type Auximus capensis Pocock, 1900; gender feminine

N.B.: transferred from the Amaurobiidae to the Phyxelididae by Griswold et al., 1999: 59.

In synonymy:
Vidole profundissima (Lawrence, 1964, T from Phyxelida) = Vidole capensis (Pocock, 1900) (Griswold, 1990: 66).
Vidole promontorii (Simon, 1906, T from Amaurobius) = Vidole capensis (Pocock, 1900) (Lehtinen, 1967: 274).

Auximus capensis Pocock, 1900e: 323 (Df).
Amaurobius promontorii Simon, 1906b: 294 (Df).
Haemilla profundissima Lawrence, 1964: 60, f. 2 (Df).
Vidole capensis Lehtinen, 1967: 274, f. 388, 393 (Tf from Auximus=Lathys, S; S of V. schreineri rejected).
Phyxelida profundissima Brignoli, 1983c: 528.
Vidole capensis Griswold, 1990: 66, f. 1a, 3a, 5e-f, 12b, 15d, 17a-b, 19a-e, 25a-c, 26b, e (f, Dm, S).
Vidole capensis Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021t: 30, 30: 7 f., 31: 1 f. (mf).

Vidole helicigyna Griswold, 1990: 62, f. 22a-b, 23a-c, 26a, d (Dmf).
Vidole helicigyna Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021t: 32, 6 f. (mf).

Vidole lyra Griswold, 1990: 64, f. 24a, c (Df).
Vidole lyra Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021t: 33, 2 f. (f).

Auximus schreineri Purcell, 1904: 131, pl. 10, f. 1 (Dmf).
Vidole capensis Lehtinen, 1967: 274 (Tmf from Auximus=Lathys sub rejected S).
Vidole schreineri Griswold, 1990: 70, f. 26c, f, 27a-c (removed mf from S).
Vidole schreineri Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021t: 34, 5 f. (mf).

Vidole sothoana Griswold, 1990: 59, f. 21a-c, 22c-d, 24b, d (Dmf).
Vidole sothoana Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021t: 35, 29: 2 f., 35: 6 f., 36: 1 f. (mf).