type Epeira destricta O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889; gender feminine

N.B.: see note under Araneus unistriatus.

Transferred to other genera:
Parawixia affinitata (Roewer, 1942) -- see Molinaranea
Parawixia aysenensis (Tullgren, 1902) -- see Molinaranea
Parawixia bicaudata (Nicolet, 1849) -- see Nicolepeira
Parawixia carenata (Nicolet, 1849) -- see Nicolepeira
Parawixia carenata (Nicolet, 1849) -- see Nicolepeira
Parawixia cinaberina (Nicolet, 1849) -- see Molinaranea
Parawixia clymene (Nicolet, 1849) -- see Molinaranea
Parawixia darlingtoni Bryant, 1945 -- see Ocrepeira
Parawixia dorsatula (Roewer, 1942) -- see Molinaranea
Parawixia flavifrons (Nicolet, 1849) -- see Nicolepeira
Parawixia flaviventris (Nicolet, 1849) -- see Molinaranea
Parawixia hyadesi (Simon, 1884) -- see Nicolepeira
Parawixia mastophoroides Mello-Leitão, 1942 -- see Ocrepeira
Parawixia naevia (Nicolet, 1849) -- see Molinaranea
Parawixia obliterata (Nicolet, 1849) -- see Molinaranea
Parawixia tullgreni Caporiacco, 1955 -- see Alpaida
Parawixia venustula (Keyserling, 1879) -- see Ocrepeira
Parawixia wagenknechti (Mello-Leitão, 1940) -- see Molinaranea
Parawixia zigzag Mello-Leitão, 1951 -- see Nicolepeira

In synonymy:
Parawixia aeronavis (Mello-Leitão, 1947, T from Eriophora) = Parawixia bistriata (Rengger, 1836) (Levi, 1992b: 41).
Parawixia armata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) = Parawixia rigida (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) (Levi, 1992b: 32).
Parawixia bicolorata (Roewer, 1942) = Parawixia bistriata (Rengger, 1836) (Levi, 1992b: 41).
Parawixia burmeisteri (Holmberg, 1876) = Parawixia bistriata (Rengger, 1836) (Mello-Leitão, 1944b: 321, sub Eriophora).
Parawixia cambridgei Bryant, 1940 = Parawixia tredecimnotata F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904 (Levi, 1992b: 18).
Parawixia caputlupi (Doleschall, 1859) = Parawixia dehaani (Doleschall, 1859) (Chrysanthus, 1960: 31, sub Araneus).
Parawixia coronigera (Taczanowski, 1878) = Parawixia audax (Blackwall, 1863) (Levi, 1992b: 37).
Parawixia decemtuberculata (Caporiacco, 1955, T from Eustala) = Parawixia rimosa (Keyserling, 1892) (Levi & Santos, 2013: 223).
Parawixia dehaani pygituberculata (Strand, 1911) = Parawixia dehaani (Doleschall, 1859) (Nentwig et al., 2019: 34).
Parawixia dehaani quadripunctigera (Strand, 1911) = Parawixia dehaani (Doleschall, 1859) (Nentwig et al., 2019: 34).
Parawixia destrictoides (Strand, 1908) = Parawixia rimosa (Keyserling, 1892) (Levi, 1992b: 16).
Parawixia eriophoroides (Caporiacco, 1954) = Parawixia velutina (Taczanowski, 1878) (Levi, 1992b: 24).
Parawixia eumeniphila (Strand, 1916) = Parawixia audax (Blackwall, 1863) (Levi, 1992b: 37).
Parawixia hamata F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904 = Parawixia rimosa (Keyserling, 1892) (Levi, 1992b: 16).
Parawixia kochi albozonata Caporiacco, 1948 = Parawixia kochi (Taczanowski, 1873) (Levi, 1992b: 33).
Parawixia kochi maculilatera Caporiacco, 1948 = Parawixia kochi (Taczanowski, 1873) (Levi, 1992b: 33).
Parawixia kochi nigrohumeralis Caporiacco, 1948 = Parawixia kochi (Taczanowski, 1873) (Levi, 1992b: 33).
Parawixia minas (Keyserling, 1892) = Parawixia kochi (Taczanowski, 1873) (Levi, 1992b: 33).
Parawixia moraballii (Hingston, 1932, T from Cyclosa) = Parawixia kochi (Taczanowski, 1873) (Levi, 1995b: 209).
Parawixia nordenskioldi (Tullgren, 1905) = Parawixia bistriata (Rengger, 1836) (Levi, 1992b: 41).
Parawixia porvenir Levi, 1992 = Parawixia carimagua (Levi, 1991) (Cabra-García & Hormiga, 2020: 1107).
Parawixia rivalis (Keyserling, 1892, T from Araneus) = Parawixia rigida (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) (Levi, 1992b: 32).
Parawixia rugosa (Badcock, 1932) = Parawixia audax (Blackwall, 1863) (Levi, 1992b: 37).
Parawixia sermonifera (Mello-Leitão, 1932) = Parawixia bistriata (Rengger, 1836) (Levi, 1992b: 41).
Parawixia setosa (Mello-Leitão, 1948) = Parawixia kochi (Taczanowski, 1873) (Levi, 1992b: 33).
Parawixia tuberculata (Hingston, 1932, T from Cyclosa) = Parawixia kochi (Taczanowski, 1873) (Levi, 1995b: 209).

Nomina dubia:
Parawixia advena (Petrunkevitch, 1911: 277, sub Araneus, new name for Epeira adianta Nicolet, 1849: 488, f, Chile; not identical with Neoscona adianta) -- Levi, 1991a: 181.
Parawixia immunda (Nicolet, 1849: 510, f, Chile, originally in Epeira) -- Levi, 1991a: 181.
Parawixia paraopeba (Mello-Leitão, 1917a: 92, f. 10a-b, f, Brazil, originally in Araneus) -- Levi, 1992b: 41.
Parawixia ribeiroi (Mello-Leitão, 1917a: 89, f. 11-12, f, Brazil, originally in Araneus) -- Levi, 1992b: 37.

Parawixia acapulco Levi, 1992b: 12, f. 9-13 (Df).

Epeira audax Blackwall, 1863a: 29 (Df).
Epeira meridionalis Keyserling, 1865: 810, pl. 19, f. 19-20 (Df).
Epeira amaurophila Holmberg, 1876: 17 (Df).
Epeira coronigera Taczanowski, 1878b: 157, pl. 1, f. 9 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057868].
Epeira duodecimtuberculata Bertkau, 1880a: 91, pl. 2, f. 33 (Df).
Epeira audax Keyserling, 1892: 85, pl. 4, f. 64 (f, Dm).
Araneus audax Simon, 1897e: 2.
Araneus coronigerus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 287.
Aranea audax Strand, 1916b: 113.
Aranea (Parawixia) eumeniphila Strand, 1916b: 115 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057871].
Araneus rugosus Badcock, 1932: 24 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057880].
Verrucosa audax Mello-Leitão, 1933b: 42.
Araneus audax Franganillo, 1936c: 73, f. 32 (m).
Parawixia audax Mello-Leitão, 1940b: 38 (T from Verrucosa).
Parawixia eumeniphila Roewer, 1942a: 870.
Parawixia rugosa Levi, 1991a: 178 (T from Araneus).
Parawixia coronigera Levi, 1991a: 179 (T from Araneus).
Parawixia audax Levi, 1992b: 36, f. 1-5, 7-8, 136-142 (mf, S of Parawixia coronigera, P. eumeniphila and P. rugosa).
Parawixia audax Cabra-García & Hormiga, 2020: 1015, f. 19H, 24G, 30G, 32D, 33B, 38B, 43E-F, 48C, 55C, 58D, 60E, 62E, 64E, 77A-F, 100A-B, 102D, 111A-G (mf).

Parawixia barbacoas Levi, 1992b: 14, f. 27-31 (Df).

Epeira bistriata Rengger, 1836: 131 (Df).
Epeira socialis Rengger, 1836: 131 (Df).
Epeira bicolor C. L. Koch, 1838: 57, f. 374 (Df; preoccupied by Walckenaer, 1802, see Araneus bicolor).
Epeira socialis Burmeister, 1861: 493 (N.B.: Roewer cited Burmeister, 1872: 210).
Epeira socialis Holmberg, 1874: 156.
Epeira burmeisteri Holmberg, 1876: 17 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057865].
Epeira socialis Simon, 1891c: 10, pl. 1 (f).
Araneus socialis Simon, 1895a: 801.
Araneus nordenskiöldii Tullgren, 1905: 29, pl. 3, f. 9, pl. 4, f. 9 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057879].
Araneus bicolor Petrunkevitch, 1911: 282.
Araneus bistriatus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 282.
Araneus horizontinus Mello-Leitão, 1917a: 87, f. 9 (Dmf).
Eriophora bistriata Mello-Leitão, 1932d: 124.
Araneus sermoniferus Mello-Leitão, 1932d: 124 (new name for A. socialis sensu Burmeister) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057881].
Aranea bicolorata Roewer, 1942a: 837 (replacement name for Epeira bicolor C. L. Koch) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057864].
Eriophora bistriata Mello-Leitão, 1944b: 321 (S of Eriophora burmeisteri).
Eriophora aeronavis Mello-Leitão, 1947b: 241, f. 8 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057862].
Parawixia bicolorata Levi, 1991a: 177 (T from Araneus).
Parawixia nordenskjöldii Levi, 1991a: 178 (T from Araneus).
Parawixia sermonifera Levi, 1991a: 178 (T from Araneus).
Parawixia bistriata Levi, 1992b: 41, f. 150-157 (mf, T from Eriophora, S of Eriophora aeronavis, Parawixia bicolorata, P. nordenskioldi and P. sermonifera).
Parawixia bistriata Levi, 2002: 547, f. 191 (m).

Wagneriana carimagua Levi, 1991b: 393, f. 102 (Dm).
Parawixia porvenir Levi, 1992b: 20, f. 54-55 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016911].
Parawixia carimagua Cabra-García & Hormiga, 2020: 1107, f. 134A-E (m, T from Wagneriana, S of Parawixia porvenir).

Parawixia casa Levi, 1992b: 20, f. 52-53 (Dm).

Parawixia chubut Levi, 2001: 470, f. 114-118 (Df).

Epeira dehaanii Doleschall, 1859: 33, pl. 2, f. 7 (Df).
Epeira spectabilis Doleschall, 1859: 34, pl. 2, f. 9 (Df).
Epeira caputlupi Doleschall, 1859: 35, pl. 8, f. 6 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057867].
Epeira bogoriensis Doleschall, 1859: 35, pl. 11, f. 7 (Df).
Epeira caputlupi van Hasselt, 1877: 52, pl. 4, f. A (f).
Epeira kandarensis Thorell, 1877b: 372 (Df).
Epeira dehaani van Hasselt, 1882: 21.
Epeira submucronata Simon, 1887i: 106 (Df).
Epeira caestata Thorell, 1890a: 122 (Dm).
Araneus caputlupi Pocock, 1897c: 599, pl. 25, f. 8.
Araneus dehaani Simon, 1899a: 90.
Araneus dehaani Pocock, 1900a: 225, f. 72 (f).
Araneus submucronatus Simon, 1901k: 59.
Aranea dehaanii pygituberculata Strand, 1911b: 203 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016895].
Aranea dehaanii quadripunctigera Strand, 1911d: 151 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016896].
Aranea dehaani Roewer, 1938: 38, f. 26 (f).
Araneus dehaani Chrysanthus, 1960: 31, f. 24-31 (f, S of Araneus caputlupi).
Araneus dehaanii Tikader & Biswas, 1981: 21, f. 19-21 (f).
Parawixia dehaanii Tikader, 1982a: 212, f. 414-418 (Tmf from Araneus).
Araneus dehaani Feng, 1990: 55, f. 30.1-4 (f).
Araneus dehaani Chen & Gao, 1990: 44, f. 46 (f).
Parawixia dehaani Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 582, f. 362a-e (f).
Araneus dehaanii Yin et al., 1997d: 133, f. 48a-i (mf).
Parawixia dehaani Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 302, f. 182E-I (mf).
Araneus dehaani Yin et al., 2012: 602, f. 290a-h (mf).
Parawixia dehaani Sen et al., 2015: 119, f. 743-747, pl. 23 (f).
Parawixia dehaani Roy, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2017: 22, f. 127-131, 190 (f).
Parawixia dehaani Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 2017a: 115, f. 1a-g (mf).
Parawixia dehaani Nentwig et al., 2019: 34 (S of Parawixia dehaani pygituberculata and P. dehaani quadripunctigera).
Parawixia dehaani Caleb, 2020b: 15718, f. 3J-L, 25D (f).

Aranea dehaanii octopunctigera Strand, 1911b: 203 (Df).
Parawixia dehaani octopunctigera Nentwig et al., 2019: 33 (subspecies inquirenda).

Epeira destricta O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889d: 39, pl. 4, f. 13 (Dm, not f).
Epeira destricta Keyserling, 1892: 105, pl. 5, f. 78 (m, Df).
Parawixia destricta F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 488, pl. 46, f. 9-10 (mf).
Araneus destrictus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 289.
Wixia destricta Levi, 1991a: 179 (Tmf from Parawixia).
Parawixia destricta Levi, 1992b: 14, f. 19-26 (Tmf from Wixia).

Parawixia divisoria Levi, 1992b: 28, f. 97-103 (Dmf).

Epeira guatemalensis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889d: 40, pl. 7, f. 7 (Df, not m).
Epeira guatemalensis Keyserling, 1892: 112, pl. 6, f. 83a (f, not m).
Epeira merens O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899a: 246, pl. 31, f. 2 (Df).
Parawixia guatemalensis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 489, pl. 46, f. 14 (f).
Araneus guatemalensis Petrunkevitch, 1911: 295.
Parawixia guatemalensis Levi, 1992b: 16, f. 40-45 (f, Dm).

Epeira honesta O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899a: 300, pl. 37, f. 6 (Df).
Parawixia honesta F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 490, pl. 46, f. 17 (f).
Araneus honestus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 297.
Parawixia honesta Levi, 1992b: 12, f. 14-18 (f).

Epeira hoxaea O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889d: 35, pl. 5, f. 6 (Df).
Epeira hoxaea Keyserling, 1892: 87, pl. 4, f. 65 (f).
Parawixia hoxaea F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 490, pl. 46, f. 15 (f).
Araneus hoxaeus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 297.
Parawixia hoxaea Levi, 1992b: 26, f. 88-92 (f).

Epeira hypocrita O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889d: 38, pl. 5, f. 8 (Dm).
Epeira hypocrita Keyserling, 1892: 109, pl. 5, f. 81 (m).
Parawixia hypocrita F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 489, pl. 46, f. 12 (m).
Araneus hypocritus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 297.
Parawixia hypocrita Levi, 1992b: 21, f. 56-62 (m, Df).
Parawixia hypocrita Yin & Kim, 1997: 58, f. 1a-e (mf).

Parawixia inopinata Camargo, 1950b: 233, pl. II, f. 7-9, pl. III, f. 2-3, pl. IV, f. 4 (Dm).
Parawixia inopinata Levi, 1992b: 22, f. 69-73 (m, Df).

Epeira optuntiae C. L. Koch, 1844: 102, f. 909 (Df; preoccupied by Dufour, 1820, see Cyrtophora citricola).
Epeira kochii Taczanowski, 1873: 134 (Df).
Epeira minas Keyserling, 1892: 95, pl. 5, f. 71 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057876].
Araneus kochi Simon, 1895a: 775.
Araneus minas Petrunkevitch, 1911: 303.
Turckheimia moraballii Hingston, 1932: 368 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057877].
Turckheimia tuberculata Hingston, 1932: 369 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057883].
Parawixia minas Mello-Leitão, 1943a: 191 (T from Araneus).
Molinaranea setosa Mello-Leitão, 1948: 169, f. 11 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057882].
Parawixia kochi Caporiacco, 1948a: 655 (T from Araneus).
Parawixia kochi albozonata Caporiacco, 1948a: 655 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057873].
Parawixia kochi maculilatera Caporiacco, 1948a: 655 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057874].
Parawixia kochi nigrohumeralis Caporiacco, 1948a: 655 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057875].
Araneus setosus Brignoli, 1983c: 263 (T from Molinaranea, because of erroneous generic synonymy).
Parawixia setosa Levi, 1991a: 180 (T from Araneus).
Parawixia kochi Levi, 1992b: 33, f. 123-135 (mf, S of Parawixia kochi albozonata, P. k. maculilatera, P. k. nigrohumeralis, P. minas and P. setosa).
Parawixia kochi Levi, 1995b: 209 (S of Cyclosa moraballii and C. tuberculata).
Parawixia kochi Levi, 2002: 540, f. 86-87 (f).
Parawixia kochi Carvalho & Gasnier, 2019: CB15, f. 31-32 (f).
Parawixia kochi Cabra-García & Hormiga, 2020: 1017, f. 21G, 32E, 41C-D, 43F-G, 48D, 51H, 55D, 60F, 62G, 63I, 65A, 78A-F, 102E, 112A-G (mf).

Parawixia maldonado Levi, 1992b: 32, f. 115-116 (Dm).

Parawixia matiapa Levi, 1992b: 27, f. 93-94 (Dm).
Parawixia matiapa Levi, 2002: 551, f. 231-232 (m).

Epeira monticola Keyserling, 1892: 94, pl. 4, f. 70 (Df).
Araneus monticola Petrunkevitch, 1911: 304.
Wagneriana monticola Mello-Leitão, 1947b: 251 (Tf from Araneus).
Parawixia monticola Levi, 1991a: 179 (Tf from Wagneriana).
Parawixia monticola Levi, 1992b: 25, f. 81-87 (f, Dm).

Parawixia nesophila Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936a: 52, pl. 16, f. 141-143 (Df).
Parawixia nesophila Levi, 1992b: 22, f. 63-68 (f, Dm).
Parawixia nesophila Levi, 2002: 555, f. 270 (m).

Parawixia ouro Levi, 1992b: 30, f. 110-114 (Df).

Epeira rigida O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889d: 36, pl. 5, f. 5 (Df).
Epeira armata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889d: 41, pl. 4, f. 17 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057863].
Epeira rivalis Keyserling, 1892: 103, pl. 5, f. 76 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057879].
Epeira armata Keyserling, 1892: 107, pl. 5, f. 79 (m).
Parawixia armata F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 489, pl. 46, f. 11 (m).
Parawixia rigida F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 491, pl. 46, f. 18 (f).
Aranea rivalis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 519.
Araneus armatus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 280.
Araneus rigidus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 312.
Araneus rivalis Petrunkevitch, 1911: 312.
Parawixia rigida Levi, 1992b: 32, f. 117-122 (mf, S of Parawixia armata and P. rigida).

Epeira rimosa Keyserling, 1892: 110, pl. 6, f. 82 (Df).
Parawixia hamata F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 489, pl. 46, f. 13 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057872].
Aranea destrictoides Strand, 1908c: 2 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057869].
Araneus destrictoides Petrunkevitch, 1911: 289.
Araneus hodiernus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 297 (replacement name for P. hamata, preoccupied in Araneus, see Singa hamata).
Araneus rimosus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 312.
Eustala decemtuberculata Caporiacco, 1955: 342, f. 28a-b (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015927].
Parawixia rimosa Levi, 1992b: 16, f. 6, 32-39 (mf, S of Parawixia destrictoides and P. hamata).
Parawixia rimosa Levi & Santos, 2013: 223 (S of Eustala decemtuberculata).
Parawixia rimosa Cabra-García & Hormiga, 2020: 1022, f. 26F, 30H, 32F, 38C, 46D, 48E, 51I, 55E, 58E, 60G, 62F, 64F, 79A-F, 102F, 113A-E (mf).

Parawixia tarapoa Levi, 1992b: 30, f. 104-109 (Dmf).

Parawixia tomba Levi, 1992b: 27, f. 95-96 (Dm).

Parawixia tredecimnotata F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 490, pl. 46, f. 16 (Df).
Araneus tredecimnotatus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 319.
Parawixia cambridgei Bryant, 1940: 342, f. 104-106 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057866].
Parawixia tredecimnotata Levi, 1992b: 18, f. 46-51 (mf, S of Parawixia cambridgei).

Mahadeva undulata Keyserling, 1892: 67, pl. 3, f. 52 (Df).
Araneus undulatus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 322.
Verrucosa undulata Mello-Leitão, 1943a: 195 (Tf from Araneus).
Parawixia undulata Levi, 1991a: 180 (Tf from Verrucosa).
Parawixia undulata Levi, 1992b: 40, f. 143-149 (f, Dm).

Epeira velutina Taczanowski, 1878b: 159, pl. 1, f. 10 (Df, m = Wagneriana jelskii per Levi, 1991a: 180).
Araneus velutinus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 323.
Araneus eriophoroides Caporiacco, 1954: 111, f. 29, 29a (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057870].
Parawixia eriophoroides Levi, 1991a: 178 (T from Araneus).
Parawixia velutina Levi, 1991a: 180 (T from Araneus).
Parawixia velutina Levi, 1992b: 24, f. 74-80 (f, Dm, S of Parawixia eriophoroides).