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 = 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 = 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).
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 = Neoscona oaxacensis (Keyserling, 1864) (Berman & Levi, 1971: 488).
Neoscona cooksoni (Butler, 1877, T from Araneus) = Neoscona oaxacensis (Keyserling, 1864) (Berman & Levi, 1971: 486).
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) = Neoscona theisi (Walckenaer, 1841) (Pocock, 1898i: 324, sub Araneus theis).
Neoscona doenitzi (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) = Neoscona adianta (Walckenaer, 1802) (Grasshoff, 1986: 118).
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 = 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) = 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) = Neoscona theisi (Walckenaer, 1841) (Pocock, 1898i: 324, sub Araneus theis).
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 (Gerstaecker, 1873) = 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, 1880, 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 (Gerstaecker, 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 = 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 = Neoscona oaxacensis (Keyserling, 1864) (Levi, 1973: 478).
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, T from Cubanella) = 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 = 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, T from Cubanella) = 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, T from Afraranea) = Neoscona vigilans (Blackwall, 1865) (Grasshoff, 1986: 95).
Neoscona salaeria Chamberlin, 1920 = 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, 1880, 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).
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 bomdilaensis B. Biswas & K. Biswas, 2006: 511, f. 7-10 (f, India) -- Sherwood & Caleb, 2024: 114.
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 (mf, T 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) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060996].
Neoscona achine Yin et al., 1997d: 364, f. 259a-i (mf, S of Neoscona xizangensis).
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) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060917].
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 (m, T 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 (mf, T 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 of Neoscona doenitzi).
Neoscona doenitzi Yaginuma, 1986a: 103, f. 55.3 (f).
Neoscona adiantum Yaginuma, 1986c: 190, 199 (S of Neoscona doenitzi confirmed).
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, 2006: 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) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060919].
Neoscona tuckeri Caporiacco, 1949a: 416, f. 59a-b (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060991].
Neoscona alberti Caporiacco, 1949a: 416 (T from Araneus).
Neoscona alberti Grasshoff, 1986: 51, f. 64-70 (f, Dm, S of Araneus edwardianus and Neoscona tuckeri).
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) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060918].
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) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060983].
Epeira trivittata Emerton, 1902: 166, f. 393-395 (mf).
Neoscona minima F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 471, pl. 44, f. 11,-2 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060949].
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. 14, f. 2-3 (mf, T 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 of Neoscona minima and N. naiba; S of N. naiba rejected by Levi, 1973: 478, see Neoscona oaxacensis).
Neoscona arabesca Barrion et al., 1988a: 389, f. 1a-g, 9a (f; presumably misidentified).
Neoscona minima Barrion et al., 1988a: 392, f. 2a-g, 9b (f; presumably misidentified).
Neoscona minima Barrion et al., 1988b: 250, f. 3, 4a-f (f; presumably misidentified).
Neoscona arabesca Coddington, 1990: 14, f. 65 (m).
Neoscona arabesca Levi, 1991a: 180 (S of Araneus singularis).
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) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060905].
Araneus taruensis Pocock, 1898g: 511, pl. 41, f. 5, pl. 42, f. 1 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060988].
Araneus blondeli Simon, 1907d: 290, f. 1B (f).
Araneus gerhardti Caporiacco, 1949a: 420, f. 60a-b (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060923].
Neoscona blondeli Grasshoff, 1986: 36, f. 7-8, 44-54 (mf, T from Araneus, S of Araneus bettoni, A. gerhardti and A. taruensis).
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).

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) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060896].
Araneus potteri Simon, 1901d: 19 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060967].
Araneus lapillulus Simon, 1907d: 292, f. 1D (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060939].
Araneus potteri Lessert, 1915a: 31, pl. 2, f. 48-49, 56-58 (Dm).
Araneus mutilatus Caporiacco, 1947c: 172, f. 29 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060951].
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) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060928].
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) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060912].
Aranea crucifera albimaculata Strand, 1908c: 3 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060911].
Aranea crucifera pyramidella Strand, 1908c: 3 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060914].
Aranea crucifera ochroleucella Strand, 1908c: 4 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060913].
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) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060903].
Neoscona nebraskensis Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942a: 77, f. 219-220 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060953].
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 Neoscona benjamina, S of Neoscona arkansa and N. nebraskensis).
Neoscona hentzi Kaston, 1977: 30, f. 22 (m).
Neoscona crucifera Grasshoff, 1986: 62, f. 79-84 (mf, T from Araneus, S of Araneus crucifera albimaculatus, A. c. ladislausi, A. c. ochroleucellus, A. c. pyramidellus and Neoscona hentzi).
Neoscona crucifera Dondale et al., 2003: 173, f. 372-377 (mf).
Neoscona crucifera Jiménez et al., 2024: 189, f. 29-30, 94-95 (f).

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: 470, 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) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060947].
Aranea mensamontis Strand, 1907n: 623.
Aranea hirta Strand, 1913a: 371.
Neoscona hirta Grasshoff, 1986: 91, f. 136-140 (Dm, f, T from Araneus, S of Araneus mensamontis).
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) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060938].
Epeira moreli Simon, 1886g: 370 (Df).
Epeira theisii Keyserling, 1893: 246, pl. 12, f. 184 (mf; misidentified per Berman & Levi, 1971: 490).
Epeira theisii McCook, 1894: 166, pl. 6, f. 8-9 (mf; misidentified per Berman & Levi, 1971: 490).
Araneus neotheis Petrunkevitch, 1911: 305 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060954].
Cubanella nidicola Franganillo, 1926a: 56, f. 2-3 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060955].
Cubanella nidicola Franganillo, 1926c: 15, f. 5-7 (m).
Cubanella recta Franganillo, 1930: 22, f. 8 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060968].
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 (mf, T from Araneus, S of Cubanella nidicola and C. recta).
Neoscona moreli Grasshoff, 1980: 407 (removed from S of Neoscona theisi, rejecting Simon, 1893h: 207).
Neoscona seca Roberts, 1983: 275, f. 202-204, 213-214 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060982].
Neoscona moreli Grasshoff, 1986: 56, f. 71-78 (mf, S of Araneus lanuginosus, Neoscona neotheis and N. seca).
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, 2024a: 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 (f; misidentified per Song, Chen & Zhu, 1997: 1715).
Neoscona minoriscylla Yin et al., 1990: 123, f. 301-309 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060950].
Neoscona multiplicans Song, Chen & Zhu, 1997: 1715, f. 17a-c (mf, removed from S of Neoscona scylla, contra Song, 1988: 129, S of Neoscona minoriscylla).
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, see Eustala tristis).
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) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060936].
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) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060990].
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) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060944].
Neoscona nautica Yaginuma, 1955a: 17, pl. 1, f. 5, 15 (mf, T from Araneus, S of Araneus koratsensis).
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 of Araneus marcuzzii, A. tristimoniae and A. tristis Taczanowski).
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) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060910].
Epeira adiantoides Taczanowski, 1878b: 148, pl. 1, f. 4 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060897].
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: 469, pl. 44, f. 6-7 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060909].
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) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060972].
Neoscona naiba Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1929: 104, pl. 4, f. 46-48 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060952].
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) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060941].
Neoscona cooksoni Roth & Craig, 1970: 116, 120 (not S of Neoscona oaxacensis or Epeira vertebrata).
Neoscona oaxacensis Berman & Levi, 1971: 486, f. 4, 9, 11, 78-90, 129 (mf, T from Araneus, S of Araneus adiantoides, A. conifer, A. cooksoni, A. salaerius and Neoscona lativulva).
Neoscona oaxacensis Levi, 1973: 478 (S of Araneus naiba).
Neoscona oaxacensis Barrion et al., 1988a: 396, f. 4a-g, 9d (f; presumably 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) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060901].
Araneus amulensis Petrunkevitch, 1911: 278.
Araneus orizabensis Petrunkevitch, 1911: 307.
Neoscona orizabensis Berman & Levi, 1971: 484, f. 7, 59-67, 133 (mf, T from Araneus, S of Araneus amulensis).

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) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060962].
Aranea bioculata Thorell, 1899: 44 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060906].
Aranea varians Thorell, 1899: 49 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060994].
Araneus haematocnemis Pocock, 1900g: 850, pl. 56, f. 8 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060926].
Aranea leimenstolli Strand, 1906h: 57 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060942].
Araneus varians Simon, 1907d: 289.
Aranea haematocnemis Strand, 1913a: 380.
Aranea haematocnemis antepicta Strand, 1913a: 380 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060973].
Aranea haematocnemis constrictifascia Strand, 1913a: 381 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060974].
Aranea haematocnemis decoratella Strand, 1913a: 381 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060975].
Aranea haematocnemis indistinctepicta Strand, 1913a: 381 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060976].
Aranea haematocnemis lanceolatella Strand, 1913a: 381 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060977].
Aranea haematocnemis monotonia Strand, 1913a: 381 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060978].
Aranea haematocnemis nigrofoliata Strand, 1913a: 381 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060979].
Aranea haematocnemis recurvata Strand, 1913a: 381 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060980].
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 (m, T from Araneus).
Neoscona penicillipes Grasshoff, 1986: 78, f. 1, 3, 6, 9-10, 113-123 (mf; removed from S of Araneus semiannulatus, rejecting Thorell, 1899: 49, see Neoscona rufipalpis; S of Araneus bioculatus, A. haematocnemis, A. leimenstolli, A. pachanus, A. sanguipes antepictus, A. s. constrictifascius, A. s. decoratellus, A. s. indistinctepictus, A. s. lanceolatellus, A. s. monotonius, A. s. nigrofoliatus, A. s. recurvatus and A. varians; A. haematocnemis removed from S of Araneus sanguipes, rejecting Lessert, 1930: 645).
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) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060961].
Epeira slateri Butler, 1880: 730, pl. 58, f. 1 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060984].
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 (S of Epeira ephippiata, E. indagatrix, E. manipa, E. paviei, E. punctigera, E. triangula and E. vatia; Neoscona punctigera revalidated by Grasshoff, 1980: 403 and N. triangula by Grasshoff, 1980: 397).
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. 1, f. 8, 12 (mf, T 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) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060963].
Araneus lugubris Lee, 1966: 38, f. 9g-l (f).
Araneus lugubris Yaginuma, 1967b: 89, f. 1e-f (mf, S of Neoscona opima).
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 (mf, T from Araneus, S of Araneus slateri).
Neoscona lugubris Tikader & Bal, 1981: 20, f. 36-39 (f, T from Araneus).
Neoscona lugubris Tikader, 1982a: 255, f. 506-509 (f).
Neoscona punctigera Roberts, 1983: 275, f. 205-208 (mf, T from Afraranea).
Araneus lugubris Hu, 1984: 94, f. 88.1-5 (f).
Neoscona punctigera Grasshoff, 1986: 117 (S of Araneus parascylla).
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) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060937].
Neoscona rapta Grasshoff, 1986: 100, f. 146-150 (mf, T from Araneus, S of Araneus lambarenensis).
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).
Aranea semi-annulata Thorell, 1899: 49 (S of Epeira penicillipes and E. kersteni; E. penicillipes removed from S by Grasshoff, 1986: 78, see Neoscona penicillipes; E. kersteni removed from S by Grasshoff, 1986: 84, see Neoscona triangula).
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, S of Epeira semiannulata).
Afraranea rufipalpis Archer, 1951a: 22 (T 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).
Neoscona rufipalpis Dippenaar-Schoeman & Webb, 2024a: 25, f. 1-12, 18-21 (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) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060924].
Araneus scyllus Saito, 1939: 20, f. 3(3) (mf).
Araneus scylla nigromaculatus Yaginuma, 1941a: 122, f. 1 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060981].
Neoscona scylla Yaginuma, 1955a: 18, pl. 1, f. 9, 16 (mf, removed from S of Neoscona 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 of Araneus scylla nigromaculatus).
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 (f, S of Neoscona gisti and N. multiplicans; N. multiplicans revalidated by Song, Chen & Zhu, 1997: 1715; f. 8A-B see Neoscona multiplicans).
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) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060907].
Epeira impedita L. Koch, 1867c: 859 (Df).
Epeira illibata Simon, 1870b: 312 (Dm).
Epeira perplicata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872: 300 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060965].
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) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060956].
Aranea submodesta Strand, 1906b: 621 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060987].
Aranea submodesta neumanni Strand, 1906b: 683 (Df).
Araneus mesonauta Simon, 1907d: 290, f. 1C (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060948].
Araneus occidaneus Simon, 1907d: 295, f. 3B (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060960].
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) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060969].
Aranea restiaria obscura Tullgren, 1910: 166 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060970].
Aranea artifex Tullgren, 1910: 166, pl. 4, f. 118 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060904].
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) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060929].
Neoscona albobitriangulosa Caporiacco, 1939a: 341, f. 12 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060899].
Araneus artifex Caporiacco, 1940c: 828 (Dm).
Araneus perplicatus Caporiacco, 1940c: 829.
Neoscona perplicata Caporiacco, 1941b: 75, f. 25a-d (Dm, f, T from Araneus).
Neoscona immodesta Caporiacco, 1941b: 77, f. 26a-c (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060930].
Neoscona submodesta neumanni Caporiacco, 1941b: 78 (T from Araneus).
Araneus aballensis angustifolius Caporiacco, 1941b: 80 (Dj) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060891].
Araneus aballensis foliatus Caporiacco, 1941b: 80 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060893].
Araneus aballensis subconcolor Caporiacco, 1941b: 80 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060895].
Araneus aballensis albozonatus Caporiacco, 1941b: 81 (Dj) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060890].
Araneus aballensis bimaculatus Caporiacco, 1941b: 81 (Dj) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060892].
Araneus aballensis nigricans Caporiacco, 1941b: 81 (Dj) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060894].
Araneus granatae Caporiacco, 1941b: 81, f. 27-28 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060925].
Aranea dalmatica Drensky, 1943: 241, f. 17 (m).
Neoscona artifex Caporiacco, 1947c: 169 (T from Araneus).
Araneus tullgreni Caporiacco, 1947c: 173, f. 30 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060992].
Araneus tullgreni obscuratus Caporiacco, 1947c: 174 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060993].
Neoscona wiehlei Caporiacco, 1949a: 414, f. 56a-c (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060995].
Neoscona submodesta neumanni Caporiacco, 1949a: 416 (S of Neoscona immodesta).
Araneus airensis Denis, 1955b: 135, f. 41-44 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060898].
Araneus subfuscus Fuhn & Oltean, 1969: 166, pl. II, f. 1-2 (mf).
Neoscona parva Schmidt, 1973: 370, f. 6-7 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060964].
Neoscona parva Schmidt, 1975a: 509, f. 4.
Neoscona subfusca Grasshoff, 1980: 406 (T from Araneus, S of Neoscona artifex).
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 of Araneus aballensis albozonatus, A. a. angustifolius, A. a. bimaculatus, A. a. foliatus, A. a. nigricans, A. a. subconcolor, A. albobitriangulosus, A. blandus, A. granatae, A. hoffmanni, A. mesonauta, A. nigritus, A. occidaneus, A. restiarius, A. r. obscurus, A. submodestus, A. tullgreni, A. t. obscuratus, Neoscona parva and N. wiehlei).
Neoscona subfusca Levy, 1998a: 336, f. 96-107 (mf, S of Neoscona perplicata).
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 theisi Simon, 1893h: 207 (S of Epeira bramanica, E. mangareva and E. moreli; Neoscona moreli revalidated by Grasshoff, 1980: 407).
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, see Araneus annulipes).
Epeira distincta Rainbow, 1897a: 118, pl. 4, f. 4 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014843].
Epeira hoggi Rainbow, 1897a: 119, pl. 5, f. 1 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014933].
Epeira speciosa Rainbow, 1897a: 120, pl. 5, f. 2 (Dj; preoccupied by Pallas, 1773, see Argiope bruennichi).
Araneus mangarevus Pocock, 1897c: 601, pl. 25, f. 11 (f).
Araneus theis Pocock, 1898i: 324 (S of Epeira annulipes Rainbow, E. distincta, E. etheridgei, E. festiva, E. hoggi, E. longispina, E. multispina, E. obscura, E. speciosa Rainbow and E. ventricosa).
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) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015206].
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, 2024a: 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, see Callilepis nocturna).
Epeira triangula Keyserling, 1864: 98, pl. 5, f. 12-14 (Dmf).
Epeira kerstenii Gerstaecker, 1873: 492 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060934].
Epeira melanopa Gerstaecker, 1873: 493 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060946].
Epeira obscura Blackwall, 1877: 15 (Df; preoccupied by Wider, 1834, see Zilla diodia).
Epeira locuples Butler, 1880: 732, pl. 58, f. 2 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060943].
Epeira cerviniventris Simon, 1884k: 16 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060908].
Epeira annulata Lenz, 1891: 177, pl. 2, f. 18 (Dm; preoccupied by Thorell, 1859, see Trichonephila senegalensis annulata).
Araneus haploscapus Pocock, 1898c: 209, pl. 8, f. 5 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060927].
Aranea sub-bituberculata Thorell, 1899: 47 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060986].
Aranea danensis Strand, 1906b: 620 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060916].
Aranea annulata mensamontella Strand, 1907a: 534 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016771].
Araneus fernandensis Simon, 1907d: 292, f. 2 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060921].
Aranea annulella Strand, 1907n: 623 (replacement name for Epeira annulata Lenz) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060902].
Aranea annulella mensamontella Strand, 1907n: 623.
Aranea kersteni Strand, 1908g: 406.
Aranea kibonotensis Tullgren, 1910: 164, pl. 4, f. 111 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060935].
Aranea formicae Tullgren, 1910: 164, pl. 4, f. 114 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060922].
Aranea cruciferoides Tullgren, 1910: 165, pl. 4, f. 116 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060915].
Aranea melanopa Strand, 1913a: 372.
Araneus katangae Giltay, 1935b: 7, f. 4-5 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060933].
Neoscona platyparomma Caporiacco, 1939a: 343, f. 13 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060966].
Neoscona platyparomma Caporiacco, 1940c: 822 (Df).
Neoscona danensis Caporiacco, 1941b: 79 (T from Araneus).
Aranea nocturnella Roewer, 1942a: 811 (replacement name for Epeira nocturna Vinson) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060959].
Aranea platyparoma Roewer, 1942a: 812.
Araneus nigrostriatus Caporiacco, 1947c: 174, f. 31 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060957].
Araneus nigrostriatus nigrovittatus Caporiacco, 1947c: 175 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060958].
Neoscona cruciferoides Caporiacco, 1949a: 414 (T from Araneus).
Neoscona dauensis Caporiacco, 1949a: 416, f. 58 (f, lapsus for N. danensis).
Afraranea triangula Grasshoff, 1980: 397, f. 1-4 (mf, removed from S of Neoscona punctigera, rejecting Simon, 1895a: 828 (sub Araneus lugubris), S of Araneus annulellus, A. cerviniventris, A. kibonotensis, A. nigrostriatus, A. n. nigrovittatus, A. nocturnellus and Neoscona cruciferoides).
Neoscona larbada Roberts, 1983: 269, f. 192-198, 209-210 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060940].
Neoscona triangula Grasshoff, 1986: 84, f. 124-135 (mf, S of Araneus fernandensis, A. formicae, A. haploscapus, A. katangae, A. locuples, A. melanopus, A. platyparomma, A. subbituberculatus, Neoscona danensis, N. kersteni (removed from S of N. rufipalpis, rejecting Thorell, 1899: 49, sub Aranea semiannulata) and N. larbada).
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 (Neoscona) utahana Chamberlin, 1919a: 254, pl. 19, f. 3 (Df).
Neoscona eximia Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936b: 19, f. 32 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060920].
Aranea eximia Roewer, 1942a: 860.
Neoscona jonesi Archer, 1951a: 22, f. 35, 50, 58 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060932].
Neoscona utahana Berman & Levi, 1971: 485, f. 68-77, 135 (mf, T from Araneus, S of Araneus eximius and Neoscona jonesi).
Neoscona utahana Barrion et al., 1988a: 405, f. 8a-e, 9h (m; presumably 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, see Eriophora fuliginea).
Epeira vigilans Blackwall, 1865b: 342 (Df).
Epeira decens Thorell, 1877b: 379 (Df; preoccupied by Blackwall, 1866, see Kilima decens).
Epeira rumpfii Thorell, 1878b: 296 (D; preoccupied by Scopoli, 1763 sub Aranea, see Marpissa muscosa).
Epeira rufo-femorata Simon, 1884n: 348, f. 6 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060971].
Epeira hispida lunifera Thorell, 1887: 180 (D).
Epeira hispida stragulata Thorell, 1887: 180 (D).
Araneus marshalli Pocock, 1898c: 207, pl. 8, f. 3 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060945].
Araneus spenceri Pocock, 1898c: 209, pl. 8, f. 4 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060985].
Araneus decens Simon, 1899a: 90.
Araneus rumpfi Pocock, 1900a: 228 (Df).
Aranea temeraria Tullgren, 1910: 165, pl. 4, f. 115 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060989].
Araneus rumpfi Sherriffs, 1934: 88, f. 1, pl. 8, f. 3 (f, Dm).
Araneus alternidens Schenkel, 1936b: 107, f. 38 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060900].
Neoscona irritans Caporiacco, 1947c: 170, f. 28 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060931].
Neoscona rumpfi Yaginuma, 1955a: 19, pl. I, f. 7 (f, T from Araneus).
Afraranea rufofemorata Yaginuma & Archer, 1959: 37 (T 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 (mf, T from Araneus, S of Afraranea rufofemorata, Araneus alternidens, A. marshalli, A. spenceri, A. temerarius and Neoscona irritans).
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, 2024a: 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).