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. Oztira Milledge, 2011 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04024
Oztira affinis (Hickman, 1981) | | Australia (Tasmania) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022991
Otira affinis Hickman, 1981: 62, f. 23-28 (Dmf) Original description
Oztira affinis Milledge, 2011: 6, f. 1a, 4d, 6a, e-f, 9a-d (Tmf from Otira)
Oztira aquilonaria (Davies, 1986) | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022992
Otira aquilonaria Davies, 1986: 238, f. 9-12, 31 (Dmf) Original description
Oztira aquilonaria Milledge, 2011: 7, f. 4a-c, 6b, 10a-d (Tmf from Otira)
Oztira kroombit Milledge, 2011 | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044241
Oztira kroombit Milledge, 2011: 11, f. 1b, 6c, g-h, 11a-e (Dmf) Original description
Oztira summa (Davies, 1986) | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022998
Otira summa Davies, 1986: 237, f. 2-8, 27-30, 38-39 (Dmf) Original description
Oztira summa Milledge, 2011: 11, f. 6d, 12a-d (Tmf from Otira)

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