N.B.: the
Dolomedidae (incl. Bradystichidae) are removed from the synonymy by
Morris, Hazzi & Hormiga, 2025: 8, confirmed by
Yu et al., 2025: 431 (confirming
Lehtinen, 1967: 231, rejecting
Sierwald, 1990: 50);
Sierwald, 1990: 50 recognized also a "
Trechalea genus group [that] is not a close relative of the nursery-web Pisauridae" and whose members are now listed under Trechaleidae; considered a synonym of Halidae
Jocqué, 1994b: 281 by
Jocqué & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2006: 212 (confirmed by
Polotow, Carmichael & Griswold, 2015); probably includes Senoculidae per
Murphy & Roberts, 2015: ix;
Morris, Hazzi & Hormiga, 2025: 8 list three subfamilies (Halinae Jocqué, 1994:
Hala,
Tolma; Thaumasiinae Petrunkevitch, 1928:
Architis,
Thaumasia; Pisaurinae:
Cladycnis,
Dendrolycosa,
Nilus,
Paracladycnis,
Perenethis,
Pisaura,
Pisaurina,
Sphedanus) and numerous genera are deemed incertae sedis in terms of their subfamilial placement;
Blandinia Tonini, Silva, Filho & Freitas, 2016 is excluded from the Pisauridae by
Yu et al., 2025: 431 ("incertae sedis"), but not included into another family.
