N.B.: for the validity of the family name see ICZN article 40.1; described as a subfamily of Ctenizidae by Pocock, 1901e: 207 (type genus Halonoproctus, which is a synonym of Cyclocosmia), elevated to family level by Pocock, 1903h: 352; included in Ctenizidae by Simon, 1903a: 884 (sub Ctenizinae, Cyclocosmieae) and listed there by the subsequent catalogues; recircumscribed and splitted from Ctenizidae by Godwin et al., 2018: 307; the family is not monophyletic per Kulkarni, Wood & Hormiga, 2023: 487, f. 5.
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Last updated: 2025-11-21
Genera counts
ACCEPTED: 6
SYNONYM: 8
Species counts
ACCEPTED: 150
SYNONYM: 17
NOMEN NUDUM: 2
NOMEN DUBIUM: 3
