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N.B.: the authorship of the family is corrected from Thorell, 1869: 46 to Simon, 1864: 393 (sub Philodromiens) following the arguing by Marusik & Özkütük, 2026: 276; the French ending -iens was not accepted as taxon at familiar level by Bonnet, Platnick and in the WSC until 2026; elevated from a subfamily of the Thomisidae by Homann, 1975: 181; a division into the subfamilies Philodrominae and Thanatinae Schick, 1965: 86 (described as a tribe) is supported by do Prado et al., 2022: 25.
In synonymy:
Adrastidia Simon, 1900 = Pedinopistha Karsch, 1880 (Suman, 1971: 852, sub Proernus)
Proernus Simon, 1900 = Pedinopistha Karsch, 1880 (Roth, 1995: 45)
Pterelas Simon, 1899 = Pedinopistha Karsch, 1880 (Roth, 1995: 45, together with its replacement name Proernus)
In synonymy:
Pedinopistha castanea (Simon, 1900) = Pedinopistha schauinslandi (Simon, 1899) (Suman, 1971: 855, sub Proernus)
Pedinopistha nebulosa (Simon, 1900, T from Adrastidia) = Pedinopistha stigmatica (Simon, 1900) (Suman, 1971: 858, sub Proernus)
Pedinopistha velox (Simon, 1900, T from Proernus) = Pedinopistha finschi Karsch, 1880 (Roth, 1995: 45)
Nomen dubium:
Pedinopistha petulca Karsch, 1880a: 79 (j, Hawaii) -- Roth, 1995: 45
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