Physoglenidae is a

family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...

araneomorph The Araneomorphae (also called the Labidognatha) are an infraorder of spiders. They are distinguishable by chelicerae (fangs) that point diagonally forward and cross in a pinching action, in contrast to the Mygalomorphae (tarantulas and their cl ...

spider Spiders ( order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species ...

s first described by

Alexander Petrunkevitch Alexander Ivanovitch Petrunkevitch (Russian: Александр Иванович Петрункевич, December 22, 1875 in Plysky near Kyiv, now Ukraine – March 9, 1964 in New Haven) was an eminent Russian arachnologist of his time. From ...

in 1928 as a subfamily of

Pholcidae The Pholcidae are a family of araneomorph spiders. The family contains over 1,800 individual species of pholcids, including those commonly known as cellar spider, daddy long-legs spider, carpenter spider, daddy long-legger, vibrating spid ...

. It was later moved to Synotaxidae until a study in 2016 showed that they formed a distinct

clade A clade (), also known as a monophyletic group or natural group, is a group of organisms that are monophyletic – that is, composed of a common ancestor and all its lineal descendants – on a phylogenetic tree. Rather than the English term, ...

Genera

, the

World Spider Catalog The World Spider Catalog (WSC) is an online searchable database concerned with spider taxonomy. It aims to list all accepted families, genera and species, as well as provide access to the related taxonomic literature. The WSC began as a series of ...

accepts the following genera: *'' Calcarsynotaxus'' Wunderlich, 1995 — Australia *''

Chileotaxus ''Chileotaxus'' is a monotypic genus of Chilean araneomorph spiders in the family Physoglenidae, containing the single species ''Chileotaxus sans''. It was first described by Norman I. Platnick in 1990, and is found in Chile. Originally placed wit ...

'' Platnick, 1990 — Chile *'' Mangua'' Forster, 1990 — New Zealand *''

Meringa ''Meringa'' is a genus of Polynesian araneomorph spiders in the family Physoglenidae that was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1990. Originally placed with the Synotaxidae, it was moved to the Physoglenidae in 2017. Species it contai ...

'' Forster, 1990 — New Zealand *'' Microsynotaxus'' Wunderlich, 2008 — Australia *''

Nomaua ''Nomaua'' is a genus of Polynesian araneomorph spiders in the family Physoglenidae that was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1990. Originally placed with the Linyphiidae, it was moved to the Synotaxidae in 1990, and is now considered ...

'' Forster, 1990 — New Zealand *''

Pahora ''Pahora'' is a genus of Polynesian araneomorph spiders in the family Physoglenidae that was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1990. Originally placed with the Synotaxidae, it was moved to the Physoglenidae in 2017. Species it contain ...

'' Forster, 1990 — New Zealand *''

Pahoroides ''Pahoroides'' is a genus of Polynesian araneomorph spiders in the family Physoglenidae that was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1990. Species it contains eight species, found on the Polynesian Islands: *'' Pahoroides aucklandica'' ...

'' Forster, 1990 — New Zealand *''

Paratupua ''Paratupua'' is a monotypic genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Physoglenidae found in Victoria, Australia. It contains the single species, ''Paratupua grayi''. Though it's sometimes misspelled ''Paratupa'', the correct spelling is "Paratu ...

'' Platnick, 1990 — Australia *''

Physoglenes ''Physoglenes'' is a genus of Chilean araneomorph spiders in the family Physoglenidae that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1904. It has been listed under several different families, including Leptonetidae, Pholcidae, Synotaxidae, a ...

'' Simon, 1904 — Chile *''

Runga ''Runga'' is a genus of Polynesian araneomorph spiders in the family Physoglenidae that was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1990. Species it contains five species, found on the Polynesian Islands: *'' Runga akaroa'' Forster, 1990 � ...

'' Forster, 1990 — New Zealand *'' Tupua'' Platnick, 1990 — Australia *''

Zeatupua ''Zeatupua'' is a monotypic genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Physoglenidae containing the single species, ''Zeatupua forsteri''. It was first described by Fitzgerald & Sirvid in 2009, and is found in New Zealand. Originally placed with t ...

'' Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2009 — New Zealand

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q29870813 Araneomorphae families