N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Amaurobioididae by Platnick, 1974: 211; transfer of the monotypic subfamily Malenellinae Ramírez, 1995 to the Amaurobiidae by Wheeler et al., 2017: 605; mentioning of "Anyphaeniens" by Simon, 1864: 94, but the French ending -iens was not accepted as taxon at familiar level by Bonnet and Platnick, and this continued here.
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Last updated: 2024-07-29
Genera counts
ACCEPTED: 58
SYNONYM: 21
Species counts
ACCEPTED: 646
SYNONYM: 137
NOMEN NUDUM: 2
NOMEN DUBIUM: 31
HOMONYM: 2
Taxonomic Reference
Original description
Bertkau,
1878: 379
