N.B.: transferred from the Dipluridae to the Hexathelidae by Raven, 1980a: 255 and to the Atracidae by Hedin et al., 2018: 4; considered a senior synonym of Styphlopis Rainbow, 1913: 5 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04874] (type S. insularis Rainbow, 1913), Pseudatrax Rainbow, 1914a: 260 (type P. moreaui Rainbow, 1914) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04873] and Anepsiada Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918: 167 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04872] (type A. ventricosa Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918 = Hadronyche valida (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918)) by Gray, 1988: 117 (revalidation of Anepsiada by Hoser, 2017: 56 is rejected by Raven & Douglas, 2025: 14); considered a senior synonym of Swilearanea Hoser, 2017: 55 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06412] (type Atrax infensus Hickman, 1964), Shireenaranea Hoser, 2017: 55 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06413] (type Atrax adelaidensis Gray, 1984), Grayaraneaus Hoser, 2017: 56 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06414] (type Hadronyche anzses Raven, 2000) and Wongaraneaus Hoser, 2017: 56 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06415] (type Atrax modestus Simon, 1891, described as subgenus of Hadronyche) by Raven & Douglas, 2025: 14 ("are not considered valid"); Hoser, 2017 did not note any material he examined and just copied text parts from Gray, 2010, which had the consequence that his taxa at generic level were not accepted by the WSC; not a synonym of Atrax O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877 after Main, 1985b: 42 (contra Raven, 1980a: 255).

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