Trichonephila
Trichonephila is a genus of golden orb-weaver spiders that was first described by Friedrich Dahl in 1911, as a subgenus of Nephila. Trichonephila was elevated to the level of genus (new rank) by Kuntner et al. in 2019. The genus Trichonephila belongs to the Nephilidae family.
| Trichonephila | |
|---|---|
| Female Trichonephila clavipes | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Nephilidae |
| Genus: | Trichonephila Dahl, 1911 |
| Type species | |
| T. clavipes (Linnaeus, 1767) | |
| Species | |
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