N.B.: revalidated by
Roth, 1967b: 4 (for
Desis only) but greatly expanded subsequently; for a diagnosis, see
Forster, 1970b: 21; considered a senior synonym of Toxopidae by
Forster, 1970b: 110, whose concept differs greatly from that of
Lehtinen, 1967, who considered the Desinae a subfamily of the Amaurobiidae separate from the Matachiinae Dalmas, 1917 (most genera of which
Forster, 1970b: 13 attributed to the Desidae/Desinae, see also
Forster & Wilton, 1973: 296 and
Brignoli, 1983c: 487); all genera placed by these authors either in the Desidae, or in the Desinae and Matachiinae, respectively, are listed here; transfers of
Gasparia,
Goyenia,
Lamina and
Mangareia to Cicurinidae, of
Hapona and
Laestrygones to Cycloctenidae (
Murphy & Roberts, 2015: viii), of
Forstertyna to Megadictynidae, and separation of Matachiidae (new rank) containing the most genera of Desidae (
Murphy & Roberts, 2015: ix) not sufficiently justified and are not accepted here; separation of Cambridgeidae
fam. n. (from Stiphidiidae, a synomyn of Porteriinae)
(
Murphy & Roberts, 2015: viii) not sufficiently justified and is not accepted here; redefinition of Desidae by
Wheeler et al., 2017: 606 to include six subfamilies: Amphinectinae (transferred from Amphinectidae Forster & Wilton, 1973
syn. nov. [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0065]
,
Amphinecta,
Mamoea,
Maniho,
Paramamoea and
Rangitata), Ischaleinae Davies, 1990 (
Bakala,
Manjala - both transferred from Amaurobiidae, and
Ischalea, transferred from Stiphidiidae), Metaltellinae Lehtinen, 1967 (new rank,
Austmusia,
Buyina,
Calacadia,
Cunnawarra,
Jalkaraburra,
Keera,
Magua,
Metaltella,
Penaoola and
Quemusia), Porteriinae
Lehtinen, 1967: 326 (new rank, transferred from Stiphidiidae,
Baiami,
Cambridgea,
Corasoides,
Nanocambridgea and
Porteria), Matachiinae Lehtinen, 1967 (sensu
Lehtinen, 1967: 233, 242, 324:
Badumna,
Cicirra,
Epimecinus,
Forsterina,
Lathyarcha,
Matachia,
Namandia,
Paramatachia,
Phryganoporus - other genera are not explicitly attributed to this subfamily) and Desinae (
Desis,
Poaka - transferred from Amaurobiidae, and
Barahna - transferred from Stiphidiidae, not all included genera are listed). Eleven genera (
Akatorea,
Dunstanoides,
Holomamoea,
Huara,
Makora,
Neororea,
Oparara,
Reinga,
Rorea,
Tanganoides,
Waterea) not included by
Wheeler et al., 2017, but also transferred from Amphinectidae to Desidae, caused by the synonmy of Amphinecidae with Desidae. Separation of Toxopidae (genera
Gasparia,
Gohia,
Hapona,
Hulua,
Laestrygones,
Lamina,
Myro,
Neomyro,
Ommatauxesis,
Otagoa and
Toxops) also by
Wheeler et al., 2017: 609-610; the new subfamily Cedicinae
Marusik, Zonstein & Koponen, 2023: 102 (includes
Cedicus,
Cedicoides and
Paracedicus) is transferred from the Cybaeidae to the Desidae by its authors; the family is not monophyletic per
Kulkarni, Wood & Hormiga, 2023: 515.
