In synonymy:
Teratodes C. L. Koch, 1838 = Filistata Latreille, 1810 (Simon, 1864: 95)

type Filistata testacea Latreille, 1810; gender feminine; syn. of Filistata insidiatrix (Forsskål, 1775)

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Teratodes C. L. Koch, 1838: vol. 5: 6 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04552] (type T. attalicus C. L. Koch, 1838 = Filistata insidiatrix (Forsskål, 1775)) by Simon, 1864: 95; considered a senior synonym of Filistatinella Gertsch & Ivie, 1936 by Zapfe, 1961b: 145, but not by subsequent authors; not a senior synonym of Filistatoides F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899.

Transferred to other genera:
Filistata afghana Roewer, 1962 -- see Zaitunia
Filistata albimaculata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872 -- see Pritha
Filistata annulipes Kulczyński, 1908 -- see Zaitunia
Filistata arizonica Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 -- see Kukulcania
Filistata australiensis L. Koch, 1873 -- see Wandella
Filistata bakeri Berland, 1938 -- see Labahitha
Filistata beshkentica Andreeva & Tystshenko, 1969 -- see Zaitunia
Filistata brevipes Keyserling, 1883 -- see Pikelinia
Filistata brignolii Alayón, 1981 -- see Kukulcania
Filistata chiardolae Caporiacco, 1934 -- see Pholcoides
Filistata condita O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873 -- see Pritha
Filistata crosbyi Spassky, 1938 -- see Pritha
Filistata debilis Simon, 1910 -- see Pritha
Filistata decaryi Fage, 1945 -- see Andoharano
Filistata dubia Wider, 1834 -- see Haplodrassus
Filistata fasciata Banks, 1902 -- see Pikelinia
Filistata fradei Berland & Millot, 1940 -- see Afrofilistata
Filistata fuscata Nakatsudi, 1943 -- see Labahitha
Filistata garciai Simon, 1892 -- see Labahitha
Filistata geophila Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 -- see Kukulcania
Filistata gibsonhilli Savory, 1943 -- see Labahitha
Filistata grandidieri Simon, 1901 -- see Andoharano
Filistata hebraea Strand, 1914 -- see Pritha
Filistata hebraea limbomaculata Strand, 1914 -- see Pritha
Filistata hibernalis Hentz, 1842 -- see Kukulcania
Filistata hirsuta O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872 -- see Pritha
Filistata hurca Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 -- see Kukulcania
Filistata infuscata Kulczyński, 1901 -- see Sahastata
Filistata insignis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 -- see Filistatoides
Filistata insularis Thorell, 1891 -- see Labahitha
Filistata isolinae Alayón, 1972 -- see Kukulcania
Filistata lindbergi Roewer, 1962 -- see Tricalamus
Filistata littoralis Roewer, 1938 -- see Labahitha
Filistata longiventris Yaginuma, 1967 -- see Tricalamus
Filistata maracandica Charitonov, 1946 -- see Zaitunia
Filistata marginata Kishida, 1936 -- see Labahitha
Filistata martynovae Andreeva & Tystshenko, 1969 -- see Zaitunia
Filistata mendensis Mello-Leitão, 1920 -- see Pikelinia
Filistata metamerica Mello-Leitão, 1940 -- see Lihuelistata
Filistata milloti Zapfe, 1961 -- see Filistatoides
Filistata monticola Spassky, 1941 -- see Zaitunia
Filistata nana Simon, 1868 -- see Pritha
Filistata napadensis Patel, 1975 -- see Pritha
Filistata nicobarensis Tikader, 1977 -- see Labahitha
Filistata nigra Simon, 1897 -- see Sahastata
Filistata pallida Kulczyński, 1897 -- see Pritha
Filistata polita Franganillo, 1936 -- see Filistatoides
Filistata polita Franganillo, 1936 -- see Filistatoides
Filistata poonaensis Tikader, 1963 -- see Pritha
Filistata pulchella Simon, 1893 -- see Labahitha
Filistata rufa Caporiacco, 1934 -- see Zaitunia
Filistata schmitzi Kulczyński, 1911 -- see Zaitunia
Filistata seclusa (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885) -- see Pholcoides
Filistata sundaica Kulczyński, 1908 -- see Labahitha
Filistata tarimuensis Hu & Wu, 1989 -- see Tricalamus
Filistata tenerifensis Wunderlich, 1992 -- see Kukulcania
Filistata tenuispina Strand, 1914 -- see Pritha
Filistata tractans O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 -- see Kukulcania
Filistata truncata Risso, 1826 -- see Pistius
Filistata utahana Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 -- see Kukulcania
Filistata vestita Simon, 1873 -- see Pritha
Filistata xizanensis Hu, Hu & Li, 1987 -- see Tricalamus
Filistata zebrata Thorell, 1895 -- see Pritha

In synonymy:
Filistata attalica (C. L. Koch, 1838) = Filistata insidiatrix (Forsskål, 1775) (Ausserer, 1867: 140, sub Filistata bicolor).
Filistata bicolor Latreille, 1817 = Filistata insidiatrix (Forsskål, 1775) (L. Koch, 1875a: 498, sub Filistata testacea).
Filistata delimbata Strand, 1914 = Filistata insidiatrix (Forsskål, 1775) (Zonstein & Marusik, 2019b: 65).
Filistata nigripalpis (Dufour, 1863, T from Oecobius) = Filistata insidiatrix (Forsskål, 1775) (Simon, 1893a: 258, sub Filistata testacea).
Filistata puta O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876 = Filistata insidiatrix (Forsskål, 1775) (Zonstein & Marusik, 2019b: 65).
Filistata testacea Latreille, 1810 = Filistata insidiatrix (Forsskål, 1775) (Simon, 1895a: 1067).

Filistata albens Zonstein & Marusik, 2019b: 62, f. 7A-G, 27D (Dm).
Filistata albens Magalhaes et al., 2022b: 168, f. 10O (m).
Filistata albens Zonstein & Marusik, 2024: 118, f. 1A-E, 2A-F, 3A-H (m, Df).

Filistata balouchi Zamani & Marusik, 2020e: 121, f. 1A-F (Dm).

Filistata betarif Magalhaes et al., 2022b: 161, f. 1C, 3E-F, H, 5A, C, E, 7A-F, 8A-H, 9A-D (Dmf).

Filistata canariensis Schmidt, 1976: 316 (Df).
Filistata canariensis Wunderlich, 1987a: 67, f. 45-46, 714 (Dm).
Filistata canariensis Wunderlich, 1992a: 314, f. 130-131 (m).
Filistata canariensis Zonstein & Marusik, 2019b: 64, f. 8A-F, 9A-G, 27C (mf).

Filistata gomerensis Wunderlich, 1992a: 314, f. 132-133 (Dmf).
Filistata gomerensis Zonstein & Marusik, 2019b: 65, f. 10A-F, 27H (mf).

Filistata hasselti Simon, 1906b: 308 (Djf).
Pritha hasselti Lehtinen, 1967: 260 (T from Filistata).
Filistata hasselti Magalhaes et al., 2022a: 46, f. 31A-G (T from Pritha).

Aranea insidiatrix Forsskål, 1775: 86 (D).
Aranea insidiatrix Forsskål, 1776: 7, f. G.
Filistata testacea Latreille, 1810: 121 (D) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061933].
Filistata bicolor Latreille, 1817: vol. 11, p. 468 (D) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061934].
Filistata bicolor Walckenaer, 1837: 254, pl. 6, f. 1 (Df).
Teratodes attalicus C. L. Koch, 1838: vol. 5: 6, f. 343 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061935].
Filistata bicolor Lucas, 1846: 97, pl. 1, f. 6 (mf).
Oecobius nigripalpis Dufour, 1863a: 6, pl. 1, f. 2 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061936].
Filistata bicolor Ausserer, 1867: 140 (S of Teratodes attalicus).
Filistata testacea Thorell, 1873: 498 (S of Filistata bicolor).
Filistata puta O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876b: 544 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002569].
Filistata testacea Simon, 1893a: 258 (S of Oecobius nigripalpis).
Filistata insidiatrix Simon, 1895a: 1067 (S of Filistata testacea).
Filistata insidiatrix Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1897: 277 (Dmf).
Filistata insidiatrix Berland, 1912: 50, f. 2-4 (mf).
Filistata insidiatrix Berland, 1913c: 36, f. 31-37 (mf).
Filistata delimbata Strand, 1914b: 177 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051352].
Filistata insidiatrix Gerhardt, 1928: 578, f. 1 (m).
Filistata insidiatrix Berland, 1932b: 273, f. 400 (m).
Filistata insidiatrix Drensky, 1938a: 88, f.
Filistata insidiatrix Gerhardt, 1944: 13, f. 7 (m).
Filistata insidiatrix Lehtinen, 1967: 432, f. 20 (m).
Filistata puta Lehtinen, 1967: 235 (synonymized Filistata incondita [misspelt F. infuscata] with F. puta, rejected by Marusik, Koponen & Zonstein, 2017: 309, see genus Sahastata).
Filistata insidiatrix Benoit, 1968b: 93 (probable S of Filistata puta).
Filistata insidiatrix Brignoli, 1978o: 288, f. 1, 3, 9 (m).
Filistata insidiatrix Brignoli, 1982a: 68, f. 1-5 (mf, probable S of Filistata puta).
Filistata delimbata Brignoli, 1982a: 70 (nomen dubium).
Filistata insidiatrix Wunderlich, 1987a: 67, f. 44 (m).
Filistata insidiatrix Baldacchino et al., 1993: 40, f. 1d (m).
Filistata insidiatrix Ramírez & Grismado, 1997: 326, f. 8, 112 (f).
Filistata insidiatrix Trotta, 2005: 164, f. 269 (m).
Filistata insidiatrix Griswold et al., 2005: 27, f. 164E (f).
Filistata insidiatrix Crespo et al., 2009b: 344, f. 1 (m).
Filistata insidiatrix Wunderlich, 2011: 173, f. 1-1a (m).
Filistata insidiatrix Le Peru, 2011: 109, f. 108 (mf).
Filistata insidiatrix Marusik & Zonstein, 2014: 200, f. 1-3, 7-8, 11-12, 15-16, 19-22, 25-27 (mf).
Filistata insidiatrix Marusik & Zamani, 2015a: 125, f. 1c-d (mf).
Filistata insidiatrix Zonstein, Marusik & Grabolle, 2018: 50, f. 13-14 (f).
Filistata insidiatrix Zonstein & Marusik, 2019b: 65, f. 1A-J, 2A-L, 3A-K, 4A-K, 5A-F, 6A-C, 11A-J, 12A-G, 13A-J, 14A-F, 15, 17D-H, 27A (mf, S of Filistata delimbata (removed from nomen dubium) and of Filistata puta).
Filistata insidiatrix Naumova & Deltshev, 2021: 67, f. 8-11 (mf).
Filistata insidiatrix Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2022: 544, f. 2a, 3a, 4a (mf).
Filistata insidiatrix Magalhaes et al., 2022b: 155, f. 3C-D, I, 5B, D, F, 6A-H, 8H, 10A, E, Q (mf, may hide a cryptic diversity).

Filistata lehtineni Marusik & Zonstein, 2014: 202, f. 4-6, 9-10, 13-14, 17-18, 23-24, 28-30 (Dmf).
Filistata lehtineni Marusik & Zamani, 2015a: 125, f. 1a-b (mf).
Filistata lehtineni Moradi et al., 2016: 53, f. 2-3 (m).
Filistata lehtineni Zonstein, Marusik & Grabolle, 2018: 51, f. 12 (f).
Filistata lehtineni Zonstein & Marusik, 2019b: 74, f. 16A-H, 17A-C, 27B (mf).
Filistata lehtineni Zarikian, Propistsova & Marusik, 2022: 106, f. 1A-D, 2A-C (m).

Filistata lubinae Zonstein & Marusik, 2019b: 75, f. 18A-J, 19A-E, 27G (Dm).
Filistata lubinae Magalhaes et al., 2022b: 168, f. 10F, M (m).

Filistata maguirei Marusik & Zamani, 2015b: 429, f. 1-14, 32 (Dmf).
Filistata maguirei Zonstein, Marusik & Grabolle, 2018: 50, f. 10-11 (f).
Filistata maguirei Zonstein & Marusik, 2019b: 76, f. 15G-I, 20A-G, 21A-G, 27E (mf).

Filistata pseudogomerensis Wunderlich, 1992a: 315, f. 134-135 (Dmf).
Filistata pseudogomerensis Zonstein & Marusik, 2019b: 77, f. 22A-H, 27H (mf).

Filistata pygmaea Zonstein, Marusik & Grabolle, 2018: 49, f. 1-9 (Dmf).
Filistata pygmaea Zonstein & Marusik, 2019b: 78, f. 23A-E, 27K (mf).

Filistata teideensis Wunderlich, 1992a: 316, f. 136-137 (Dmf).
Filistata teideensis Zonstein & Marusik, 2019b: 79, f. 24A-I, 27F (mf).

Filistata sp. Murphy & Roberts, 2015: 527, f. 11 (m).
Filistata wunderlichi Zonstein & Marusik, 2019b: 80, f. 25A-I, 26A-I, 27I (Dmf).
Filistata wunderlichi Magalhaes et al., 2022b: 157, f. 3A (f).