Synonymy

• Argiope sachalinensis Saito, 1934: 332
• Zilla sachalinensis (Saitô): Yaginuma, 1955: 21
• Eriophora sachalinensis (Saitô): Tanikawa, 2000a: 23
• Plebs sachalinensis (Saitô): Joseph & Framenau, 2012: 336
• Araneus tokachianus Saito, 1934: 326
  • Type locality: Japan, Mt. Tokachi.
    • Holotype HUS. female ♀.
• Zilla flavomaculata Yaginuma, 1955: 22

(published in Japanese)

• Araneus russicus Bakhvalov, 1981: 144

(published in chinese)

• Araneus pineus Yin et al., 1990: 149
  • Type locality: China
    • Holotype: HBRI. female ♀.
• Eriophora flava Zhu & Song in Zhu et al., 1994: 37
  • Type locality: China, Mt. Jianfengling (18º07'N, 108º08'E， Hainan Province.
    • Holotype: DBHU. male ♂. 12.XII.1989.
• Plebs yebongsanensis Kim, Ye & Lee, 2014: 1
  • Type locality: Korea, Joan-Myeon, Mt. Yebong, (GPS 370 33’ 55.56’ N, 1270 16’ 52.87’ E)
    • Holotype: JPSM. female ♀. 27.VII.2013. legit Seong-Hun Ye

Primary references

• Saitô, S. 1934. A supplementary note on spiders from southern Saghalin, with descriptions of three new species. Transactions of the Sapporo Natural History Society 13: 326-340. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Kim, J.P., Ye, S.H. & Lee, J.J. 2014. A new species of the genus Plebs Joseph & Framenau, 2012 (Araneae: Araneidae) from Korea. Korean Arachnology 30(1): 1-10. Reference page. 

• Saitô, S. 1934a. Spiders from Hokkaido. Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido Imperial University, Sapporo, Japan 33: 267-362. Reference page. 

• Yaginuma, T. 1955. On the Japanese spiders: genera Mangora, Neoscona, and Zilla. Acta Arachnologica 14: 15-24. (in Japanese). Reference page. .

• Yin, C.M., Wang, J.F., Zhu, M.S., Xie, L.P., Peng, X.J. & Bao, Y.H. 1997. Fauna Sinica: Arachnida: Araneae: Araneidae. Science Press, Beijing, 1–460. Reference page. 

• Zhu, M.S., Song, D.X., Zhang, Y.Q. & Wang, X.P. 1994. On some new species and new records of spiders of the family Araneidae from China. Journal of Hubei University, Natural Science Edition 1994 (Suppl.): 25-52. Reference page.