Nephilengys is a genus of tropical spiders of the family Nephilidae (formerly placed in the Araneidae and Tetragnathidae), consisting of six currently described species. They are called hermit spiders in South Africa .
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0