N.B.: relimited by
Forster & Platnick, 1977: 2; considered a senior synonym of Symphytognathidae and Mysmenidae by
Wunderlich, 1986, but rejected by
Wunderlich, 2011: 512; considered a senior synonym of Micropholcommatidae by
Schütt, 2003: 133 and
Lopardo, Giribet & Hormiga, 2011: 316, re-elevation to family level by
Eskov & Marusik, 2023: 341 and
Eskov & Marusik, 2024: 52 not accepted here (by majority vote of the WSC boards); considered a senior synonym of Holarchaeidae [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0108] by
Dimitrov et al., 2017: 240 (confirmed by
Eskov & Marusik, 2023: 342 and
Eskov & Marusik, 2024: 52); the family name "Hawkeswoodidae", proposed by
Makhan & Ezzatpanah, 2011d: 1, is a nomen nudum that does not refer to a generic name (
Jiménez, Platnick & Dupérré, 2011: 17; see
Pseudanapis); the family status of the Comaromidae
Wunderlich, 2004h: 1034 (described as subfamily and elevated to family by
Wunderlich, 2011: 512, confirmed by
Wunderlich, 2023: 22,
Eskov & Marusik, 2023: 341 and
Eskov & Marusik, 2024: 52) is not accepted here (by majority vote of the WSC boards);
Eskov & Marusik, 2024: 52 list five valid subfamilies (Comaromidae and Micropholcommatidae as seperate, see above): Anapinae, Gigiellinae
Rix & Harvey, 2010a: 97, Holarchaeinae, Taphiassinae
Rix & Harvey, 2010a: 79 and Teutoniellinae
Rix & Harvey, 2010a [no page found where this taxon is described, always named 'Teutoniellids'].