Last updated Sept. 25, 2011

N.B.: for a diagnosis and discussions of subfamilies, limits, and relationships, see Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990.

In synonymy:
Wairua Forster, 1990 = Nomaua Forster, 1990 (Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2009: 139).

C. Wunderlich, 1995h: 539, type C. longipes Wunderlich, 1995.

mf benrobertsi Rix, Roberts & Harvey, 2009....................Western Australia [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:042793]
C. r. Rix, Roberts & Harvey, 2009: 296, f. 1-14 (Dmf).

mf longipes Wunderlich, 1995 *....................Queensland [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006486]
C. l. Wunderlich, 1995h: 540, f. 1-10 (Dmf).

C. Platnick, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 94, type C. sans Platnick, 1990.

mf sans Platnick, 1990 *....................Chile [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006487]
C. s. Platnick, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 95, f. 328-332, 336-338, 375-377 (Dmf).

M. Forster, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 76, type M. gunni Forster, 1990.

mf caswell Forster, 1990....................New Zealand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006488]
M. c. Forster, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 79, f. 272-276, 287, 293 (Dmf).

f convoluta Forster, 1990....................New Zealand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006489]
M. c. Forster, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 92, f. 326 (Df).

mf flora Forster, 1990....................New Zealand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006490]
M. f. Forster, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 90, f. 319-321, 324 (Dmf).

mf forsteri (Brignoli, 1983)....................Auckland Is., Campbell Is. [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006491]
Linyphia setosa Forster, 1964b: 100, f. 127-132 (Dmf, preoccupied by O. P.-Cambridge, 1863).
Linyphia f. Brignoli, 1983c: 303 (replacement name).
M. f. Forster, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990:93, f. 322-323, 327 (Tmf from Linyphia).

mf gunni Forster, 1990 *....................New Zealand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006492]
M. g. Forster, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 77, f. 256-271, 385-388 (Dmf).

mf hughsoni Forster, 1990....................New Zealand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006493]
M. h. Forster, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 89, f. 316-318 (Dmf).

m kapiti Forster, 1990....................New Zealand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006494]
M. k. Forster, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 86, f. 299-303 (Dm).

mf makarora Forster, 1990....................New Zealand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006495]
M. m. Forster, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 81, f. 277-283 (Dmf).
M. m. Jocqué & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2006: 242, f. 98b-d (f).

mf medialis Forster, 1990....................New Zealand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006496]
M. m. Forster, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 88, f. 310-315 (Dmf).

f oparara Forster, 1990....................New Zealand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006497]
M. o. Forster, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 92, f. 325 (Df).

mf otira Forster, 1990....................New Zealand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006498]
M. o. Forster, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 83, f. 295-298 (Dmf).

mf paringa Forster, 1990....................New Zealand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006499]
M. p. Forster, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 86, f. 304-306, 308-309 (Dmf).

mf sana Forster, 1990....................New Zealand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006500]
M. s. Forster, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 81, f. 284-286, 288-292, 294 (Dmf).

f secunda Forster, 1990....................New Zealand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006501]
M. s. Forster, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 85, f. 307 (Df).

M. Forster, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 11, type M. otago Forster, 1990.

mf australis Forster, 1990....................New Zealand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006502]
M. a. Forster, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 18, f. 79-81, 83 (Dmf).

mf borealis Forster, 1990....................New Zealand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006503]
M. b. Forster, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 22, f. 88-89, 91-94 (Dmf).
M. b. Paquin, Vink & Dupérré, 2010: 60, f. 33.4-7 (mf).

mf centralis Forster, 1990....................New Zealand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006504]
M. c. Forster, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 15, f. 58-66 (Dmf).

f conway Forster, 1990....................New Zealand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006505]
M. c. Forster, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 22, f. 86-87 (Df).

mf hinaka Forster, 1990....................New Zealand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006506]
M. h. Forster, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 14, f. 43-57 (Dmf).

mf leith Forster, 1990....................New Zealand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006507]
M. l. Forster, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 17, f. 67-78 (Dmf).

f nelson Forster, 1990....................New Zealand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006508]
M. n. Forster, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 21, f. 84-85 (Df).

mf otago Forster, 1990 *....................New Zealand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006509]
M. o. Forster, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 12, f. 31-42, 82 (Dmf).
M. o. Griswold et al., 1998: 69, f. 18C (m).

f tetragyna Forster, 1990....................New Zealand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006510]
M. t. Forster, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 24, f. 90 (Df).

M. Wunderlich, 2008a: 133, type M. insolens Wunderlich, 2008.

m calliope Wunderlich, 2008....................Queensland [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:042017]
M. c. Wunderlich, 2008a: 134, f. 15-17 (Dm).

mf insolens Wunderlich, 2008 *....................Queensland [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:042016]
M. i.Wunderlich, 2008a: 133, f. 8-14 (Dmf).

N. Forster, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 59, type Bolyphantes crinifrons (Urquhart, 1891), transferred from the Linyphiidae; considered a senior synonym of Wairua Forster, 1990, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 57, type W. reinga Forster, 1990 [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidergen:00652] by Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2009: 139.

In synonymy:
N. reinga (Forster, 1990) = N. perdita Forster, 1990 (Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2009: 146).

m arborea Forster, 1990....................New Zealand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006511]
N. a. Forster, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 67, f. 226, 230-231 (Dm).

mf cauda Forster, 1990....................New Zealand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006512]
N. c. Forster, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 66, f. 227-229 (Dmf).
N. c. Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2009: 147, f. 1, 6, 14 (mf).

mf crinifrons (Urquhart, 1891) *....................New Zealand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006513]
Cornicularia c. Urquhart, 1891a: 155, pl. 21, f. 3, 11 (Dm).
Bolyphantes c. Dalmas, 1917a: 365.
N. c. Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 61, f. 207-214, 216-217 (Tm from Bolyphantes, Df; N.B.: both sexes misidentified, per Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2009: 144).
N. c. Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2009: 143, f. 2-3, 11 (mf).

mf nelson Forster, 1990....................New Zealand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006514]
N. n. Forster, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 65, f. 215, 221-223, 225, 382-384 (Dmf).

mf perdita Forster, 1990....................New Zealand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006515]
Wairua reinga Forster, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 57, f. 200-202 (Dm, f considered incertae sedis by Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2009: 139) [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006548].
N. crinifrons Forster, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 61, f. 216-217 only (f only, misidentified).
N. p. Forster, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 63, f. 219-220 (Dm, not f, fig. 218, =N. urquharti).
N. p. Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2009: 146, f. 5, 13 (mf, S).

mf rakiura Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2009....................Stewart Is. [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:042509]
N. r. Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2009: 153, f. 10, 18 (Dmf).

mf repanga Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2009....................New Zealand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:042507]
N. r. Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2009: 151, f. 8, 16 (Dmf).

mf rimutaka Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2009....................New Zealand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:042506]
Wairua waikanae Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 58, f. 204-206 only (m only, misidentified).
N. r. Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2009: 150, f. 7, 15 (Dmf).

mf taranga Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2009....................New Zealand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:042508]
N. t. Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2009: 152, f. 9, 17 (Dmf).

mf urquharti Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2009....................New Zealand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:042505]
N. crinifrons Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 61, f. 207-214 (m only, misidentified).
N. perdita Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 63, f. 218 only (f only, misidentified).
N. u. Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2009: 145, f. 4, 12 (Dmf).

f waikanae (Forster, 1990)....................New Zealand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006549]
Wairua w. Forster, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 58, f. 203 (Df, not m, figs. 204-206, =N. rimutaka; considered incertae sedis by Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2009: 155).

f waikaremoana Forster, 1990....................New Zealand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006516]
N. w. Forster, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 64, f. 224 (Df).

P. Forster, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 40, type P. murihiku Forster, 1990.

m cantuaria Forster, 1990....................New Zealand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006517]
P. c. Forster, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 47, f. 169-170 (Dm).

mf graminicola Forster, 1990....................New Zealand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006518]
P. g. Forster, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 44, f. 159, 161-163 (Dmf).

f kaituna Forster, 1990....................New Zealand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006519]
P. k. Forster, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 48, f. 160 (Df).

mf media Forster, 1990....................New Zealand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006520]
P. m. Forster, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 51, f. 173-174, 180 (Dmf).

f montana Forster, 1990....................New Zealand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006521]
P. m. Forster, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 50, f. 166 (Df).

mf murihiku Forster, 1990 *....................New Zealand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006522]
P. m. Forster, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 41, f. 130-158, 389 (Dmf).
P. m. Griswold et al., 1998: 68, f. 17E, 18D-F, 19B (m).

f rakiura Forster, 1990....................New Zealand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006523]
P. r. Forster, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 46, f. 164 (Df).

mf taranaki Forster, 1990....................New Zealand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006524]
P. t. Forster, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 52, f. 175-179, 181 (Dmf).

mf wiltoni Forster, 1990....................New Zealand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006525]
P. w. Forster, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 49, f. 165, 167-168, 171-172 (Dmf).

P. Forster, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 53, type P. whangarei Forster, 1990.

mf aucklandica Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2011....................New Zealand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:044222]
P. a. Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2011: 14, f. 9, 17, 25 (Dmf).

mf balli Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2011....................New Zealand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:044218]
P. b. Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2011: 10, f. 5, 13, 21 (Dmf).

mf confusa Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2011....................New Zealand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:044220]
P. whangarei Forster, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 54, f. 194, 197 (m, in part, misidentified).
P. c. Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2011: 11, f. 7, 15, 23 (Dmf).

mf courti Forster, 1990....................New Zealand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006526]
P. c. Forster, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 56, f. 187, 198-199 (Dmf).
P. c. Paquin, Vink & Dupérré, 2010: 60, f. 33.1-2 (f).
P. c. Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2011: 7, f. 4, 12, 10 (mf).

mf forsteri Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2011....................New Zealand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:044223]
P. f. Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2011: 15, f. 10, 18, 26 (Dmf).

mf gallina Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2011....................New Zealand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:044221]
P. g. Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2011: 12, f. 8, 16, 24 (Dmf).

mf kohukohu Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2011....................New Zealand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:044219]
P. k. Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2011: 11, f. 6, 14, 22 (Dmf).

mf whangarei Forster, 1990 *....................New Zealand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006527]
P. w. Forster, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 54, f. 182-186, 188-193, 195-196 (Dmf; not figs. 194, 197, =P. confusa).
P. w. Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2011: 3, f. 1, 3, 11, 19 (mf).

P. Platnick, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 33, type P. grayi Platnick, 1990; N.B.: spelling Paratupa in generic heading is a lapsus.

mf grayi Platnick, 1990 *....................Victoria [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006528]
P. g. Platnick, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 34, f. 120-129 (Dmf).

N.B.: transferred here from the Pholcidae by Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 7.

f chepu Platnick, 1990....................Chile [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006529]
P. c. Platnick, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 10, f. 27-30 (Df).

mf lagos Platnick, 1990....................Chile [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006530]
P. l. Platnick, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 9, f. 20-26 (Dmf).

mf puyehue Platnick, 1990....................Chile [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006531]
P. p. Platnick, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 8, f. 1-19 (Dmf).

m vivesi Simon, 1904 *....................Chile [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006532]
P. v. Simon, 1904e: 88, f. 1-2 (Dm).

R. Forster, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 68, type R. nina Forster, 1990.

mf akaroa Forster, 1990....................New Zealand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006533]
R. a. Forster, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 74, f. 253-255 (Dmf).

mf flora Forster, 1990....................New Zealand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006534]
R. f. Forster, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 73, f. 249-252 (Dmf).

mf moana Forster, 1990....................New Zealand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006535]
R. m. Forster, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 72, f. 244-248 (Dmf).

mf nina Forster, 1990 *....................New Zealand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006536]
R. n. Forster, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 69, f. 232-239 (Dmf).

mf raroa Forster, 1990....................New Zealand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006537]
R. r. Forster, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 71, f. 240-241, 243 (Dmf).

N.B.: transferred here from the Theridiidae by Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 96.

In synonymy:
S. anomalus (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936) = S. turbinatus Simon, 1894 (Exline & Levi, 1965: 179).
S. pupularum Exline & Levi, 1965 = S. monoceros (Caporiacco, 1947) (Agnarsson, 2003: 726).
S. uncatus Simon, 1894 = S. longicaudatus (Keyserling, 1891) (Exline & Levi, 1965: 181).
S. wallsi Exline, 1950 = S. turbinatus Simon, 1894 (Exline & Levi, 1965: 179).

mf bonaldoi Santos & Rheims, 2005....................Brazil [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:039754]
S. b. Santos & Rheims, 2005: 5, f. 2, 7-10 (Dmf).

mf brescoviti Santos & Rheims, 2005....................Brazil [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:039755]
S. b. Santos & Rheims, 2005: 2, f. 1, 3-6 (Dmf).

mf ecuadorensis Exline, 1950....................Costa Rica to Ecuador [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006538]
S. e. Exline, 1950a: 120, 3, 13 (Dm).
S. e. Exline & Levi, 1965: 182, f. 22-27 (m, Df).

mf itabaiana Santos & Rheims, 2005....................Brazil [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:039756]
S. i. Santos & Rheims, 2005: 9, f. 15-18 (Dmf).

m leticia Exline & Levi, 1965....................Colombia [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006539]
S. l. Exline & Levi, 1965: 183, f. 33-34 (Dm).

mf longicaudatus (Keyserling, 1891)....................Brazil [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006540]
Argyrodes l. Keyserling, 1891: 209, pl. 8, f. 150 (Dmf).
S. uncatus Simon, 1894a: 495, f. 495-497 (nomen nudum).
S. uncatus Simon, 1895g: 131 (Dmf).
S. l. Exline & Levi, 1965: 181, f. 16-21 (mf, S).

mf monoceros (Caporiacco, 1947)....................Trinidad, Guyana, Brazil [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006541]
Argyrodina m. Caporiacco, 1947a: 24 (Dm).
Conopistha m. Caporiacco, 1948a: 649, f. 57-59 (Tm from Argyrodina=Argyrodes).
S. pupularum Exline & Levi, 1965: 183, f. 28-29 (Df).
S. m. Exline & Levi, 1965: 184, f. 30-32 (Tm from Conopistha=Argyrodes).
S. m. Agnarsson, 2003: 726, f. 2A-F, 3A-I, 5F, 6B, D (m, Sf).
S. m. Agnarsson, 2004: 516, f. 1A-B, 89C (m).
S. m. Jocqué & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2006: 242, f. 98f-g (m).
S. m. Agnarsson, Coddington & Knoflach, 2007: 384, f. 189-190, 197 (m).

mf siolii Santos & Rheims, 2005....................Brazil [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:039757]
S. s. Santos & Rheims, 2005: 7, f. 11-14 (Dmf).

mf turbinatus Simon, 1895 *....................Panama to Ecuador [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006543]
S. t. Simon, 1894a: 495 (nomen nudum).
S. t. Simon, 1895g: 131 (Dm).
Rhomphaea anomala Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936a: 41, pl. 10, f. 80 (Df).
S. anomalus Exline, 1950a: 111 (Tf from Rhomphaea=Argyrodes).
S. wallsi Exline, 1950a: 121, 2, 9-12 (Dmf).
S. t. Exline & Levi, 1965: 179, f. 1-15 (mf, S).
S. t. Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 96, f. 333-335, 378 (m).
S. t. Coddington, 1990: 18, f. 89 (m).
S. t. Griswold et al., 1998: 70, f. 19C (m).

mf waiwai Agnarsson, 2003....................Guyana, Brazil, Paraguay [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:038509]
S. w. Agnarsson, 2003: 731, f. 2G-M, 4A-I, 5A-E, G-H, 6A, C (Dmf).
S. w. Agnarsson, 2004: 516, f. 1C-D (m).
S. w. Agnarsson, Coddington & Knoflach, 2007: 384, f. 191 (m).

T. Platnick, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 26, type T. bisetosa Platnick, 1990.

mf bisetosa Platnick, 1990 *....................Tasmania [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006544]
T. b. Platnick, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 28, f. 95-104, 379-381 (Dmf).

mf cavernicola Platnick, 1990....................Tasmania [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006545]
T. c. Platnick, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 31, f. 110-114 (Dmf).

mf raveni Platnick, 1990....................Tasmania [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006546]
T. r. Platnick, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 29, f. 105-109 (Dmf).

mf troglodytes Platnick, 1990....................Tasmania [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:006547]
T. t. Platnick, in Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 32, f. 115-119 (Dmf).

Z. Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2009: 156, type Z. forsteri Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2009.

m forsteri Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2009 *....................New Zealand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:042510]
Z. f. Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2009: 156, f. 19-20 (Dm).