Philodromidae, also known as philodromid crab spiders and running crab spiders, is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Tord Tamerlan Teodor Thorell in 1870. It contains over 500 species in thirty genera.
Oonopidae, also known as goblin spiders, is a family of spiders consisting of over 1,600 described species in about 113 genera worldwide, with total species diversity estimated at 2000 to 2500 species. The type genus of the family is OonopsKeyserling, 1835.
Barychelidae, also known as brushed trapdoor spiders, is a spider family with about 300 species in 42 genera.
Ochyroceratidae is a six-eyed spider family, with 165 described species in ten genera. They are common inhabitants of caves and the tropical forest litter of South Africa, the Caribbean, Asia and South America. Considered an ecological counterpart of the Linyphiidae of the northern temperate zone, species are especially diverse in the Indo-Pacific region.
Theotima is a genus of small spiders in the family Ochyroceratidae.
Hibana is a genus of anyphaenid sac spiders first described by Antônio Brescovit in 1991. It is found from the United States to Brazil, including the West Indies. It includes North America's yellow ghost spider, formerly categorized as Aysha velox.
Hiboka is a monotypic genus of East African armored trapdoor spiders containing the single species, Hiboka geayi. It was first described by L. Fage in 1922, and has only been found on Madagascar. Originally placed with the Ctenizidae, it was moved to the armored trapdoor spiders in 1985.
Lepthyphantes is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Anton Menge in 1866.
Apneumonella is a genus of long-legged cave spiders that was first described by L. Fage in 1921. It is one of several genera, including Telema, Usofila, and Cangoderces, whose relationship within the family and to these other genera is still poorly understood.
Hybosida is a genus of East African palp-footed spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1898.
Merizocera is a genus of six eyed spiders in the family Psilodercidae, first described by Jean-Louis Fage in 1912.
Folkia is a genus of Balkan woodlouse hunting spiders that was first described by J. Kratochvíl in 1970 as subgenus of Stalagtia, and elevated to genus status in 1974.
Paraleptoneta is a genus of leptonetids that was first described by L. Fage in 1913. As of May 2019 it contains only two species: P. bellesi and P. spinimana.
Blanioonops is a genus of spiders in the family Oonopidae. It was first described in 1922 by Simon & Fage. As of 2016, it contains only one species, Blanioonops patellaris, found in East Africa.
Pterotricha is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Władysław Kulczyński in 1903.
Asthenargus is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon & L. Fage in 1922.
Strongyliceps is a genus of East African sheet weavers that was first described by L. Fage & Eugène Louis Simon in 1936. As of May 2019 it contains only two species, both found in Uganda and Kenya: S. alluaudi and S. anderseni.
Wendilgarda is a genus of ray spiders that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1886.
Psilodercidae is a family of spiders first described as a subfamily of Ochyroceratidae by Machado in 1951 and raised to family rank by J. Wunderlich in 2008. These spiders can be distinguished by the "segestriid positioning" of their six eyes, the absence of leg bristles, strong apical bristles on the cymbium, and several pairs of spermathecae in females.
