N.B.: Separated from Hexathelidae by Hedin et al., 2018: 5.

type Mygale antipodiana Walckenaer, 1837; gender feminine

N.B.: Transferred from Dipluridae to Hexathelidae by Raven, 1980a: 255 and to Porrhothelidae by Hedin et al., 2018: 5. The senior synonym Hexops Ausserer, 1871 has been suppressed by all authors for lack of usage (see Bonnet, 1957: 2206 and Forster, 1968: 165).

In synonymy:
Porrhothele avocae Todd, 1945 = Porrhothele antipodiana (Walckenaer, 1837) (Forster, 1968: 172).
Porrhothele huttoni (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874) = Porrhothele antipodiana (Walckenaer, 1837) (Forster, 1968: 167).
Porrhothele kirki (Urquhart, 1894, T from Arbanitis) = Porrhothele antipodiana (Walckenaer, 1837) (Chamberlain, 1944: 74).
Porrhothele simoni Hogg, 1901 = Porrhothele antipodiana (Walckenaer, 1837) (Todd, 1945: 392).

Mygale antipodiana Walckenaer, 1837: 230 (Df).
Mygale (Cteniza) antipodum White, 1849: 3 (D).
Mygale (Cteniza) hexops White, 1849: 3 (D).
Mygale quoyi Walckenaer, in Lucas, 1849b: v. 8: 503 [1847], Atlas 3: 2, Arachnides pl. 1, f. 1 (Df).
Hexops whitei Ausserer, 1871a: 155 (D).
Macrothele huttonii O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873h: 200, pl. 6, f. 14-19 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060530].
Macrothele insignipes Simon, 1891e: 307 (Dmf).
Porrhothele antipodiana Simon, 1892a: 185, f. 128.
Nemesia kirkii Urquhart, 1894: 204 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060531].
Arbanitis kirkii Hogg, 1901: 236.
Porrhothele simoni Hogg, 1901: 269, f. 37 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060532].
Porrhothele antipodiana Dalmas, 1917a: 321 (S of Hexops whitei, Macrothele insignipes, Mygale antipodum, M. hexops, M. huttoni and M. quoyi; M. huttoni revalidated by Todd, 1945: 394 and re-synonymised by Forster, 1968: 167).
Porrhothele antipodiana Hogg, 1918: 171, f. 3.
Porrhothele antipodiana Chamberlain, 1944: 74 (S of Arbanitis kirki).
Porrhothele antipodiana Todd, 1945: 392, f. 17, 21, 31, 52, 61, 67 (mf, S of Porrhothele simoni).
Porrhothele avocae Todd, 1945: 394, f. 18, 22, 32, 53 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060529].
Porrhothele huttoni Todd, 1945: 394 (removed from S of Porrhothele antipodiana, contra Dalmas, 1917a: 321).
Porrhothele antipodiana Forster, 1968: 165, f. 1, 11, 15, 529-552, 558 (mf, S of Porrhothele avocae and P. huttoni).
Porrhothele antipodiana Yoshikura, 1987: 156, f. 20.11 (m).
Porrhothele antipodiana Paquin, Vink & Dupérré, 2010: 25, f. 3.1, 4 (m).

Porrhothele blanda Forster, 1968: 178, f. 559-562, 564-565, 567, 569 (Dmf).

Porrhothele moana Forster, 1968: 173, f. 553-557 (Dmf).

Porrhothele modesta Forster, 1968: 175, f. 563, 566, 568 (Dmf).

Porrhothele quadrigyna Forster, 1968: 179, f. 570-571 (Df).
Porrhothele quadrigyna Court, 1982: 360, f. 6 (f).
Porrhothele quadrigyna Court, 1984: 129, f. 1 (f).