Amaurobiidae Thorell, 1869

Family |   ACCEPTED
N.B.: see note under Agelenidae regarding the placement of Coelotinae; transfer of the former members of Neolanidae (now part of Stiphidiidae) to the Amaurobiidae by Murphy & Roberts, 2015: ix not sufficiently justified and is not accepted here; after Wheeler et al., 2017: 605 Amaurobiidae include Altellopsinae Lehtinen, 1967, Amaurobiinae, Arctobiinae Leech, 1972, Macrobuninae (incl. Chummidae, Malenellinae [transferred from the Anyphaenidae, genus Malenella] and and Tasmarubriinae [transferred from the Amphinectidae, genera Tasmarubrius, Tasmabrochus and Teeatta]) and Ovtchinnikoviinae Marusik, Kovblyuk, & Ponomarev, 2010; Pakeha and Paravoca transferred from the Amaurobiidae to the Cycloctenidae and Bakala, Manjala and Poaka from the Amaurobiidae to the Desidae by Wheeler et al., 2017: 606; Macrobuninae elevated to family by Gorneau et al., 2023: 10; the family is not monophyletic per Kulkarni, Wood & Hormiga, 2023: 515, f. 15-16.
Gen. Otira Forster & Wilton, 1973 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02035

Transferred to other genera:

Otira affinis Hickman, 1981 -- see Oztira

Otira aquilonaria Davies, 1986 -- see Oztira

Otira summa Davies, 1986 -- see Oztira

Otira canasta Forster & Wilton, 1973 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022993
Otira canasta Forster & Wilton, 1973: 263, f. 908-909 (Df) Original description
Otira indura Forster & Wilton, 1973 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022994
Otira indura Forster & Wilton, 1973: 263, f. 8-9, 902-905 (Dmf) Original description
Otira liana Forster & Wilton, 1973 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022995
Otira liana Forster & Wilton, 1973: 263, f. 815, 906-907 (Df) Original description
Otira parva Forster & Wilton, 1973 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022996
Otira parva Forster & Wilton, 1973: 261, f. 893-897 (Dmf) Original description
Otira satura Forster & Wilton, 1973 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022997
Otira satura Forster & Wilton, 1973: 260, f. 889-892 (Dmf) Original description
Otira terricola Forster & Wilton, 1973 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022999
Otira terricola Forster & Wilton, 1973: 262, f. 898-901 (Dmf) Original description

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