N.B.: Elevated to familial rank by Hormiga, 1993: 534; for comments on relationships, see Michalik & Hormiga, 2010: 7; new circumscription and transfer of Weintrauboa and Putaoa to Linyphiidae (Stemonyphantinae) by Hormiga et al., 2021: 84; re-synonymization with Linyphiidae (Murphy & Roberts, 2015: ix) not sufficiently justified and is not accepted here.

Homonym replaced:

Metella Fage, 1931 -- see Louisfagea Brignoli, 1971 - in Brignoli, 1971d