This page lists all described species of the spider family Araneidae as of Dec. 21, 2016, that start with letters N through Z.
Nemoscolus Nemoscolus Simon, 1895 Nemoscolus affinis Lessert, 1933 — Congo Nemoscolus caudifer Strand, 1906 — West Africa Nemoscolus cotti Lessert, 1933 — Mozambique Nemoscolus elongatus Lawrence, 1947 — South Africa Nemoscolus kolosvaryi Caporiacco, 1947 — Uganda Nemoscolus lateplagiatis Simon, 1907 — Guinea-Bissau Nemoscolus laurae (Simon, 1868) (type species) — Western Mediterranean Nemoscolus niger Caporiacco, 1936 — Libya Nemoscolus obscurus Simon, 1897 — South Africa Nemoscolus rectifrons Roewer, 1961 — Senegal Nemoscolus semilugens Denis, 1966 — Libya Nemoscolus tubicola (Simon, 1887) — South Africa Nemoscolus turricola Berland, 1933 — Mali Nemoscolus vigintipunctatus Simon, 1897 — South Africa Nemoscolus waterloti Berland, 1920 — Madagascar
Nemosinga Nemosinga Caporiacco, 1947 Nemosinga atra Caporiacco, 1947 (type species) — Tanzania Nemosinga atra bimaculata Caporiacco, 1947 — Tanzania Nemosinga strandi Caporiacco, 1947 — Tanzania
Nemospiza Nemospiza Simon, 1903 Nemospiza conspicillata Simon, 1903 — South Africa
Neogea Neogea Levi, 1983 Neogea egregia (Kulczynski, 1911) (type species) — New Guinea Neogea nocticolor (Thorell, 1887) — India to Sumatra Neogea yunnanensis Yin et al., 1990 — China
Neoscona Neoscona Simon, 1864 Neoscona achine (Simon, 1906) — India, China Neoscona adianta (Walckenaer, 1802) — Palearctic Neoscona adianta persecta (Schenkel, 1936) — China Neoscona alberti (Strand, 1913) — Central, Southern Africa Neoscona albertoi Barrion-Dupo, 2008 — Philippines Neoscona aldinei Barrion-Dupo, 2008 — Philippines Neoscona amamiensis Tanikawa, 1998 — Japan Neoscona ampoyae Barrion-Dupo, 2008 — Philippines Neoscona angulatula (Schenkel, 1937) — Madagascar, Aldabra, Kenya Neoscona arabesca (Walckenaer, 1841) (type species) — North, Central America, West Indies Neoscona bengalensis Tikader & Bal, 1981 — India, Pakistan Neoscona bihumpi Patel, 1988 — India Neoscona biswasi Bhandari & Gajbe, 2001 — India Neoscona blondeli (Simon, 1886) — Africa Neoscona bomdilaensis Biswas & Biswas, 2006 — India Neoscona bucheti (Lessert, 1930) — Congo Neoscona bucheti avakubiensis (Lessert, 1930) — Congo Neoscona bucheti flexuosa (Lessert, 1930) — Congo, Yemen Neoscona byzanthina (Pavesi, 1876) — France, Turkey Neoscona cereolella (Strand, 1907) — Congo, East Africa, Madagascar Neoscona cereolella setaceola (Strand, 1913) — Central Africa Neoscona cheesmanae (Berland, 1938) — New Hebrides Neoscona chiarinii (Pavesi, 1883) — West, Central, East Africa Neoscona chongzuoensis Zhang & Zhang, 2011 — China Neoscona chrysanthusi Tikader & Bal, 1981 — Bhutan, India, Pakistan Neoscona crucifera (Lucas, 1838) — North America, Canary Islands, Madeira, Hawaii Neoscona dhruvai Patel & Nigam, 1994 — India Neoscona dhumani Patel & Reddy, 1993 — India Neoscona domiciliorum (Hentz, 1847) — USA Neoscona dostinikea Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines Neoscona dyali Gajbe, 2004 — India Neoscona facundoi Barrion-Dupo, 2008 — Philippines Neoscona flavescens Zhang & Zhang, 2011 — China Neoscona goliath (Benoit, 1963) — Ivory Coast Neoscona govindai Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 2013 - Bangladesh Neoscona hirta (C. L. Koch, 1844) — Central, Southern Africa Neoscona holmi (Schenkel, 1953) — China, Korea Neoscona huzaifi Mukhtar, 2012 — Pakistan Neoscona jinghongensis Yin et al., 1990 — China Neoscona kabiri Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 2013 - Bangladesh Neoscona kisangani Grasshoff, 1986 — Congo Neoscona kivuensis Grasshoff, 1986 — Congo Neoscona kunmingensis Yin et al., 1990 — China Neoscona lactea (Saito, 1933) — Taiwan Neoscona leucaspis (Schenkel, 1963) — China Neoscona lipana Barrion-Dupo, 2008 — Philippines Neoscona lotan Levy, 2007 — Israel Neoscona maculaticeps (L. Koch, 1871) — Japan, Samoa Neoscona marcanoi Levi, 1993 — Cuba, Hispaniola Neoscona mellotteei (Simon, 1895) — China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan Neoscona menghaiensis Yin et al., 1990 — China Neoscona molemensis Tikader & Bal, 1981 — Bangladesh, India to Philippines, Indonesia Neoscona moreli (Vinson, 1863) — Cuba to Argentina, Africa to Seychelles Neoscona mukerjei Tikader, 1980 — India, Pakistan Neoscona multiplicans (Chamberlin, 1924) — China, Korea, Japan Neoscona murthyi Patel & Reddy, 1990 — India Neoscona nasidae Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 2013 - Bangladesh Neoscona nautica (L. Koch, 1875) — Cosmotropical Neoscona novella (Simon, 1907) — Bioko Neoscona oaxacensis (Keyserling, 1864) — USA to Peru, Galapagos Islands Neoscona odites (Simon, 1906) — India Neoscona oriemindoroana Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines Neoscona orientalis (Urquhart, 1887) — New Zealand Neoscona orizabensis F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1904 — Mexico Neoscona parambikulamensis Patel, 2003 — India Neoscona pavida (Simon, 1906) — India, Pakistan, China Neoscona penicillipes (Karsch, 1879) — West, Central Africa Neoscona platnicki Gajbe & Gajbe, 2001 — India Neoscona plebeja (L. Koch, 1871) — Fiji, Tonga, Funafuti, Rapa Neoscona polyspinipes Yin et al., 1990 — China Neoscona pratensis (Hentz, 1847) — USA, Canada Neoscona pseudonautica Yin et al., 1990 — China, Korea Neoscona pseudoscylla (Schenkel, 1953) — China Neoscona punctigera (Doleschall, 1857) — Reunion to Japan Neoscona quadrigibbosa Grasshoff, 1986 — Central, Southern Africa Neoscona quincasea Roberts, 1983 — Central, Southern Africa, Aldabra Neoscona rahamani Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 2013 - Bangladesh Neoscona rapta (Thorell, 1899) — Africa Neoscona raydakensis Saha et al., 1995 — India Neoscona rufipalpis (Lucas, 1858) — Africa, St. Helena, Cape Verde Islands, Yemen Neoscona rufipalpis buettnerana (Strand, 1908) — Cameroon, Togo Neoscona sanghi Gajbe, 2004 — India Neoscona sanjivani Gajbe, 2004 — India Neoscona scylla (Karsch, 1879) — Russia, China, Korea, Japan Neoscona scylloides (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) — China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan Neoscona semilunaris (Karsch, 1879) — China, Korea, Japan Neoscona shillongensis Tikader & Bal, 1981 — India, Pakistan, China Neoscona simoni Grasshoff, 1986 — Central Africa Neoscona sinhagadensis (Tikader, 1975) — India, Pakistan, China Neoscona sodom Levy, 1998 — Israel Neoscona stanleyi (Lessert, 1930) — Congo Neoscona subfusca (C. L. Koch, 1837) — Old World Neoscona subfusca alboplagiata Caporiacco, 1947 — Tanzania Neoscona subfusca pallidior (Thorell, 1899) — Bioko Neoscona subpullata (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) — China, Korea, Japan Neoscona tedgenica (Bakhvalov, 1978) — Central Asia Neoscona theisi (Walckenaer, 1841) — India, China to Pacific Islands Neoscona theisi carbonaria (Simon, 1909) — Vietnam Neoscona theisi feisiana (Strand, 1911) — Caroline Islands Neoscona theisi savesi (Simon, 1880) — New Caledonia Neoscona theisi theisiella (Tullgren, 1910) — West, Central, East Africa, Yemen Neoscona theisi triangulifera (Thorell, 1878) — New Guinea Neoscona tianmenensis Yin et al., 1990 — China, Korea Neoscona triangula (Keyserling, 1864) — Cape Verde to India Neoscona triangula mensamontella (Strand, 1907) — Madagascar Neoscona triramusa Yin & Zhao, 1994 — China Neoscona ujavalai Reddy & Patel, 1992 — India Neoscona usbonga Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines Neoscona utahana (Chamberlin, 1919) — USA, Mexico Neoscona vigilans (Blackwall, 1865) — Africa to Philippines, New Guinea Neoscona xiquanensis Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, 2013 - China Neoscona xishanensis Yin et al., 1990 — China Neoscona yadongensis Yin et al., 1990 — China Neoscona yptinika Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — India, Philippines Neoscona zhui Zhang & Zhang, 2011 — China
Nephila Nephila Leach, 1815 Nephila antipodiana (Walckenaer, 1841) — China, Philippines to New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Queensland Nephila clavata L. Koch, 1878 — India to Japan Nephila clavata caerulescens Ono, 2011 — Japan Nephila clavipes (Linnaeus, 1767) — USA to Argentina, São Tomé Nephila clavipes fasciculata (De Geer, 1778) — USA to Argentina Nephila clavipes vespucea (Walckenaer, 1841) — Argentina Nephila comorana Strand, 1916 — Comoro Islands Nephila constricta Karsch, 1879 — Tropical Africa Nephila cornuta (Pallas, 1772) — Guyana Nephila dirangensis Biswas & Biswas, 2006 — India Nephila edulis (Labillardière, 1799) — Australia, New Guinea, New Caledonia, New Zealand Nephila fenestrata Thorell, 1859 — South Africa Nephila fenestrata fuelleborni Dahl, 1912 — East Africa Nephila fenestrata venusta (Blackwall, 1865) — West, Central Africa Nephila inaurata (Walckenaer, 1841) — Mauritius, Rodriguez, Réunion Nephila inaurata madagascariensis (Vinson, 1863) — South Africa to Seychelles Nephila komaci Kuntner & Coddington, 2009 — South Africa, Madagascar Nephila kuhlii (Doleschall, 1859) — India to Sulawesi Nephila laurinae Thorell, 1881 — China to Solomon Islands Nephila pakistaniensis Ghafoor & Beg, 2002 — Pakistan Nephila pilipes (Fabricius, 1793) — India to China, Philippines, northeastern Australia Nephila pilipes malagassa (Strand, 1907) — Madagascar Nephila plumipes (Latreille, 1804) — Indonesia, New Guinea, Australia, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, New Ireland Nephila robusta Tikader, 1962 — India Nephila senegalensis (Walckenaer, 1841) — West Africa to Ethiopia Nephila senegalensis annulata (Thorell, 1859) — Namibia, South Africa Nephila senegalensis bragantina Brito Capello, 1867 — Central Africa Nephila senegalensis hildebrandti Dahl, 1912 — Madagascar Nephila senegalensis huebneri Dahl, 1912 — East Africa Nephila senegalensis keyserlingi (Blackwall, 1865) — Congo, East Africa Nephila senegalensis nyikae Pocock, 1898 — East Africa Nephila senegalensis schweinfurthi Simon, 1890 — Yemen Nephila sexpunctata Giebel, 1867 — Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina Nephila sumptuosa Gerstäcker, 1873 — East Africa, Socotra Nephila tetragnathoides (Walckenaer, 1841) — Fiji, Tonga, Niue Nephila turneri Blackwall, 1833 — West, Central Africa Nephila turneri orientalis Benoit, 1964 — Central, East Africa Nephila vitiana (Walckenaer, 1847) — Indonesia, Sulawesi, to Fiji, Tonga
Nephilengys Nephilengys L. Koch, 1872 Nephilengys malabarensis (Walckenaer, 1841) — India to China, Philippines, Japan, Ambon Nephilengys papuana Thorell, 1881 — New Guinea, Queensland
Nephilingis Nephilingis Kuntner, 2013 Nephilingis borbonica (Vinson, 1863) — Réunion Nephilingis cruentata (Fabricius, 1775) — Tropical Africa, South America Nephilingis dodo (Kuntner & Agnarsson, 2011) — Mauritius Nephilingis livida (Vinson, 1863) — Madagascar, Comoro Islands, Aldabra, Seychelles
Nicolepeira Nicolepeira Levi, 2001 Nicolepeira bicaudata (Nicolet, 1849) — Chile Nicolepeira flavifrons (Nicolet, 1849) (type species) — Chile Nicolepeira transversalis (Nicolet, 1849) — Chile
Novakiella Novakiella Court & Forster, 1993 Novakiella trituberculosa (Roewer, 1942) — Australia, New Zealand
Novaranea Novaranea Court & Forster, 1988 Novaranea courti Framenau, 2011 — New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania Novaranea queribunda (Keyserling, 1887) (type species) — New Zealand
Nuctenea Nuctenea Simon, 1864 Nuctenea cedrorum (Simon, 1929) — Algeria Nuctenea silvicultrix (C. L. Koch, 1835) — Palearctic Nuctenea umbratica (Clerck, 1757) (type species) — Europe to Azerbaijan
Oarces Oarces Simon, 1879 Oarces reticulatus (Nicolet, 1849) (type species) - Chile, Argentina
Ocrepeira Ocrepeira Marx, 1883 Ocrepeira abiseo Levi, 1993 — Peru Ocrepeira albopunctata (Taczanowski, 1879) — Peru, Brazil, Guyana, French Guiana Ocrepeira anta Levi, 1993 — Colombia Ocrepeira aragua Levi, 1993 — Venezuela Ocrepeira arturi Levi, 1993 — Panama Ocrepeira atuncela Levi, 1993 — Colombia Ocrepeira barbara Levi, 1993 — Peru Ocrepeira bispinosa (Mello-Leitao, 1945) — Brazil Ocrepeira branta Levi, 1993 — Jamaica Ocrepeira camaca Levi, 1993 — Brazil