N.B.: elevated from a subfamily of Araneidae and placed as the sister group of Mimetidae by Wunderlich (1986: 124); considered a senior synonym of Sternodidae Moran, 1986: 88 by Platnick & Forster (1987: 8); considered a subfamily of Mimetidae by Wunderlich, 2004i: 1258; see Agnarsson, 2004: 466 on possible relationships of some genera to the Theridiidae.

Homonym replaced:
Sternodes Butler, 1929 -- see Perissopmeros

C. Moran, 1986: 94, type C. parawea Moran, 1986.

Carathea miyali Moran, 1986: 96, f. 26, 39, 48 (Df).

Carathea parawea Moran, 1986: 94, f. 25, 33, 38, 47 (Dmf).

C. Platnick & Forster, 1987: 9, type C. australis Platnick & Forster, 1987.

Chilenodes australis Platnick & Forster, 1987: 9, f. 1-22, 24-25 (Dmf).

M. Davies, 1980a: 377, type M. loricata Davies, 1980; transferred here from the Araneidae by Wunderlich, 1986: 124.

Malkara loricata Davies, 1980a: 377, f. 1-4, 7-17 (Dmf).
Malkara loricata Wunderlich, 1986: 225, f. 257-259 (m).
Malkara loricata Schütt, 2000: 137, f. 6A (m).

N.B.: considered a junior synonym of Sternodes Butler, 1929 (preoccupied in the Coleoptera by Fischer-Waldheim, 1837 and in the Hymenoptera by Stefani, 1891) by Moran, 1986: 91 and thus having priority over the superfluous replacement name Sternoides Platnick, 1998: 226; genus transferred from Zodariidae to Sternodidae by Moran, 1986: 91.

Sternodes arkana Moran, 1986: 92, f. 21, 29, 35, 41, 46 (Dmf).

Perissopmeros castaneous Butler, 1932: 116, pl. 2, f. 18-23 (Dm).
Sternodes castaneous Moran, 1986: 91, f. 20, 28, 34, 45 (m, Df).

Perissopmeros darwini Rix, Roberts & Harvey, 2009: 300, f. 15-19 (Df).

Sternodes foraminatus Butler, 1929: 51, pl. 1, f. 9-12 (Dm).
Sternodes foraminatus Moran, 1986: 91, f. 19, 27, 40 (m).

Sternodes grayi Moran, 1986: 93, f. 24, 32, 37 (Dmf).

Sternodes mullawerringi Moran, 1986: 91, f. 1-17, 22, 30, 36, 44 (Dmf).
Sternodes mullawerringi Jocqué & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2006: 160, f. 57a-g (mf).

Sternodes quinguni Moran, 1986: 93, f. 23, 31, 42-43 (Dm).