In synonymy:
Dandridgea White, 1849 = Desis Walckenaer, 1837 (Pocock, 1895b: 143, by S of the type species)
Paradesis Pocock, 1898 = Desis Walckenaer, 1837 (Pocock, 1902c: 98)
Robsonia O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880 = Desis Walckenaer, 1837 (Pocock, 1895b: 143)

type Desis dysderoides Walckenaer, 1837; gender feminine; syn. of Desis maxillosa (Fabricius, 1793)

N.B.: formerly placed in the Cybaeidae or in the Argyronetidae and transferred to the Desidae by Roth, 1967b: 5 and Lehtinen, 1967: 228; considered a senior synonym of Dandridgea White, 1849: 5[urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05761] (type D. dysderoides White, 1849 (preoccupied in Desis) = Desis marina (Hector, 1878)), of Robsonia O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880a: 686 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05651] (type Argyroneta marina Hector, 1878) by Pocock, 1895b: 143, and of Paradesis Pocock, 1898f: 75 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05652] (type P. tubicola Pocock, 1898 = Desis formidabilis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1891)) by Pocock, 1902c: 98.

In synonymy:
Desis beckeri Hewitt, 1913 = Desis formidabilis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1891) (Lamoral, 1968: 148).
Desis dysderoides (White, 1849, sub Dandridgea, preoccupied in Desis) = Desis marina (Hector, 1878) (Pocock, 1895b: 143).
Desis dysderoides Walckenaer, 1837 = Desis maxillosa (Fabricius, 1793) (Schiødte, 1849a: 21).
Desis isolata Banks, 1931 = Desis galapagoensis Hirst, 1925 (Roth, 1967b: 5).
Desis pentheri Simon, 1910 = Desis formidabilis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1891) (Lamoral, 1968: 148).
Desis robsoni Powell, 1879 = Desis marina (Hector, 1878) (Pocock, 1895b: 143).
Desis tubicola (Pocock, 1898) = Desis formidabilis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1891) (Lehtinen, 1967: 256, after Hirst, 1925b: 271).

Nomen dubium:
Desis hartmeyeri Simon, 1909d: 180 (j, Australia/Western Australia) -- Baehr, Raven & Harms, 2017: 116.

Nomina nuda:
Desis lyukiana Kishida, 1959: 372 (Japan/Okinawa) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054934] -- Yaginuma, in Brignoli, 1983c: 487.
Desis sakaguchii Kishida, 1959: 372 (Japan/Okinawa) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054935] -- Yaginuma, in Brignoli, 1983c: 487.

Desis bobmarleyi Baehr, Raven & Harms, 2017: 112, f. 1, 2D, 3A-F, 4A-F, 7A-D (Dmf).

Desis crosslandi Pocock, 1903a: 390, f. 78 (Df).
Desis crosslandi Strand, 1908a: 141 (Dm).
Desis crosslandi Legendre, 1969: 43, f. 1-3 (m).
Desis crosslandi Murphy & Roberts, 2015: 539, f. 35 (mf).

Robsonia formidabilis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1891b: 625, pl. 53, f. 5 (Dmf).
Desis formidabilis Simon, 1897l: 221.
Paradesis tubicola Pocock, 1898f: 75, f. 1-3 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055387].
Paradesis formidabilis Pocock, 1898f: 77.
Desis tubicola Pocock, 1902c: 104.
Desis pentheri Simon, 1910b: 205 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055386].
Desis beckeri Hewitt, 1913c: 476, f. 6 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055384].
Desis formidabilis Lehtinen, 1967: 256 (S of Desis tubicola).
Desis formidabilis Lamoral, 1968: 148, f. 3-5 (mf, S of Desis beckeri and D. isolata).
Desis formidabilis Griswold et al., 2005: 19, f. 177A-E, 190A-B (m).
Desis formidabilis Ramírez, 2014: 211, f. 139D, 142E (m).
Desis formidabilis Polotow, Carmichael & Griswold, 2015: 143, f. 10E, 14B, 20B, 21A (mf).
Desis formidabilis Baehr, Raven & Harms, 2017: 120, f. 7G (m).
Desis formidabilis Crews et al., 2020: 904, f. 13L-N, 14A-B,H, S7D-E,G-I (mf).
Desis formidabilis Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021g: 6, p. 5: 2 f., p. 6: 7 f. (mf).

Desis galapagoensis Hirst, 1925: 271 (Dm).
Desis isolata Banks, 1930b: 274, pl. 2, f. 4-5 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055385].
Desis galapagoensis Roth, 1967b: 5 (S of Desis isolata).
Desis galapagoensis Roth, 1976: 14, f. 1-13 (mf).

Desis gardineri Pocock, 1904: 802, pl. 66, f. 4 (Df).

Desis inermis Gravely, 1927: 161, pl. A-B (Dmf).
Desis inermis Lehtinen, 1967: 440, f. 131 (f).

Desis japonica Yaginuma, 1956b: 364, f. 1-5 (Dm).
Desis japonica Yaginuma, 1960: 79, f. 72 (m).
Desis japonica Yaginuma, 1971: 79, f. 72 (m, Df).
Desis japonica Irie, 1985: 7, f. 15-17 (m).
Desis japonica Yaginuma, 1986a: 153, f. 83.2 (m).
Desis japonica Matsuda, 2004: 12, f. 1-3 (m).
Desis japonica Ono, 2009a: 151, f. 1-9 (mf).

Desis jiaxiangi Lin, Li & Chen, 2020: 593, f. 1A-C, 2A-B, 3A-B, 4 (Dmf).

Desis kenyonae Pocock, 1902c: 102, f. 21 (Df).
Desis kenyonae Hickman, 1949: 38, f. 9-15 (f, Dm).
Desis kenyonae Lehtinen, 1967: 440, f. 130 (m).
Desis kenyonae Hickman, 1967: 72, f. 129-131 (mf).
Desis kenyoni Davies, 1998a: 212, f. 7 (m).

Dandridgea dysderoides White, 1849: 5 (D; preoccupied by Walckenaer, 1837, see Desis maxillosa) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055996].
Argyronetra marina Hector, in Robson, 1878: 300 (Df, lapsus).
Desis robsoni Powell, 1879: 263, pl. 12 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055997].
Robsonia marina O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880a: 687, pl. 52, f. 4 (Dm, T from Argyroneta).
Desis marinus Pocock, 1895b: 143 (T from Robsonia, S of Dandridgea dysderoides and Desis robsoni).
Desis marina Lehtinen, 1967: 440, f. 129 (m).
Desis marina Forster, 1970b: 23, f. 7, 34-40, 196 (mf).
Desis marina Coddington, 1990: 10, f. 25 (m).

Desis martensi L. Koch, 1872a: 347, pl. 29, f. 2 (Dmf).
Desis martensi Workman, 1896: 74, pl. 74 (mf).
Desis martensi Bristowe, 1930a: 343, f. 1 (f).

Aranea maxillosa Fabricius, 1793: 411 (Df).
Desis dysderoides Walckenaer, 1837: 610, pl. 4, f. 15 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055998].
Desis maxillosa Schiødte, 1849a: 21 (T from Aranea, S of Desis dysderoides Walckenaer).
Desis maxillosa Simon, 1898a: 228, f. 215-217.

Desis risbeci Berland, 1931b: 666, f. 1-4 (Dmf).

Desis tangana Roewer, 1955b: 96, f. 37a-e (Dmf).

Desis vorax L. Koch, 1872a: 345, pl. 29, f. 1 (Dm).
Desis vorax Simon, 1898a: 227, f. 218-219 (m).
Desis vorax Baehr, Raven & Harms, 2017: 117, f. 6A-F, 7E-F (m).