Agelenidae C. L. Koch, 1837

Family |   ACCEPTED

N.B.: Miller et al., 2010: 801 rejected the placement of Coelotes and allied genera by Wunderlich, 1986: 24 as being more closely related to Amaurobius (family Amaurobiidae) than to Agelena; Coelotinae F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893: 158 were treated as a separate family Coelotidae by Ono, 2008: 163, but this was not accepted by later authors and Platnick; Cryphoeca and Tuberta were transferred from the Agelenidae to the Hahniidae by Lehtinen, 1967: 225, 272 and to the Cybaeidae by Wheeler et al., 2017: 606; Blabomma, Chorizomma, Cicurina and Mastigusa were transferred from the Agelenidae to the Dictynidae by Lehtinen, 1967; Chorizomma, Cicurina and Mastigusa were transferred to the Hahniidae by Wheeler et al., 2017: 607; Blabomma was transferred to the Cybaeidae by Wheeler et al., 2017: 606 as well as Mastigusa by Castellucci, Scharff & Luchetti, 2023: 6; Chorizomma and Cicurina were transferred to the Cicurinidae by Gorneau et al., 2023: 11.

Gen. Afrotrix Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06452
type Afrotrix spicula Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026; gender feminine
Afrotrix booyseni Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066664
Afrotrix booyseni Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026: 310, f. 1A, 2A, 7A-C, 8A-D (Dmf) Original description
Afrotrix dejagerae Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066665
Afrotrix dejagerae Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026: 313, f. 1B, 2B, 7D-F, 9A-E (Dmf) Original description
Afrotrix deserticola (Simon, 1910) | | Namibia, Botswana, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020931
Agelena deserticola Simon, 1910b: 205 (Dmf) Original description
Maimuna deserticola Lehtinen, 1967: 246 (T from Agelena)
Benoitia deserticola Levy, 1996: 93 (T from Maimuna)
Afrotrix deserticola Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026: 317, f. 1C, 7G-H (f, T from Benoitia)
Afrotrix goegap Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066666
Afrotrix goegap Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026: 317, f. 1D, 7I-K (Df) Original description
Afrotrix karooica Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066667
Afrotrix karooica Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026: 318, f. 1E, 2C, 10A-C, 11A-E (Dmf) Original description
Afrotrix lyonsae Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066668
Afrotrix lyonsae Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026: 321, f. 1F, 2D, 10D-F, 12A-E (Dmf) Original description
Afrotrix reginaldi Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066669
Afrotrix reginaldi Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026: 323, f. 1G, 2E, 4A-I, 10G-I, 13A-E (Dmf) Original description
Afrotrix sauria Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066670
Afrotrix sauria Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026: 325, f. 1H, 10J-L (Df) Original description
Afrotrix spicula Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066663 TYPE SPECIES
Afrotrix spicula Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026: 326, f. 1I, 2F, 3A-F, 5A-I, 6A-I, 14A-C, 15A-E (Dmf) Original description
Afrotrix tankwa Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066671
Afrotrix tankwa Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026: 329, f. 1J, 2G, 14D-F, 16A-E (Dmf) Original description

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