N.B.: described as a subfamily of the Clubionidae (s. lat.), included provisionally in the Miturgidae by Ramírez et al., 2014: 342 and elevated to family status by Li, Zhang & Zhang, 2026: 9.
N.B.: described in the Drassidae (= Gnaphosidae), included in the Clubionidae by Simon, 1898a: 210, provisionally to the Miturgidae by Ramírez et al., 2014: 342 and transferred to the Systariidae by Li, Zhang & Zhang, 2026: 9.
In synonymy:
Palicanus barkudensis (Gravely, 1931) = Palicanus caudatus Thorell, 1897 (Sankaran & Sebastian, 2019: 193)