Stiphidiidae Dalmas, 1917

Family |   ACCEPTED
N.B.: ranked as a family by Forster & Wilton, 1973: 128, contra Lehtinen, 1967: 331, who placed the group as a subfamily of Amaurobiidae; see notes under Bakala and Manjala (Desidae); Neolanidae Forster & Wilton, 1973 considered a junior synonym of Amphinectidae by JocquƩ & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2006: 66; transfer of Holomamoea and Huara to Cicurinidae (Murphy & Roberts, 2015: viii) as well as transfer of the former Neolanidae to the Amaurobiidae (Murphy & Roberts, 2015: ix) not sufficiently justified and is not accepted here; the former Neolanidae transferred from the Amphinectidae to the Stiphididiae by Wheeler et al., 2017: 608 and six genera (Baiami, Barahna, Cambridgea, Corasoides, Ischalea, Nanocambridgea) transferred from the Stiphididiae to the Desidae by Wheeler et al., 2017: 606; included genera listed by Gorneau et al., 2023: 11; the family is not monophyletic per Kulkarni, Wood & Hormiga, 2023: 515, f. 15-16.
Gen. Marplesia Lehtinen, 1967 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01914
N.B.: described in the Desinae, transferred to the Amphinectidae by Forster & Wilton, 1973: 159 and to the Stiphididiae by Wheeler et al., 2017: 608.

Transferred to other genera:

Marplesia angustiae (Marples, 1959) -- see Dunstanoides

Marplesia dalmasi (Marples, 1959) -- see Neolana

Marplesia nuntia (Marples, 1959) -- see Dunstanoides

Marplesia dugdalei Forster & Wilton, 1973 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021756
Ixeuticus janus Marples, 1959b: 348, f. II.14 (f, misidentified)
Marplesia janus Lehtinen, 1967: 246
Marplesia dugdalei Forster & Wilton, 1973: 193, f. 621-625 (Dmf) Original description
Marplesia pohara Forster & Wilton, 1973 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021757
Marplesia pohara Forster & Wilton, 1973: 195, f. 626-630 (Dmf) Original description

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