N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Metidae Simon, 1894 by
Heimer & Nentwig, 1982: 292 and
Levi, 1986a: 93 (although not by
Wunderlich, 1986: 115); Metidae/Metinae is preoccupied in the Copepoda and emened to Metainae by
ICZN, 2013 (Opinion 2326) following the proposal of
Álvarez-Padilla & Hormiga, 2011b; Diphyini is preoccupied in the Hydrozoa and emened to Diphyaini by
ICZN, 2021 (Opinion 3774) following the proposal of
Marusik, 2018d; see also the notes at the
Araneidae,
Nephilidae and
Phonognathidae; includes taxa placed by
Forster & Forster, 1999: 166 in the "Nanometidae" (see
Álvarez-Padilla & Hormiga, 2011a: 802); also Leucauginae
Caporiacco, 1955: 318 and Pachygnathidae
Menge, 1866: 94 are included; mentioning of "Tetragnathiens" by
Simon, 1864: 325, but the French ending -iens was not accepted as taxon at familiar level by Bonnet and Platnick, and this is continued here.
