Hexathelidae Simon, 1892

Family |   ACCEPTED
N.B.: elevated to family status from the Dipluridae and relimited by Raven, 1980a: 252 (with the subfamilies Hexathelinae, Macrothelinae and Plesiothelinae); new circumscription and separation of Atracidae, Macrothelidae and Porrhothelidae by Hedin et al., 2018: 5; the family is not monophyletic per Kulkarni, Wood & Hormiga, 2023: 487; the re-including of the three families by Raven & Douglas, 2025: 6, 13 is not accepted here (by majority vote of the WSC boards), because the molecular data of Hedin et al., 2018 and Kulkarni, Wood & Hormiga, 2023 are not taken into account sufficiently.
Gen. Bymainiella Raven, 1978 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00014
type Hexathele terraereginae Raven, 1976; gender feminine
N.B.: transferred from the Dipluridae to the Hexathelidae by Raven, 1980a: 253.

Transferred to other genera:

Bymainiella boycei Raven, 1978 -- see Paraembolides

Bymainiella boydi Raven, 1978 -- see Paraembolides

Bymainiella brindabella Raven, 1978 -- see Paraembolides

Bymainiella cannoni Raven, 1978 -- see Paraembolides

Bymainiella grayi Raven, 1978 -- see Paraembolides

Bymainiella montana (Hickman, 1927) -- see Teranodes

Bymainiella montisbossi Raven, 1978 -- see Paraembolides

Bymainiella otwayensis Raven, 1978 -- see Teranodes

Bymainiella tubrabucca Raven, 1978 -- see Paraembolides

Bymainiella variabilis Raven, 1978 -- see Paraembolides

Bymainiella lugubris Raven, 1978 | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000147
Bymainiella lugubris Raven, 1978: 56, f. 93-94, 99-101, 110, 113-114, 120 (Dmf) Original description
Bymainiella monteithi Raven, 1978 | | Australia (Queensland, New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000148
Bymainiella monteithi Raven, 1978: 62, f. 95-96, 102-105, 111, 115-116, 121 (Dmf) Original description
Bymainiella polesoni Raven, 1978 | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000149
Bymainiella polesoni Raven, 1978: 66, f. 97-98, 106-109, 112, 117-119, 122-124 (Dmf) Original description
Bymainiella terraereginae (Raven, 1976) | | Australia (Queensland, New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000150 TYPE SPECIES
Hexathele terraereginae Raven, 1976: 53, f. 1a-h, 2a-d, g-l (Dmf) Original description
Bymainiella terraereginae Raven, 1978: 72 (T from Hexathele)

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