Hogg, 1914a: 57 (Df).
Araneus granti Hogg, 1915a: 448, f. 26 (f).
Araneus granti Chrysanthus, 1960: 36, f. 32-33, 49, 60, 72 (f, Dm).
Neoscona granti Framenau, 2019: 14, f. 8A-C (f, T from Araneus).

Epeira hirta C. L. Koch, 1844: 69, f. 888 (Df).
Araneus mensamontis Pocock, 1900e: 324 (Df).
Aranea mensamontis Strand, 1907n: 623.
Aranea hirta Strand, 1913a: 371.
Neoscona hirta Grasshoff, 1986: 91, f. 136-140 (Tf from Araneus, Dm, S).
Neoscona hirta Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022f: 4, 4 f. (f).

Araneus holmi Schenkel, 1953b: 45, f. 21a-f (Dm).
Neoscona adiantum Song, Yu & Shang, 1981: 83, f. 5-6 (m, misidentified).
Neoscona doenitzi Wang, 1981: 96, f. 37A-B (m, misidentified).
Neoscona doenitzi Hu, 1984: 121, f. 121.1-4 (mf, misidentified).
Neoscona doenitzi Guo, 1985: 68, f. 2-21.1-4 (mf, misidentified).
Neoscona doenitzi Zhu & Shi, 1985: 80, f. 68a-f (mf, misidentified).
Neoscona doenitzi Song, 1987: 169, f. 130 (mf, misidentified).
Neoscona doenitzi Zhang, 1987: 84, f. 68.1-4 (mf, misidentified).
Neoscona doenitzi Hu & Wu, 1989: 105, f. 80.1-4 (mf, misidentified).
Neoscona doenitzi Feng, 1990: 89, f. 64.1-5 (mf, misidentified).
Neoscona doenitzi Chen & Gao, 1990: 65, f. 80a-b (mf, misidentified).
Neoscona doenitzi Chen & Zhang, 1991: 114, f. 108.1-6 (mf, misidentified).
Neoscona doenitzi Zhao, 1993: 245, f. 115a-c (mf, misidentified).
Neoscona doenitzi Zhao, 1995: 963, f. 454a-c (mf; misidentified).
Neoscona holmi Yin & Kim, 1997: 58, f. 2a-g (Tm from Araneus, f had been misidentified as N. doenitzi by Chinese authors).
Neoscona holmi Yin et al., 1997d: 349, f. 246a-h (mf).
Neoscona doenitzi Kim, 1998a: 1, f. 1a-g (mf) ["uncertain" after Yoo et al., 2015: 5].
Neoscona holmi Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 299, f. 175R-T, 178S, 180G (mf).
Neoscona holmi Hu, 2001: 466, f. 306.1-6 (mf).
Neoscona holmi Song, Zhu & Chen, 2001: 217, f. 131A-F (mf).
Neoscona doenitzi Yoo & Kim, 2002a: 28, f. 54 (m) ["uncertain" after Yoo et al., 2015: 5].
Neoscona holmi Zhu & Zhang, 2011: 236, f. 168A-E (mf).
Neoscona holmi Yin et al., 2012: 727, f. 361a-h (mf).

Neoscona huzaifi Mukhtar, 2012: 1714, f. 1a-h (Dmf).

Epeira inusta L. Koch, 1871: 94, pl. 7, f. 3 (Df).
Epeira weyersi Simon, 1885a: 38 (Df).
Epeira inusta Thorell, 1890a: 151.
Araneus inustus Chrysanthus, 1960: 41, f. 48, 52, 59, 67-68 (f, Dm).
Araneus inustus Lee, 1966: 40, f. 11a-c (f).
Araneus inustus Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 631, f. 400a-d, 401a-c (mf).
Araneus inustus Yin et al., 1997d: 138, f. 53a-c (f).
Araneus inustus Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 239, f. 138F-G, 148F (f).
Neoscona inusta Framenau, 2019: 15 (T from Araneus).

Neoscona isatis Zamani, Marusik & Šestáková, 2020: 28, f. 11D-E, 13E-F, 14B,F, 15E-G, 16D-F, 17G-I (Dmf).

Neoscona jindoensis Kim, Lee & Ji, 2016: 8, f. 1-7, 8a-c (Df).

Neoscona jinghongensis Yin et al., 1990: 117, f. 288-290 (Df).
Neoscona jinghongensis Yin et al., 1997d: 356, f. 252a-f (f).
Neoscona jinghongensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 299, f. 175U-V, 176A, 180H (f).

Neoscona kabiri Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 2013c: 172, f. 19-23 (Df).

Neoscona kisangani Grasshoff, 1986: 28, f. 31-35 (Dmf).

Neoscona kivuensis Grasshoff, 1986: 109, f. 160-164 (Dmf).
Neoscona kivuensis Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022f: 5, 9 f. (f).

Neoscona kunmingensis Yin et al., 1990: 121, f. 295-300 (Df).
Neoscona kunmingensis Yin et al., 1997d: 365, f. 260a-g (f).
Neoscona kunmingensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 299, f. 176B-D, 180I (f).

Araneus lacteus Saitō, 1933b: 55, pl. 3, f. 30 (Df).
Araneus lacteus Lee, 1966: 39, f. 10e-g (f).
Araneus lacteus Yoshida, 1978b: 10, f. 28-30 (f).
Araneus lacteus Hu, 1984: 94, f. 87 (f).
Neoscona lacteus Yin et al., 1997d: 357, f. 253a-c (Tf from Araneus).
Neoscona lacteus Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 299, f. 176E-G (f).

Araneus leucaspis Schenkel, 1963: 159, f. 94a-d (Df).
Neoscona leucaspis Yin et al., 1997d: 358, f. 254a-d (Tf from Araneus).
Neoscona leucaspis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 299, f. 176H, 180J (f).

Neoscona lipana Barrion-Dupo, 2008: 245, f. 1N, 2J (Df).

Neoscona lotan Levy, 2007: 27, f. 70-74 (Dm).

Epeira maculaticeps L. Koch, 1871: 78, pl. 5, f. 5 (Dm).
Epeira bertkaui Keyserling, 1890: 233, pl. 21, f. 1 (Df).
Araneus maculaticeps Berland, 1929b: 63, f. 52-53 (mf).
Araneus bertkaui Saitō, 1933b: 53, pl. 3, f. 13.
Afraranea maculaticeps Archer, 1951a: 22 (Tmf from Araneus).

Aranea rufipalpis madagascarica Strand, 1908e: 290, 293 (Dmf).
Aranea madagascarica Roewer, 1942a: 810.
Neoscona madagascarica Nentwig et al., 2019: 34 (T from Araneus, species inquirenda).

Neoscona marcanoi Levi, 1993a: 226, f. 1-9 (Dmf).

Araneus melloteei Simon, 1895a: 812 (Df; patronym for Mellottée, per Ono, 2011c: 125).
Aranea melloteei Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 218, pl. 11, f. 223 (f, Dm).
Araneus melloteei Saitō, 1933b: 55, pl. 3, f. 37.
Araneus melloteei Yaginuma, 1940: 123, f. 2.1-4 (f).
Neoscona melloteei Yaginuma, 1955a: 19, pl. I, f. 11, 17 (Tmf from Araneus).
Neoscona melloteei Yaginuma, 1960: 57, f. 53 (f).
Neoscona melloteei Lee, 1966: 41, f. 11i-j (f).
Neoscona melloteei Yaginuma, 1971: 57, f. 53 (f).
Neoscona melloteei Matsumoto, 1973b: 41, f. 11, 13 (f).
Neoscona melloteei Yaginuma, 1986a: 103, f. 55.2 (f).
Neoscona melloteei Song, 1987: 172, f. 132 (f).
Neoscona melloteei Zhang, 1987: 86, f. 70.1-2 (f).
Neoscona mellotteei Chikuni, 1989b: 73, f. 35 (mf).
Neoscona mellotteei Feng, 1990: 91, f. 66.1-4 (mf).
Neoscona mellotteei Chen & Gao, 1990: 66, f. 82a-b (mf).
Neoscona mellotteei Zhao, 1993: 254, f. 117a-b (mf).
Neoscona mellotteei Zhao, 1995: 972, f. 456a-b (mf).
Neoscona mellotteei Song, Chen & Zhu, 1997: 1715, f. 16a-b (m).
Neoscona mellotteei Yin et al., 1997d: 366, f. 261a-f (mf).
Neoscona mellotteei Tanikawa, 1998b: 151, f. 37, 54-61 (mf).
Neoscona melloteei Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 299, f. 176I-J, 179A (mf).
Neoscona mellotteei Song, Zhu & Chen, 2001: 218, f. 132A-E (mf).
Neoscona melloteei Namkung, 2002: 266, f. 19.28a-c (mf).
Neoscona mellotteei Kim & Kim, 2002: 215, f. 57, 141, 259-260 (mf).
Neoscona mellotteei Kim & Cho, 2002: 268, f. 667-672 (f).
Neoscona melloteei Namkung, 2003: 268, f. 19.28a-c (mf).
Neoscona melloteei Tanikawa, 2007c: 69, f. 172-176, 588-590 (mf).
Neoscona mellotteei Tanikawa, 2009: 445, f. 167-169 (mf).
Neoscona melloteei Zhu & Zhang, 2011: 237, f. 169A-D (mf).
Neoscona mellotteei Yin et al., 2012: 730, f. 362a-f (mf).
Neoscona melloteei Kim & Lee, 2012b: 90, f. 65A-E (mf).
Neoscona mellotteei Baba & Tanikawa, 2015: 64, 5 f. (mf).

Neoscona menghaiensis Yin et al., 1990: 119, f. 291-294 (Df).
Neoscona menghaiensis Yin et al., 1997d: 358, f. 255a-h (f, Dm).
Neoscona menghaiensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 299, f. 176K-M, 179B, 180K (mf).

Neoscona molemensis Tikader & Bal, 1981: 22, f. 40-44 (Dmf).
Neoscona molemensis Tikader, 1982a: 257, f. 510-514 (mf).
Neoscona molemensis Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 627, f. 396a-e (f).
Neoscona molemensis Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 2013c: 173, f. 30-36 (mf).
Neoscona molemensis Caleb, 2020b: 15717, f. 3E-F, 25A (f).

Epeira morelii Vinson, 1863: 166, 309, pl. 4, f. 4 (Dm).
Epeira lanuginosa Lenz, 1886: 389 (Df).
Epeira moreli Simon, 1886g: 370 (Df).
Epeira theisii Keyserling, 1893: 246, pl. 12, f. 184 (mf, misidentified).
Epeira theisii McCook, 1894: 166, pl. 6, f. 8-9 (mf, misidentified).
Araneus neotheis Petrunkevitch, 1911: 305 (Dmf).
Cubanella nidicola Franganillo, 1926a: 56, f. 2-3 (Dmf).
Cubanella nidicola Franganillo, 1926c: 15, f. 5-7 (m).
Cubanella recta Franganillo, 1930: 22, f. 8 (Dmf).
Neoscona neotheis Petrunkevitch, 1930a: 324.
Neoscona neotheis Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936b: 21, f. 31 (f).
Neoscona nidicola Franganillo, 1936c: 76, f. 34 (f).
Neoscona recta Franganillo, 1936c: 77, f. 35-36.
Neoscona nidicola Bryant, 1940: 511.
Neoscona neotheis Berman & Levi, 1971: 490, f. 12, 91-100, 130-131 (Tmf from Araneus, S).
Neoscona moreli Grasshoff, 1980: 407 (removed mf from S of N. theis).
Neoscona seca Roberts, 1983: 275, f. 202-204, 213-214 (Dm).
Neoscona moreli Grasshoff, 1986: 56, f. 71-78 (mf, S).
Neoscona neotheis Barrion et al., 1988a: 394, f. 3a-g, 9c (f).
Neoscona moreli Levi, 1993a: 232, f. 18-21 (mf).
Neoscona moreli Saaristo, 2010: 41, f. 4.32-36, 53 (mf).
Neoscona moreli Jones & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2022b: 23, f. 1-19 (f, m habitus).
Neoscona moreli Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022f: 6, p. 6: 3 f., p. 7: 8 f. (f).

Neoscona mukerjei Tikader, 1980b: 247, f. 1-23 (Dmf).
Neoscona mukerjei Tikader & Bal, 1981: 17, f. 11-12, 26-30 (mf).
Neoscona mukerjei Tikader, 1982a: 248, f. 60-61, 478-500 (mf).
Neoscona mukerji Gajbe, 2007: 528, f. 312-316 (mf).
Neoscona mukerjei Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 2013c: 173, f. 37-44 (mf).
Neoscona mukerjei Sen et al., 2015: 125, f. 805-810, pl. 24 (f).
Neoscona mukharji Ade & Dixit, 2016: 730, f. 4a-i (f) [lapsus].
Neoscona mukerjei Jaffry, Butt & Zahra, 2024: 416, f. 4A-K, 5A-D (mf).

Aranea multiplicans Chamberlin, 1924a: 18, pl. 5, f. 35 (Dmf).
Neoscona scylla Song, 1988: 129, f. 8A-B only (f, S, rejected).
Neoscona minoriscylla Yin et al., 1990: 123, f. 301-309 (Dmf).
Neoscona multiplicans Song, Chen & Zhu, 1997: 1715, f. 17a-c (removed mf from S of N. scylla, contra Song, 1988: 129, S).
Neoscona minoriscylla Yin et al., 1997d: 367, f. 262a-i (mf).
Neoscona minoriscylla Tanikawa, 1998b: 158, f. 83-85, 87 (f).
Neoscona multiplicans Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 300, f. 176N-O (f).
Neoscona minoriscylla Namkung & Kim, 1999: 213, f. 1I-L (f).
Neoscona multiplicans Namkung, 2002: 263, f. 19.25a-c (f).
Neoscona multiplicans Kim & Kim, 2002: 216, f. 58, 262-263 (f).
Neoscona multiplicans Namkung, 2002: 265, f. 19.25a-c (f).
Neoscona multiplicans Tanikawa, 2007c: 72, f. 190, 597 (f).
Neoscona multiplicans Tanikawa, 2009: 445, f. 176 (f).
Neoscona multiplicans Zhu & Zhang, 2011: 238, f. 170A-D (mf).
Neoscona multiplicans Yin et al., 2012: 731, f. 363a-i (mf).
Neoscona multiplicans Kim & Lee, 2012b: 92, f. 66A-C (f).

Neoscona murthyi Patel & Reddy, 1990c: 157, f. 1-5 (Df).

Neoscona nasidae Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 2013c: 173, f. 45-49 (Df).

Epeira tristis Taczanowski, 1873: 131 (Df; preoccupied by Blackwall, 1862).
Epeira nautica L. Koch, 1875b: 17, pl. 2, f. 2 (Dmf).
Epeira pullata Thorell, 1877b: 385 (Df).
Epeira volucripes Keyserling, 1885: 528, pl. 13, f. 27 (Dmf).
Epeira volucripes Keyserling, 1892: 199, pl. 9, f. 147 (mf).
Epeira volucripes McCook, 1894: 162, pl. 6, f. 1-2 (mf).
Araneus nauticus Pocock, 1900a: 228.
Neoscona volucripes F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 473, pl. 44, f. 18 (f).
Aranea nautica Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 222, 403, pl. 4, f. 31, pl. 11, f. 197, pl. 12, f. 299 (mf).
Aranea koratsensis Dönitz & Strand, in Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 384, pl. 4, f. 25 (Df).
Aranea camerunensis Strand, 1906h: 62 (Df).
Araneus nauticus Simon, 1907d: 290, f. 1A (f).
Araneus tristimoniae Petrunkevitch, 1911: 320 (replacement name for Epeira tristis Taczanowski).
Neoscona vulgaris Comstock, 1912: 500, f. 536 (f).
Neoscona nautica Petrunkevitch, 1930a: 320, f. 197-199 (mf).
Araneus nauticus Berland, 1932b: 396, f. 568-569 (f).
Neoscona nautica Comstock, 1940: 513, f. 536 (f).
Neoscona vulgaris Archer, 1940: 50, pl. II, f. 4 (f).
Araneus marcuzzii Caporiacco, 1955: 355, f. 35a-c (Df).
Neoscona nautica Yaginuma, 1955a: 17, pl. I, f. 5, 15 (Tmf from Araneus, S).
Araneus nauticus Saito, 1959: 90, text-f. 7.1-2, f. 104a-d (f).
Neoscona nautica Yaginuma, 1960: 56, f. 52.3 (mf).
Neoscona nautica Lee, 1966: 41, f. 11d-f (mf).
Neoscona nautica Yaginuma, 1971: 56, f. 52.3 (mf).
Neoscona nautica Berman & Levi, 1971: 498, f. 13, 111-120, 132 (mf, S).
Araneus nauticus Chrysanthus, 1971: 29, f. 48-51 (f).
Neoscona nautica Yin, 1978: 5, f. 12A-D (mf).
Neoscona nautica Song, 1980: 103, f. 49a-d (mf).
Neoscona nautica Tikader & Bal, 1981: 12, f. 14-17 (f).
Neoscona nautica Tikader & Biswas, 1981: 27, f. 34-36 (f).
Neoscona nautica Tikader, 1982a: 242, f. 466-469 (f).
Neoscona nautica Hu, 1984: 122, f. 123.1-2 (mf).
Neoscona nautica Guo, 1985: 69, f. 2-22.1-4 (mf).
Neoscona nautica Zhu & Shi, 1985: 81, f. 69a-d (f).
Neoscona nautica Grasshoff, 1986: 46, f. 5, 60-63 (mf).
Neoscona nautica Yaginuma, 1986a: 105, f. 55.6 (mf).
Neoscona nautica Chikuni, 1989b: 72, f. 33 (mf).
Neoscona nautica Feng, 1990: 92, f. 67.1-6 (mf).
Neoscona nautica Chen & Gao, 1990: 67, f. 83a-b (mf).
Neoscona nautica Chen & Zhang, 1991: 115, f. 109.1-5 (mf).
Neoscona nautica Zhao, 1993: 253, f. 116a-c (mf).
Neoscona nautica Levi, 1993a: 228, f. 10-13 (mf).
Neoscona nautica Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 629, f. 397a-h (f).
Neoscona nautica Zhao, 1995: 970, f. 455a-c (mf).
Neoscona nautica Yin et al., 1997d: 351, f. 247a-g (mf).
Neoscona nautica Tanikawa, 1998b: 145, f. 33, 39-45 (mf).
Neoscona nautica Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 300, f. 176P-R, 179C, 180L (mf).
Neoscona nautica Hu, 2001: 467, f. 307.1-3 (f).
Neoscona nautica Namkung, 2002: 260, f. 19.22a-b (mf).
Neoscona nautica Levi, 2002: 541, f. 108-111 (f).
Neoscona nautica Kim & Kim, 2002: 217, f. 59, 142-143, 264-266 (mf).
Neoscona nautica Kim & Cho, 2002: 269, f. 673-678 (f).
Neoscona nautica Yoo & Kim, 2002a: 28, f. 52 (m).
Neoscona nautica Namkung, 2003: 261, f. 19.21a-b (mf).
Neoscona nautica Gajbe, 2007: 526, f. 308-311 (f).
Neoscona nautica Tanikawa, 2007c: 69, f. 163, 581-584 (mf).
Neoscona nautica Barrion-Dupo, 2008: 234, f. 1A, 2A (f).
Neoscona nautica Tanikawa, 2009: 443, f. 161-163 (mf).
Neoscona nautica Zhu & Zhang, 2011: 239, f. 171A-E (mf).
Neoscona nautica Yin et al., 2012: 733, f. 364a-g (mf).
Neoscona nautica Kim & Lee, 2012b: 93, f. 67A-C (mf).
Neoscona nautica Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 2013c: 174, f. 50-55 (f).
Neoscona nautica Sen et al., 2015: 124, f. 787-792, pl. 23 (f).
Neoscona nautica Baba & Tanikawa, 2015: 63, 4 f. (mf).
Neoscona nautica Roy, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2017: 24, f. 144-148, 193 (f).
Neoscona nautica Basu, Roy & Raychaudhuri, 2017: 67, f. xxx-xxxv, 30-35 (f).

Araneus notandus Rainbow, 1912a: 196, f. 7-9 (Df).
Neoscona notanda Framenau, 2019: 16 (T from Araneus).

Araneus novellus Simon, 1907d: 294, f. 3A (Df).
Neoscona novella Grasshoff, 1986: 104, f. 151-152 (Tf from Araneus).
Neoscona novella Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022f: 8, 4 f. (f).

Epeira oaxacensis Keyserling, 1864: 121, pl. 5, f. 15-16 (Df).
Epeira cooksonii Butler, 1877: 76, pl. 13, f. 2 (Df).
Epeira adiantoides Taczanowski, 1878b: 148, pl. 1, f. 4 (Dmf).
Epeira vertebrata McCook, 1888b: 196, f, 6-10 (Dmf).
Epeira oaxensis Keyserling, 1893: 238, pl. 12, f. 178 (f).
Epeira vertebrata McCook, 1894: 151, pl. 3, f. 6-7, pl. 4, f. 1, pl. 5, f. 4 (mf).
Araneus adiantoides Simon, 1897e: 2.
Neoscona conifera F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 409, pl. 44, f. 6-7 (Dmf).
Neoscona oaxacensis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 468, pl. 44, f. 4-5 (mf).
Neoscona cooksoni F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 473, pl. 44, f. 16 (f).
Araneus coniferus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 286.
Araneus oaxacensis Petrunkevitch, 1911: 307.
Araneus cooksoni Petrunkevitch, 1911: 286.
Neoscona salaeria Chamberlin, 1920c: 167, f. 1-2 (Dmf).
Neoscona naiba Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1929: 104, pl. 4, f. 46-48 (Df).
Neoscona oaxacensis Petrunkevitch, 1930a: 322, f. 200-204 (mf).
Aranea naiba Roewer, 1942a: 862.
Aranea salaeria Roewer, 1942a: 863.
Neoscona lativulva Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942a: 78, f. 221-222 (Df).
Neoscona oaxacensis Berman & Levi, 1971: 486, f. 4, 9, 11, 78-90, 129 (Tmf from Araneus, S).
Neoscona oaxacensis Levi, 1973: 478 (S).
Neoscona oaxacensis Barrion et al., 1988a: 396, f. 4a-g, 9d (f, probably misidentified).
Neoscona oaxacensis Levi, 1993a: 233, f. 22-25 (mf).

Araneus odites Simon, 1906c: 308 (Df).
Neoscona odites Tikader & Bal, 1981: 36, f. 77-80 (Tf from Araneus).
Neoscona odites Tikader, 1982a: 274, f. 547-550 (f).

Neoscona oriemindoroana Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 624, f. 393a-f (Dm).

Neoscona orizabensis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 473, pl. 44, f. 17 (Df).
Neoscona amulensis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 472, pl. 44, f. 15 (Df).
Araneus amulensis Petrunkevitch, 1911: 278.
Araneus orizabensis Petrunkevitch, 1911: 307.
Neoscona orizabensis Berman & Levi, 1971: 484, f. 7, 59-67, 133 (Tf from Araneus, Sm).

Neoscona parambikulamensis Patel, 2003: 1209, f. 7-11 (Df).

Araneus pavidus Simon, 1906c: 309 (Df).
Araneus pavidus Dyal, 1935: 184, pl. 16, f. 126 (f).
Neoscona pavida Tikader & Bal, 1981: 38, f. 81-94 (Tf from Araneus).
Neoscona pavida Tikader, 1982a: 276, f. 551-554 (f).
Neoscona pavida Hu & Li, 1987a: 333, f. 14.1-4 (f).
Neoscona pavida Yin et al., 1997d: 369, f. 263a-d (f).
Neoscona pavida Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 300, f. 176S-U, 180M (f).
Neoscona pavida Hu, 2001: 467, f. 308.1-4 (f).

Epeira penicillipes Karsch, 1879e: 836, pl. 11, f. 6 (Dm).
Araneus pachanus Pocock, 1898e: 447, pl. 13, f. 9 (Df).
Aranea bioculata Thorell, 1899: 44 (Df).
Aranea varians Thorell, 1899: 49 (Dmf).
Araneus haematocnemis Pocock, 1900g: 850, pl. 56, f. 8 (Df).
Aranea leimenstolli Strand, 1906h: 57 (Dm).
Araneus varians Simon, 1907d: 289.
Aranea haematocnemis Strand, 1913a: 380.
Aranea haematocnemis antepicta Strand, 1913a: 380 (Df).
Aranea haematocnemis constrictifascia Strand, 1913a: 381 (Df).
Aranea haematocnemis decoratella Strand, 1913a: 381 (Df).
Aranea haematocnemis indistinctepicta Strand, 1913a: 381 (Df).
Aranea haematocnemis lanceolatella Strand, 1913a: 381 (Df).
Aranea haematocnemis monotonia Strand, 1913a: 381 (Df).
Aranea haematocnemis nigrofoliata Strand, 1913a: 381 (Df).
Aranea haematocnemis recurvata Strand, 1913a: 381 (Df).
Aranea sanguinipes antepicta Roewer, 1942a: 813.
Aranea sanguinipes constrictifascia Roewer, 1942a: 813.
Aranea sanguinipes decoratella Roewer, 1942a: 813.
Aranea sanguinipes indistinctepicta Roewer, 1942a: 813.
Aranea sanguinipes lanceolatella Roewer, 1942a: 813.
Aranea sanguinipes monotonia Roewer, 1942a: 813.
Aranea sanguinipes nigrifoliata Roewer, 1942a: 814.
Aranea sanguinipes recurvata Roewer, 1942a: 814.
Afraranea sanguipes Archer, 1951a: 22, f. 43 (Tmf from Araneus).
Neoscona penicillipes Grasshoff, 1986: 78, f. 1, 3, 6, 9-10, 113-123 (mf; removed from S of N. rufipalpis, S).
Neoscona penicillipes Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022f: 9, 10 f. (f).

Neoscona platnicki Gajbe & Gajbe, 2000c: 119, f. 1-4 (Df).
Neoscona platnicki Gajbe, 2004d: 51, f. 43-46 (f).

Epeira plebeja L. Koch, 1871: 69, p. 6, f. 10 (Df).
Araneus plebejus Berland, 1935: 60, f. 49-53 (f).
Neoscona plebeja Ledoux & Hallé, 1995: 5, f. 3A-D (mf, T from Araneus).

Neoscona polyspinipes Yin et al., 1990: 104, f. 254-261 (Dmf).
Neoscona polyspinipes Song, Chen & Zhu, 1997: 1716, f. 18a-b (m).
Neoscona polyspinipes Yin et al., 1997d: 352, f. 248a-k (mf).
Neoscona polyspinipes Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 300, f. 176V-X, 179D-E, 180N (mf).
Neoscona polyspinipes Yin et al., 2012: 735, f. 365a-h (mf).
Neoscona xiquanensis Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, in Barrion et al., 2013: 5, f. 3A-I (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048415].
Neoscona polyspinipes Lin et al., 2023a: 503 (S of Neoscona xiquanensis).

Epeira pratensis Hentz, 1847: 475, pl. 31, f. 11 (Df).
Epeira pratensis Emerton, 1884: 310, pl. 33, f. 15, pl. 36, f. 9 (f, Dm).
Epeira pratensis Keyserling, 1892: 184, pl. 9, f. 136 (f).
Epeira pratensis McCook, 1894: 142, pl. 1, f. 6 (mf).
Epeira pratensis Emerton, 1902: 167, f. 396 (mf).
Araneus pratensis Petrunkevitch, 1911: 310.
Neoscona pratensis Crosby & Bishop, 1928b: 1056.
Neoscona pratensis Berman & Levi, 1971: 494, f. 101-110, 134 (Tmf from Araneus).
Neoscona pratensis Barrion et al., 1988a: 398, f. 5a-g, 9e (f, probably misidentified).
Neoscona pratensis Dondale et al., 2003: 169, f. 355-362 (mf).

Neoscona pseudonautica Yin et al., 1990: 107, f. 262-269 (Dmf).
Neoscona pseudonautica Yin et al., 1997d: 353, f. 249a-k (mf).
Neoscona pseudonautica Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 300, f. 176Y-Z, A', 179F, 180O (mf).
Neoscona pseudonautica Namkung & Kim, 1999: 234, f. 1A-H (mf).
Neoscona pseudonautica Namkung, 2002: 261, f. 19.23a-d (mf).
Neoscona pseudonautica Kim & Kim, 2002: 217, f. 60-61, 144-146, 267-272 (mf).
Neoscona pseudonautica Namkung, 2003: 262, f. 19.22a-d (mf).
Neoscona pseudonautica Zhu & Zhang, 2011: 240, f. 172A-E (mf).
Neoscona pseudonautica Yin et al., 2012: 737, f. 366a-k (mf).
Neoscona pseudonautica Kim & Lee, 2012b: 94, f. 68A-D, pl. 16 (mf).

Araneus pseudoscylla Schenkel, 1953b: 47, f. 22a-c (Dm).
Neoscona pseudoscylla Yin et al., 1997d: 355, f. 250a-h (Tm from Araneus, after Zhu, Df).
Neoscona pseudoscylla Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 300, f. 177A-C, 179G, 181A (mf).
Neoscona pseudoscylla Song, Zhu & Chen, 2001: 219, f. 133A-F (mf).

Epeira lugubris Walckenaer, 1841: 34 (Df; apparently considered a nomen dubium by Grasshoff, 1986: 117).
Epeira punctigera Doleschall, 1857: 420 (Df).
Epeira manipa Doleschall, 1857: 419 (Df).
Epeira indagatrix L. Koch, 1871: 66, pl. 5, f. 8-9 (Dmf).
Epeira vatia Thorell, 1877b: 382 (Dm).
Epeira opima L. Koch, 1878c: 740, pl. 15, f. 3 (Df).
Epeira slateri Butler, 1880: 730, pl. 58, f. 1 (Df).
Epeira ephippiata Thorell, 1881: 101 (Dm).
Epeira paviei Simon, 1886a: 150 (Df).
Epeira punctigera trabeata Thorell, 1887: 181 (D).
Epeira punctigera Keyserling, 1892: 136, pl. 7, f. 100 (f).
Epeira punctigera McCook, 1894: 163, pl. 6, f. 4 (mf).
Araneus lugubris Simon, 1895a: 828.
Epeira punctigera Workman, 1896: 48, pl. 48 (mf).
Aranea punctigera Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 230, pl. 11, f. 206 (mf).
Aranea opima Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 231, pl. 11, f. 221 (f).
Neoscona opima Yaginuma, 1955a: 19, pl. I, f. 8, 12 (Tmf from Araneus).
Catheistela opima Yaginuma & Archer, 1959: 36 (lapsus, T from Neoscona).
Araneus opimus Yaginuma, 1960: 53, f. 50.5 (f).
Araneus lugubris Chrysanthus, 1960: 36, f. 39-42, 45, 69 (mf).
Araneus parascylla Schenkel, 1963: 147, f. 86a-c, 87a-b (Dmf).
Araneus lugubris Lee, 1966: 38, f. 9g-l (f).
Araneus lugubris Yaginuma, 1967b: 89, f. 1e-f (mf, S).
Araneus lugubris Yaginuma, 1971: 53, f. 50.5 (f).
Araneus lugubris Patel, 1975b: 160, f. 2a-c (f).
Afraranea punctigera Grasshoff, 1980: 403, f. 5-7 (Tmf from Araneus, S).
Neoscona lugubris Tikader & Bal, 1981: 20, f. 36-39 (Tf from Araneus).
Neoscona lugubris Tikader, 1982a: 255, f. 506-509 (f).
Neoscona punctigera Roberts, 1983: 275, f. 205-208 (Tmf from Afraranea).
Araneus lugubris Hu, 1984: 94, f. 88.1-5 (f).
Neoscona punctigera Grasshoff, 1986: 117 (S).
Araneus punctigera Yaginuma, 1986a: 98, f. 52.1 (mf).
Araneus punctigera Chikuni, 1989b: 67, f. 16 (mf).
Araneus lugubris Chen & Gao, 1990: 45, f. 49a-b (f).
Neoscona punctigera Yin et al., 1997d: 360, f. 256a-h (mf).
Neoscona punctigera Tanikawa, 1998b: 159, f. 88-90, 93-99 (mf).
Neoscona punctigera Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 300, f. 177D-F, 179H, 181B (mf).
Neoscona punctigera Namkung, 2002: 264, f. 19.26a-c (mf).
Neoscona punctigera Kim & Kim, 2002: 218, f. 62, 147-148, 273-275 (mf).
Neoscona punctigera Namkung, 2003: 266, f. 19.26a-c (mf).
Neoscona punctigera Tanikawa, 2007c: 72, f. 191-196, 598-601 (mf).
Neoscona punctigera Barrion-Dupo, 2008: 236, f. 1B-E, 2B (f).
Neoscona punctigera Tanikawa, 2009: 445, f. 177-180 (mf).
Neoscona punctigera Saaristo, 2010: 41, f. 4.47-50 (mf).
Neoscona punctigera Yin et al., 2012: 738, f. 367a-h (mf).
Neoscona punctigera Kim & Lee, 2012b: 96, f. 69A-C (mf).
Neoscona punctigera Baba & Tanikawa, 2015: 67, 4 f. (mf).
Neoscona punctigera Roy, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2017: 24, f. 149-154, 194 (f).
Neoscona punctigera Basu, Roy & Raychaudhuri, 2017: 65, f. vi-xi, 6-11 (f).

Neoscona quadrigibbosa Grasshoff, 1986: 112, f. 165-171 (Dmf).
Neoscona quadrigibbosa Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022f: 10, 5 f. (f).

Neoscona quincasea Roberts, 1983: 269, f. 183-191 (Dmf).
Neoscona quincasea Grasshoff, 1986: 24, f. 25-30 (mf).
Neoscona quincasea Saaristo, 2010: 40, f. 4.54-60 (mf).
Neoscona quincasea Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022f: 11, 8 f. (f).

Neoscona rahamani Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 2013c: 175, f. 56-61 (Df).

Aranea rapta Thorell, 1899: 51 (Dmf).
Araneus lambarenensis Simon, 1907d: 293 (Df).
Neoscona rapta Grasshoff, 1986: 100, f. 146-150 (Tmf from Araneus, S).
Neoscona rapta Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022f: 12, 8 f. (f).

Neoscona raydakensis Saha et al., 1995: 12, f. 1-8 (Df).

Epeira rufipalpis Lucas, 1858: 422 (Df).
Epeira semiannulata Karsch, 1879a: 334 (Df).
Epeira semiannulata Simon, 1884k: 14, pl. 1, f. 7-8 (f, Dm).
Araneus rufipalpis Pocock, 1900g: 849.
Aranea rufipalpis Strand, 1908e: 287 (D four varieties).
Aranea rufipalpis Tullgren, 1910: 163, pl. 4, f. 107 (f).
Araneus rufipalpis Lessert, 1930: 644, f. 19 (f).
Afraranea rufipalpis Archer, 1951a: 22 (Tmf from Araneus).
Neoscona rufipalpis Grasshoff, 1986: 73, f. 101-112 (mf).
Neoscona rufipalpis Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022f: 13, p. 13: 10 f., p. 14: 2 f. (f).

Aranea rufipalpis büttnerana Strand, 1908e: 271, 288, 293 (Dmf).
Neoscona rufipalpis buettnerana Nentwig et al., 2019: 34 (subspecies inquirenda).

Neoscona sanghi Gajbe, 2004d: 52, f. 47-48 (Dm).

Neoscona sanjivani Gajbe, 2004d: 54, f. 49-52 (Df).

Epeira scylla Karsch, 1879g: 71 (Df).
Aranea scylla Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 215, pl. 11, f. 202, 220 (f, Dm).
Chinestela gisti Chamberlin, 1924a: 20, pl. 5, f. 37 (Dm).
Araneus scyllus Saito, 1939: 20, f. 3(3) (mf).
Araneus scylla nigromaculatus Yaginuma, 1941a: 122, f. 1 (Dmf).
Neoscona scylla Yaginuma, 1955a: 18, pl. I, f. 9, 16 (mf, removed from S of N. theisi).
Araneus scyllus Saito, 1959: 89, f. 101a-i (mf).
Neoscona scylla Yaginuma, 1960: 56, f. 52.1 (mf).
Neoscona scylla Shimojana, 1967: 18, f. 9 (m).
Neoscona scylla Yaginuma, 1971: 56, f. 52.2 (mf).
Neoscona scylla Hikichi, 1977: 154, f. 38 (f).
Neoscona scylla Nishikawa, 1977c: 32 (S).
Neoscona scylla Paik, 1978e: 107, f. 25.1 (f).
Neoscona scylla Hu, 1984: 125, f. 125.1-4 (mf).
Neoscona scylla Zhu & Shi, 1985: 82, f. 70a-d (f).
Neoscona scylla Yaginuma, 1986a: 103, f. 55.5 (mf).
Neoscona scylla Song, 1988: 129, f. 8C only (f).
Neoscona scylla Chikuni, 1989b: 71, f. 30 (mf).
Neoscona scylla Feng, 1990: 93, f. 68.1-5 (mf).
Neoscona scylla Chen & Gao, 1990: 67, f. 84a-b (mf).
Neoscona scylla Chen & Zhang, 1991: 116, f. 110.1-3 (mf).
Neoscona scylla Zhao, 1993: 255, f. 118a-c (mf).
Neoscona scylla Zhao, 1995: 973, f. 457a-c (mf).
Neoscona scylla Song, Chen & Zhu, 1997: 1717, f. 19a-c (mf).
Neoscona scylla Yin et al., 1997d: 370, f. 264a-i (mf).
Neoscona scylla Tanikawa, 1998b: 155, f. 70-82 (mf).
Neoscona scylla Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 300, f. 177G-H, 179I (mf).
Neoscona scylla Namkung, 2002: 262, f. 19.24a-d (mf).
Neoscona scylla Kim & Kim, 2002: 219, f. 149, 276-277 (mf).
Neoscona scylla Kim & Cho, 2002: 269, f. 679-684 (f).
Neoscona scylla Namkung, 2002: 264, f. 19.24a-d (mf).
Neoscona scylla Yoo & Kim, 2002a: 28, f. 53 (m).
Neoscona scylla Tanikawa, 2007c: 70, f. 181-189, 594-596 (mf).
Neoscona scylla Tanikawa, 2009: 445, f. 173-175 (mf).
Neoscona scylla Zhu & Zhang, 2011: 241, f. 173A-C (mf).
Neoscona scylla Yin et al., 2012: 740, f. 368a-i (mf).
Neoscona scylla Kim & Lee, 2012b: 97, f. 70A-H, pl. 17-19 (mf).
Neoscona scylla Baba & Tanikawa, 2015: 66, 7 f. (mf).

Aranea scylloides Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 217, pl. 4, f. 26, pl. 11, f. 209 (Dmf).
Araneus scylloides Saito, 1939: 21, f. 3(4) (mf).
Araneus scylloides Yaginuma, 1940: 123, f. 3.1-4 (f, removed from S of N. theisi).
Araneus scylloides Nakatsudi, 1942a: 305, f. 8-11 (f).
Neoscona scylloides Yaginuma, 1955a: 18, pl. I, f. 10, 13 (mf).
Araneus scylloides Saito, 1959: 89, f. 102a-f (f).
Neoscona scylloides Yaginuma, 1960: 57, f. 53 (f).
Araneus scylloides Schenkel, 1963: 145, f. 85 (f).
Neoscona scylloides Lee, 1966: 41, f. 11g-h (f).
Neoscona scylloides Yaginuma, 1966e: 23, f. 2 (m).
Neoscona scylloides Yaginuma, 1971: 57, f. 53 (f).
Neoscona scylloides Matsumoto, 1973b: 41, f. 12, 14 (f).
Neoscona scylloides Hu, 1984: 124, f. 124.1-2 (f).
Neoscona scylloides Yaginuma, 1986a: 103, f. 55.1 (f).
Neoscona scylloides Chikuni, 1989b: 73, f. 34 (mf).
Neoscona scylloides Feng, 1990: 94, f. 69.1-2 (f).
Neoscona scylloides Chen & Gao, 1990: 67, f. 85 (f).
Neoscona scylloides Chen & Zhang, 1991: 116, f. 111.1-3 (f).
Neoscona scylloides Zhao, 1993: 257, f. 119 (f).
Neoscona scylloides Zhao, 1995: 973, f. 458 (f).
Neoscona scylloides Yin et al., 1997d: 371, f. 265a-g (mf).
Neoscona scylloides Tanikawa, 1998b: 153, f. 38, 62-68 (mf).
Neoscona scylloides Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 301, f. 177I-K, 179J, 181C (mf).
Neoscona scylloides Namkung, 2002: 267, f. 19.29a-c (mf).
Neoscona scylloides Kim & Kim, 2002: 220, f. 63, 150, 278-280 (mf).
Neoscona scylloides Namkung, 2003: 269, f. 19.29a-c (mf).
Neoscona scylloides Tanikawa, 2007c: 70, f. 177-180, 591-593 (mf).
Neoscona scylloides Tanikawa, 2009: 445, f. 170-172 (mf).
Neoscona scylloides Zhu & Zhang, 2011: 242, f. 174A-E (mf).
Neoscona scylloides Yin et al., 2012: 742, f. 369a-g (mf).
Neoscona scylloides Kim & Lee, 2012b: 99, f. 71A-D, pl. 20 (mf).
Neoscona scylloides Marusik et al., 2015: 209, f. 17-28 (mf).
Neoscona scylloides Baba & Tanikawa, 2015: 64, 5 f. (mf).
Neoscona scylloides Suzuki & Nakama, 2021: 33, f. 2-3, 6-7 (mf).

Atea semilunaris Karsch, 1879g: 73, pl. 1, f. 7 (Df).
Aranea semilunaris Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 220, pl. 11, f. 201, 228 (f, Dm).
Araneus semilunaris Yaginuma, 1960: 55, f. 51 (mf).
Araneus semilunaris Yaginuma, 1971: 55, f. 51 (mf).
Araneus semilunaris Yaginuma, 1986a: 100, f. 53.3 (mf).
Araneus semilunaris Chikuni, 1989b: 69, f. 22 (mf).
Araneus semilunaris Chen & Gao, 1990: 47, f. 52a-b (mf).
Neoscona semilunaris Yin et al., 1997d: 372, f. 266a-d (Tmf from Araneus).
Neoscona semilunaris Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 301, f. 177L-N, 181D (f).
Araneus semilunaris Namkung, 2002: 255, f. 19.17a-b (mf).
Neoscona semilunaris Namkung, 2003: 263, f. 19.23a-b (mf).
Araneus semilunaris Tanikawa, 2007c: 83, f. 244, 686-688 (mf).
Araneus semilunaris Tanikawa, 2009: 455, f. 262-264 (mf).
Neoscona semilunaris Zhu & Zhang, 2011: 243, f. 175A-D (f).
Neoscona semilunaris Yin et al., 2012: 744, f. 370a-d (f).
Neoscona semilunaris Kim & Lee, 2012b: 100, f. 72A-C (mf).

Neoscona shillongensis Tikader & Bal, 1981: 34, f. 73-76 (Df).
Neoscona shillongensis Tikader, 1982a: 272, f. 543-546 (f).
Neoscona shillongensis Hu & Li, 1987a: 334, f. 15.1-4, 16.1-2 (f, Dm).
Neoscona shillongensis Yin et al., 1990: 126, f. 310-312 (f).
Neoscona shillongensis Yin et al., 1997d: 373, f. 267a-i (mf).
Neoscona shillongensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 301, f. 177O-Q, 179K, 181E (mf).
Neoscona shillongensis Hu, 2001: 469, f. 309.1-4 (mf).

Araneus nigritus fernandensis Simon, 1907d: 290 (Df, preoccupied by Simon, 1907, see Neoscona triangula) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054764].
Neoscona simoni Grasshoff, 1986: 115, f. 172-174 (f; replacement name).

Araneus sinhagadensis Tikader, 1975b: 146, f. 4-7 (Dmf).
Neoscona sinhagadensis Tikader & Bal, 1981: 30, f. 63-67 (Tmf from Araneus).
Neoscona sinhagadensis Tikader, 1982a: 267, f. 533-537 (mf).
Neoscona sinhagadensis Hu & Li, 1987a: 336, f. 17.1-4 (f).
Neoscona sinhagadensis Yin et al., 1997d: 275, f. 268a-d (f).
Neoscona sinhagadensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 301, f. 177R-T, 181F (f).
Neoscona sinhagadensis Hu, 2001: 470, f. 310.1-4 (f).

Araneus cruciferoides Spassky, 1952: 203, f. 6, 10 (Dmf, preoccupied by Tullgren, 1910, see Neoscona triangula) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054763].
Araneus spasskyi Brignoli, 1983c: 258 (replacement name for Araneus cruciferoides).
Neoscona spasskyi Zamani, Marusik & Šestáková, 2020: 30, f. 11C, 12A-B, 13C-D, 14C,E, 15A-C, 16A-C, 17D-F (mf, removed from S of Neoscona tedgenica, contra Marusik, Tarabaev & Litovchenko, 1991: 20).
Neoscona theisi Zamani, Marusik & Šestáková, 2020: 38, f. 12C-D, 13A-B (f; misidentified per Zamani, Nadolny & Dolejš, 2022: 554).
Neoscona spasskyi Seropian, Otto & Bulbulashvili, 2023: 155, f. 36-38, Suppl.: 3 f. (f).

Araneus stanleyi Lessert, 1930: 653, f. 26-27 (Dmf).
Afraranea stanleyi Archer, 1951a: 22 (Tmf from Araneus).

Aranea rufipalpis strigatella Strand, 1908e: 294 (Df).
Aranea strigatella Roewer, 1942a: 814.
Neoscona strigatella Nentwig et al., 2019: 34 (T from Araneus, species inquirenda).

Atea subfusca C. L. Koch, 1837b: 4 (D).
Atea subfusca C. L. Koch, 1844: 140, f. 939 (Df).
Epeira dalmatica Doleschall, 1852: 648 (Df).
Epeira blanda Blackwall, 1865a: 95 (Dm).
Epeira impedita L. Koch, 1867c: 859 (Df).
Epeira illibata Simon, 1870b: 312 (Dm).
Epeira perplicata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872: 300 (Df).
Epeira illibata Simon, 1873a: 169, pl. 3, f. 2 (m).
Epeira limans Thorell, 1875a: 81 (Dm).
Epeira limans Thorell, 1875c: 7 (Dm).
Epeira subfusca Lebert, 1877: 128.
Epeira radulans Pavesi, 1883: 11 (Dm).
Epeira dalmatica Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1891: 129, pl. 5, f. 6 (mf).
Aranea nigrita Thorell, 1899: 52 (Dmf).
Aranea submodesta Strand, 1906b: 621 (Df).
Aranea submodesta neumanni Strand, 1906b: 683 (Df).
Araneus mesonauta Simon, 1907d: 290, f. 1C (Df).
Araneus occidaneus Simon, 1907d: 295, f. 3B (Df).
Araneus dalmaticus minor Simon, 1908a: 430 (D).
Aranea submodesta Strand, 1908g: 402.
Araneus arganicola Simon, 1909b: 26 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014718].
Aranea restiaria Tullgren, 1910: 166, pl. 4, f. 117 (Df).
Aranea restiaria obscura Tullgren, 1910: 166 (Df).
Aranea artifex Tullgren, 1910: 166, pl. 4, f. 118 (Df).
Araneus dalmaticus Lessert, 1910b: 169.
Aranea dalmatica Strand, 1915c: 146.
Araneus dalmaticus Simon, 1929: 696, 763, f. 1078-1080 (mf).
Araneus hoffmanni Schenkel, 1937: 384, f. 5 (Df).
Neoscona albobitriangulosa Caporiacco, 1939a: 341, f. 12 (Dm).
Araneus artifex Caporiacco, 1940c: 828 (Dm).
Araneus perplicatus Caporiacco, 1940c: 829.
Neoscona perplicata Caporiacco, 1941b: 75, f. 25a-d (Tf from Araneus, Dm).
Neoscona immodesta Caporiacco, 1941b: 77, f. 26a-c (Dm).
Neoscona submodesta neumanni Caporiacco, 1941b: 78 (Tf from Araneus, elevated to subspecies).
Araneus aballensis angustifolius Caporiacco, 1941b: 80 (Dj).
Araneus aballensis foliatus Caporiacco, 1941b: 80 (Df).
Araneus aballensis subconcolor Caporiacco, 1941b: 80 (Df).
Araneus aballensis albozonatus Caporiacco, 1941b: 81 (Dj).
Araneus aballensis bimaculatus Caporiacco, 1941b: 81 (Dj).
Araneus aballensis nigricans Caporiacco, 1941b: 81 (Dj).
Araneus granatae Caporiacco, 1941b: 81, f. 27-28 (Df).
Aranea dalmatica Drensky, 1943: 241, f. 17 (m).
Neoscona artifex Caporiacco, 1947c: 169 (Tmf from Araneus).
Araneus tullgreni Caporiacco, 1947c: 173, f. 30 (Df).
Araneus tullgreni obscuratus Caporiacco, 1947c: 174 (Df).
Neoscona wiehlei Caporiacco, 1949a: 414, f. 56a-c (Df).
Neoscona submodesta neumanni Caporiacco, 1949a: 416 (S).
Araneus airensis Denis, 1955b: 135, f. 41-44 (Df).
Araneus subfuscus Fuhn & Oltean, 1969: 166, pl. II, f. 1-2 (mf).
Neoscona parva Schmidt, 1973: 370, f. 6-7 (Dmf).
Neoscona parva Schmidt, 1975a: 509, f. 4.
Neoscona subfusca Grasshoff, 1980: 406 (Tmf from Araneus, S).
Araneus granatai Brignoli, 1983c: 260.
Neoscona dalmatica Morano & Ferrández, 1986: 175, f. 9-11 (mf).
Neoscona subfusca Grasshoff, 1986: 15, f. 2, 4, 11-24 (mf, S).
Neoscona subfusca Levy, 1998a: 336, f. 96-107 (mf, S).
Neoscona subfusca Saaristo, 2010: 43, f. 4.35-38 (mf).
Neoscona subfusca Soliman et al., 2018: 152, pl. 11D-F, 12A (mf).
Neoscona subfusca Bosmans & Hervé, 2021: 58, f. 1a-g (mf, S of Araneus arganicola).
Neoscona subfusca Pintilioaie & Urák, 2022a: 2, f. 4a-c (f).
Neoscona subfusca Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022f: 15, p. 15: 3 f., p. 16: 9 f., p. 17: 2 f. (f).
Neoscona subfusca Stanković, 2023: 606, f. 3 (m).
Neoscona subfusca Morano, 2023: 100, f. 100-103 (mf).

Neoscona artifex alboplagiata Caporiacco, 1947c: 169 (Dj).

Aranea nigrita pallidior Thorell, 1899: 52 (Df).

Aranea subpullata Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 234, pl. 11, f. 232-233 (Df).
Neoscona subpullata Yaginuma, 1955a: 20, pl. I, f. 4 (Tf from Araneus).
Araneus subpullatus Yaginuma, 1960: 52, f. 48 (f).
Araneus subpullatus Paik, 1970b: 85, f. 2-4 (f).
Araneus subpullatus Yaginuma, 1971: 52, f. 48 (f).
Neoscona subpullata Yaginuma, 1986a: 105, f. 55.8 (f).
Neoscona subpullata Ma & Tu, 1987: 52, f. 2 (f).
Neoscona subpullata Chikuni, 1989b: 70, f. 29 (f, Dm).
Neoscona subpullatus Chen & Gao, 1990: 68, f. 86 (f).
Neoscona subpullata Yin et al., 1997d: 355, f. 251a-c (f).
Neoscona subpullata Tanikawa, 1998b: 148, f. 34-36, 46-52 (mf).
Neoscona subpullata Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 301, f. 177U, 181G (f).
Neoscona subpullata Song, Zhu & Chen, 2001: 220, f. 134A-C (f).
Neoscona subpullata Namkung, 2002: 270, f. 19.32a-b (mf).
Neoscona subpullata Kim & Kim, 2002: 221, f. 64, 281 (f).
Neoscona subpullata Namkung, 2003: 272, f. 19.32a-b (mf).
Neoscona subpullata Tanikawa, 2007c: 69, f. 164-171, 585-587 (mf).
Neoscona subpullata Tanikawa, 2009: 443, f. 164-166 (mf).
Neoscona subpullata Kim & Lee, 2012b: 101, f. 73A-D (mf).

Araneus tedgenicus Bakhvalov, 1978: 790, f. 1-4 (Df).
Aculepeira tedgenica Brignoli, 1983c: 255 (Tf from Araneus).
Neoscona tedgenica Marusik, Tarabaev & Litovchenko, 1991: 20 (T from Aculepeira, S of Araneus spasskyi, rejected by Zamani, Marusik & Šestáková, 2020: 30).

Epeira theis Walckenaer, 1841: 53, pl. 18, f. 4 (Df).
Epeira mangareva Walckenaer, 1847a: 469 (Df).
Epeira assidua Vinson, 1863: 180, 310 (Df).
Epeira braminica Stoliczka, 1869: 238, pl. 20, f. 8 (Df).
Epeira mangareva L. Koch, 1871: 85, pl. 7, f. 4 (f, Dm).
Epeira theisii Thorell, 1877b: 390.
Epeira theisii Thorell, 1878b: 65.
Epeira eclipsis Marx, 1893: 590, pl. 70, f. 6a-b (Df).
Epeira ventricosa Rainbow, 1897a: 110, pl. 2, f. 4 (Df).
Epeira longispina Rainbow, 1897a: 111, pl. 3, f. 1-2 (Dmf).
Epeira multispina Rainbow, 1897a: 112, pl. 3, f. 3-4 (Dmf).
Epeira etheridgei Rainbow, 1897a: 114, pl. 3, f. 5 (Df).
Epeira festiva Rainbow, 1897a: 115, pl. 4, f. 1 (Df).
Epeira obscura Rainbow, 1897a: 116, pl. 4, f. 2 (Df).
Epeira annulipes Rainbow, 1897a: 117, pl. 4, f. 3 (Df; preoccupied by Lucas, 1838).
Epeira distincta Rainbow, 1897a: 118, pl. 4, f. 4 (Df).
Epeira hoggi Rainbow, 1897a: 119, pl. 5, f. 1 (Df).
Epeira speciosa Rainbow, 1897a: 120, pl. 5, f. 2 (Dj; preoccupied by Pallas, 1773).
Araneus mangarevus Pocock, 1897c: 601, pl. 25, f. 11 (f).
Araneus theis Pocock, 1898i: 324 (S).
Neoscona theisi F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 470, pl. 44. f. 9-10 (mf).
Aranea theisii Tullgren, 1910: 164, pl. 4, f. 112 (mf).
Araneus theisi Merian, 1911: 213, pl. 9, f. 7.
Aranea theisi feisiana Strand, 1911b: 203 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016765].
Aranea theisi feisiana Strand, 1915d: 221, pl. 14, f. 19 (f).
Araneus theisi Berland, 1932b: 393, f. 564-567 (f).
Aranea theisi Roewer, 1938: 39, f. 27 (f).
Araneus theisi Saito, 1939: 22, f. 3(5) (f).
Aranea annulipedata Roewer, 1942a: 824 (replacement name for Epeira annulipes Rainbow, 1897) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014706].
Aranea speciosissima Roewer, 1942a: 833 (replacement name for Epeira speciosa Rainbow, 1897).
Araneus theisi Nakatsudi, 1943a: 156, f. 6-8, pl. XXII, f. 3-4 (mf).
Neoscona theisi Yaginuma, 1955a: 17, pl. I, f. 3 (Tmf from Araneus).
Neoscona theisi Yaginuma, 1960: 57, f. 53 (f).
Araneus theisi Chrysanthus, 1960: 39, f. 44, 53-55, 61, 73 (mf).
Neoscona theisi Lee, 1966: 42, f. 12a-b (f).
Neoscona theisi Yaginuma, 1971: 57, f. 53 (f).
Araneus theisi Chrysanthus, 1971: 31, f. 59-61 (f).
Araneus theisi Patel, 1975b: 158, f. 1a-g (mf).
Neoscona theisi Yin, 1978: 5, f. 13A-D (mf).
Neoscona theisi Song, 1980: 105, f. 50a-d (mf).
Neoscona theis Tikader & Bal, 1981: 32, f. 13, 68-72 (mf).
Neoscona theisi Tikader & Biswas, 1981: 26, f. 31-33 (f).
Neoscona theisi Wang, 1981: 95, f. 35A-C (mf).
Neoscona theisi Tikader, 1982a: 269, f. 62, 538-542 (mf).
Neoscona theisi Hu, 1984: 126, f. 126.1-2 (mf).
Neoscona theisi Grasshoff, 1986: 69, f. 90-100 (mf).
Neoscona theisi Yaginuma, 1986a: 104, f. 55.7 (f).
Neoscona theisi Zhang, 1987: 87, f. 71.1-3 (mf).
Neoscona theisi Barrion et al., 1988a: 402, f. 6a-g, 7a-e, 9f-g (mf).
Neoscona theisi Davies, 1988b: 300, f. 21 (mf).
Neoscona theisi Chikuni, 1989b: 72, f. 32 (mf).
Neoscona theisi Feng, 1990: 95, f. 70.1-4 (mf).
Neoscona theisi Chen & Gao, 1990: 68, f. 87a-c (mf).
Neoscona theisi Chen & Zhang, 1991: 118, f. 112.1-3 (mf).
Neoscona theisi Zhao, 1993: 257, f. 120a-b (mf).
Neoscona theisi Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 625, f. 394a-e, 305a-d (mf).
Neoscona theisi Zhao, 1995: 974, f. 459a-b (mf).
Neoscona theisi Yin et al., 1997d: 375, f. 269a-g (mf).
Neoscona sodom Levy, 1998a: 340, f. 117-126 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016756].
Neoscona theisi Tanikawa, 1998b: 137, f. 1-8, 11-17 (mf).
Neoscona theisi Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 301, f. 177V-X, 179L, 181H (mf).
Neoscona theisi Hu, 2001: 471, f. 311.1-5 (mf).
Neoscona theisi Song, Zhu & Chen, 2001: 220, f. 135A-F (mf).
Neoscona theisi Namkung, 2002: 269, f. 19.31a-c (mf).
Neoscona theisi Kim & Kim, 2002: 221, f. 65, 151, 282-284 (mf).
Neoscona theisi Namkung, 2003: 271, f. 19.31a-c (mf).
Neoscona theisi Butt & Siraj, 2006: 215, f. 1A-G (mf).
Neoscona theis Gajbe, 2007: 533, f. 326-330 (mf).
Neoscona theisi Tanikawa, 2007c: 67, f. 150-159, 572-574 (mf).
Neoscona theisi Barrion-Dupo, 2008: 239, f. 1H, 2D (f).
Neoscona theisi Tanikawa, 2009: 443, f. 152-154 (mf).
Neoscona theisi Zhu & Zhang, 2011: 244, f. 176A-E (mf).
Neoscona theisi Yin et al., 2012: 745, f. 371a-g (mf).
Neoscona theisi Kim & Lee, 2012b: 102, f. 75A-C (mf).
Neoscona theisi Dierkens & Charlat, 2013: 75, f. 28-29 (mf).
Neoscona theis Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 2013c: 175, f. 62-69 (mf).
Neoscona theisi Roy, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2017: 25, f. 155-160, 196 (f).
Neoscona theisi Basu, Roy & Raychaudhuri, 2017: 66, f. xviii-xxiii, 18-23 (f).
Neoscona theisi Nentwig et al., 2019: 34, f. 4a-f (f, S of Neoscona theisi feisiana).
Neoscona sodom Bosmans et al., 2019b: 9, f. 1a-e (m).
Neoscona theisi Zamani, Marusik & Šestáková, 2020: 36, f. 11A-B, 14A,D, 17A-C (mf, S of Neoscona sodom; f: f. 12C-D, 13A-B see Neoscona spasskyi, misidentified per Zamani, Nadolny & Dolejš, 2022: 554).
Neoscona theisi Jaffry, Butt & Zahra, 2024: 420, f. 6A-G, 7A-D (mf).

Araneus theisi carbonaria Simon, 1909e: 110 (Df).

Araneus theisi savesi Simon, 1880i: 169 (Df).

Aranea theisiella Tullgren, 1910: 164, pl. 4, f. 113 (Dmf).
Neoscona theisella Caporiacco, 1947c: 168 (Tmf from Araneus).
Neoscona theisi theisiella Grasshoff, 1986: 31, f. 36-43 (mf, reduced to subspecies).
Neoscona theisi theisiella Heinrichs & Barrion, 2004: 211, 605-608 (mf).
Neoscona theisi theisiella Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022f: 18, 9 f. (f).

Epeira triangulifera Thorell, 1878b: 65 (Df).
Epeira theisii triangulifera Thorell, 1881: 115.
Araneus theisi triangulifera Hogg, 1915a: 451 (Dm).

Neoscona tianmenensis Yin et al., 1990: 126, f. 313-320 (Dmf).
Neoscona tianmenensis Yin et al., 1997d: 377, f. 270a-k (mf).
Neoscona tianmenensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 301, f. 177Y-Z, 178A, 179M, 181I (mf).
Neoscona tianmenensis Namkung, 2002: 268, f. 19.30a-d (mf).
Neoscona tianmenensis Namkung, 2003: 270, f. 19.30a-d (mf).
Neoscona tianmenensis Yin et al., 2012: 747, f. 372a-k (mf).
Neoscona tianmenensis Kim & Lee, 2012b: 104, f. 76A-D (mf).

Epeira nocturna Vinson, 1863: 161, 309, pl. 4, f. 3 (Df; preoccupied by Linnaeus, 1758).
Epeira triangula Keyserling, 1864: 98, pl. 5, f. 12-14 (Dmf).
Epeira kerstenii Gerstaecker, 1873: 492 (Dm).
Epeira melanopa Gerstaecker, 1873: 493 (Df).
Epeira obscura Blackwall, 1877: 15 (Df; preoccupied by Wider, 1834).
Epeira locuples Butler, 1880: 732, pl. 58, f. 2 (Df).
Epeira cerviniventris Simon, 1884k: 16 (Df).
Epeira annulata Lenz, 1891: 177, pl. 2, f. 18 (Dm, preoccupied).
Araneus haploscapus Pocock, 1898c: 209, pl. 8, f. 5 (Df).
Aranea sub-bituberculata Thorell, 1899: 47 (Dm).
Aranea danensis Strand, 1906b: 620 (Dm).
Aranea annulata mensamontella Strand, 1907a: 534 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016771].
Araneus fernandensis Simon, 1907d: 292, f. 2 (Df).
Aranea annulella Strand, 1907n: 623 (replacement name for Epeira annulata Lenz, 1891).
Aranea annulella mensamontella Strand, 1907n: 623.
Aranea kersteni Strand, 1908g: 406.
Aranea kibonotensis Tullgren, 1910: 164, pl. 4, f. 111 (Df).
Aranea formicae Tullgren, 1910: 164, pl. 4, f. 114 (Dm).
Aranea cruciferoides Tullgren, 1910: 165, pl. 4, f. 116 (Dm).
Aranea melanopa Strand, 1913a: 372.
Araneus katangae Giltay, 1935b: 7, f. 4-5 (Df).
Neoscona platyparomma Caporiacco, 1939a: 343, f. 13 (Dm).
Neoscona platyparomma Caporiacco, 1940c: 822 (Df).
Neoscona danensis Caporiacco, 1941b: 79 (Tm from Araneus).
Aranea nocturnella Roewer, 1942a: 811 (replacement name for Epeira nocturna Vinson).
Aranea platyparoma Roewer, 1942a: 812.
Araneus nigrostriatus Caporiacco, 1947c: 174, f. 31 (Df).
Araneus nigrostriatus nigrovittatus Caporiacco, 1947c: 175 (Df).
Neoscona cruciferoides Caporiacco, 1949a: 414 (Tm from Araneus).
Neoscona dauensis Caporiacco, 1949a: 416, f. 58 (f, lapsus for N. danensis).
Afraranea triangula Grasshoff, 1980: 397, f. 1-4 (removed mf from S of N. punctigera, S).
Neoscona larbada Roberts, 1983: 269, f. 192-198, 209-210 (Dmf).
Neoscona triangula Grasshoff, 1986: 84, f. 124-135 (mf, S).
Neoscona triangula Saaristo, 2010: 45, f. 4.39-42, 51 (mf).
Neoscona triangula Nentwig et al., 2019: 32 (S of Neoscona triangula mensamontella).
Neoscona triangula Jones & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2022a: 10, f. 1-9, 16-17 (f).
Neoscona triangula Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022f: 19, p. 19: 8 f., p. 20: 3 f. (f).

Neoscona triramusa Yin & Zhao, 1994: 5, f. 22-32 (Dmf).
Neoscona triramusa Yin et al., 1997d: 378, f. 271a-k (mf).
Neoscona triramusa Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 301, f. 178B-D, 179N-O, 181J (mf).

Neoscona ujavalai Reddy & Patel, 1992d: 129, f. 1-5 (Df).

Neoscona usbonga Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 620, f. 391a-j, 392a-g (Dmf).
Neoscona usbonga Asalatha & Prasadan, 2020: 98, pl. I1-e (m).

Aranea utahana Chamberlin, 1919a: 254, pl. 19, f. 3 (Df).
Neoscona eximia Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936b: 19, f. 32 (Dmf).
Neoscona jonesi Archer, 1951a: 22, f. 35, 50, 58 (Dm).
Neoscona utahana Berman & Levi, 1971: 485, f. 68-77, 135 (Tf from Araneus, Sm).
Neoscona utahana Barrion et al., 1988a: 405, f. 8a-e, 9h (m, probably misidentified).
Neoscona utahana Breene et al., 1993: 106, f. 163A-C (mf).

Epeira hispida Doleschall, 1859: 33, pl. 2, f. 5 (Df; preoccupied by C. L. Koch, 1844).
Epeira vigilans Blackwall, 1865b: 342 (Df).
Epeira decens Thorell, 1877b: 379 (Df; preoccupied by Blackwall, 1866).
Epeira rumpfii Thorell, 1878b: 296 (D; preoccupied by Scopoli, 1763 sub Aranea).
Epeira rufo-femorata Simon, 1884n: 348, f. 6 (Df).
Epeira hispida lunifera Thorell, 1887: 180 (D).
Epeira hispida stragulata Thorell, 1887: 180 (D).
Araneus marshalli Pocock, 1898c: 207, pl. 8, f. 3 (Df).
Araneus spenceri Pocock, 1898c: 209, pl. 8, f. 4 (Df).
Araneus decens Simon, 1899a: 90.
Araneus rumpfi Pocock, 1900a: 228 (Df).
Aranea temeraria Tullgren, 1910: 165, pl. 4, f. 115 (Dm).
Araneus rumpfi Sherriffs, 1934: 88, f. 1, pl. 8, f. 3 (f, Dm).
Araneus alternidens Schenkel, 1936b: 107, f. 38 (Df).
Neoscona irritans Caporiacco, 1947c: 171, f. 28 (Dm).
Neoscona rumpfi Yaginuma, 1955a: 19, pl. I, f. 7 (Tmf from Araneus).
Afraranea rufofemorata Yaginuma & Archer, 1959: 37 (Tmf from Araneus).
Araneus rufofemoratus Chrysanthus, 1960: 33, f. 35-38, 43, 70 (mf).
Araneus rufofemoratus Lee, 1966: 39, f. 10a-d (f).
Araneus alternidens Yin, 1978: 2, f. 4A-D (f).
Aranea alternidens Song, 1980: 95, f. 41a-d (f).
Neoscona rumpfi Tikader & Bal, 1981: 18, f. 31-35 (mf).
Neoscona rumpfi Tikader & Biswas, 1981: 25, f. 28-30 (f).
Neoscona rumpfi Tikader, 1982a: 253, f. 501-505 (mf).
Araneus alternidens Hu, 1984: 88, f. 79 (f).
Neoscona vigilans Grasshoff, 1986: 95, f. 141-145 (Tf from Araneus, Sm).
Araneus alternidens Feng, 1990: 52, f. 27.1-4 (f).
Araneus alternidens Chen & Gao, 1990: 43, f. 44a-b (f).
Neoscona rumpfi Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 630, f. 398a-e, 399a-f (f).
Neoscona vigilans Yin et al., 1997d: 361, f. 257a-j (mf).
Neoscona vigilans Tanikawa, 1998b: 163, f. 91-92, 100-106 (mf).
Neoscona vigilans Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 301, f. 178E-G, 180A-B, 181K (mf).
Neoscona vigilans Hu, 2001: 465, f. 305.1-2 (f).
Neoscona rumpfi Gajbe, 2007: 529, f. 317-321 (mf).
Neoscona vigilans Tanikawa, 2007c: 72, f. 197-198, 602-605 (mf).
Neoscona rumpfi Barrion-Dupo, 2008: 238, f. 1F-G, 2C (f).
Neoscona vigilans Barrion-Dupo, 2008: 239, f. 1I, 2E (f).
Neoscona vigilans Tanikawa, 2009: 445, f. 181-184 (mf).
Neoscona vigilans Yin et al., 2012: 749, f. 373a-j (mf).
Neoscona rumpfi Sen et al., 2015: 126, f. 811-816, pl. 24 (f).
Neoscona vigilans Basu, Roy & Raychaudhuri, 2017: 67, f. xxiv-xxix, 24-29 (f).
Neoscona vigilans Caleb, 2020b: 15718, f. 3G-I, 25C (f).
Neoscona vigilans Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022f: 21, 7 f. (f).
Neoscona vigilans Jaffry, Butt & Zahra, 2024: 423, f. 8A-H, 9A-D (mf).

Neoscona xishanensis Yin et al., 1990: 129, f. 321-324 (Df).
Neoscona xishanensis Yin et al., 1997d: 279, f. 272a-h (f).
Neoscona xishanensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 301, f. 178H-J, 181L (f).
Neoscona xishanensis Sarkar, Siliwal & Uniyal, 2023d: 20, f. 1A-H, 2A-F, 3A-C (Dm, f).

Neoscona yadongensis Yin et al., 1990: 133, f. 332-338 (Dmf).
Neoscona yadongensis Yin et al., 1997d: 381, f. 273a-i (mf).
Neoscona yadongensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 302, f. 178K-M, 180C, 181M (mf).
Neoscona yadongensis Hu, 2001: 472, f. 312.1-6 (mf).

Neoscona yptinika Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 620, f. 390a-l (Dm).
Neoscona yptinika Sen et al., 2011: 370, f. 8-14, 16 (m).
Neoscona yptinika Sen et al., 2015: 124, f. 782-786, pl. 23 (m).
Neoscona yptinika Basu, Roy & Raychaudhuri, 2017: 65, f. i-v, 1-5 (m).

Neoscona zhui Zhang & Zhang, 2011b: 518, f. 1-9 (Dmf).