Transferred to other families:
Neocteniza Pocock, 1895 -- see Idiopidae

In synonymy:
Closterochilus Ausserer, 1871 = Actinopus Perty, 1833 (Raven, 1985a: 145)
Theragretes Ausserer, 1871 (removed from S of Missulena) = Actinopus Perty, 1833 (Raven, 1985a: 147)

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Closterochilus Ausserer, 1871 and Theragretes Ausserer, 1871 by Raven, 1985a: 145, 147.

Transferred to other genera:
Actinopus bonneti (Zapfe, 1961) -- see Plesiolena
Actinopus gracilis (Hentz, 1842) -- see Antrodiaetus

In synonymy:
Actinopus ceciliae Mello-Leitão, 1931 = Actinopus crassipes (Keyserling, 1891) (Silva-Moreira et al., 2010: 7).

Pachyloscelis caraiba Simon, 1889m: 176 (Df).
Actinopus caraiba F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896: 730.

Pachyloscelis crassipes Keyserling, 1891: 3, pl. 1, f. 1 (Dm).
Pachyloscelis luteipes Keyserling, 1891: 5 (Df).
Actinopus luteipes F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896: 730.
Actinopus crassipes F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896: 732.
Actinopus crassipes Strand, 1916b: 81 (Df).
Actinopus crassipes Mello-Leitão, 1923a: 18, f. 128 (f).
Actinopus luteipes Mello-Leitão, 1923a: 22 (Dm).
Actinopus ceciliae Mello-Leitão, 1931a: 11, f. 1 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000897].
Actinopus tarsalis Mello-Leitão, 1943a: 149 (S, subsequently rejected).
Actinopus crassipes Bücherl, 1957: 384, f. 5 (m).
Actinopus crassipes Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1962b: 72, pl. II, f. 3 (f).
Actinopus crassipes Lucas & Bücherl, 1965: 89, f. 1-18 (f).
Actinopus niger Bücherl, Timotheo & Lucas, 1971: 121, f. 2 (m, manuscript name by Mello-Leitão, tentatively identified as A. c.; actually the type of A. ceciliae).
Actinopus crassipes Silva-Moreira et al., 2010: 7 (S).

Actinopus cucutaensis Mello-Leitão, 1941a: 114, f. 1 (Dm).

Actinopus dubiomaculatus Mello-Leitão, 1923a: 20 (Dm).

Actinopus echinus Mello-Leitão, 1949: 1 (Df).

Actinopus fractus Mello-Leitão, 1920b: 58 (Dm).
Actinopus fractus Mello-Leitão, 1923a: 21 (m).

Actinopus goloboffi Ríos, 2014: 73, f. 1-12 (Dmf).

Actinopus hartii Pocock, 1895c: 195 (Df).
Actinopus hartii F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898b: 893, pl. 54, f. 1 (f).

Aussereria insignis Holmberg, 1881a: 171, pl. 1, f. 2 (Dm).
Actinopus insignis Simon, 1892a: 80.

Pachyloscelis liodon Ausserer, 1875: 142, pl. 5, f. 7 (Dm).
Actinopus liodon F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896: 730.

Actinopus longipalpis C. L. Koch, 1842: 102, f. 754 (Dm).

Pachyloscelis nattereri Doleschall, in Ausserer, 1871a: 139 (Df).
Actinopus nattereri F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896: 730.

Pachyloscelis nigripes Lucas, 1834a: 364, pl. 7D, f. 3 (Dm).
Pachyloscelis nigripes Lucas, 1835b: pl. 14, f. 10 (m).
Actinopus walckenaerii Lucas, 1837: 377 (D).
Theragretes walckenaeri Ausserer, 1871a: 143.
Closterochilus nigripes Ausserer, 1871a: 142.
Eriodon nigripes Simon, 1892a: 81.

Actinopus paranensis Mello-Leitão, 1920b: 58 (Dm).
Actinopus paranensis Bücherl, Timotheo & Lucas, 1971: 121, f. 3-4 (m).

Actinopus pertyi Lucas, 1843: 318 (Df).
Actinopus pertyi Lucas, 1845a: 57, pl. 1, f. 1 (f).
Sphodros pertyi Walckenaer, 1847a: 372.

Pachyloscelis picea Ausserer, 1871a: 139, pl. 1, f. 7 (Dm).
Actinopus piceus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896: 730.

Actinopus princeps Chamberlin, 1917: 31 (Df).

Actinopus pusillus Mello-Leitão, 1920b: 59 (Dm).

Pachyloscelis robustus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892b: 93, pl. 12, f. 5 (Df).
Actinopus robustus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897a: 6.
Actinopus robustus Quintero, 2005: 378, f. 4-8, 14-15 (f, Dm).
Actinopus robustus Jocqué & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2006: 58, f. 6a-d (m).

Pachyloscelis rojasi Simon, 1889m: 177 (Dj).
Actinopus rojasi F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896: 730.

Actinopus rufibarbis Mello-Leitão, 1930b: 54, f. 1 (Df).

Pachyloscelis rufipes Lucas, 1834a: 361, pl. 7C, f. 1 (Df).
Cratoscelis rufipes Lucas, 1834a: 362, pl. 7, f. D2 (Dm).
Sphodros lucasi Walckenaer, 1837: 250 (Dmf).
Actinopus rufipes Lucas, 1837: 376.

Pachyloscelis scalops Simon, 1889m: 177 (Df).
Actinopus scalops F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896: 730.

Actinopus tarsalis Perty, 1833: 198, pl. 39, f. 6 (Dm).
Pachyloscelis tarsalis Lucas, 1837: 377.
Sphodros tarsalis Walckenaer, 1841: 437.
Actinopus tarsalis C. L. Koch, 1842: 101, f. 753 (m, specimen from Uruguay misidentified per Miglio, Lucas & Bonaldo, 2012).
Actinopus tarsalis Simon, 1892a: 80, f. 80, 82.
Actinopus tarsalis Lucas et al., 1981a: 133, f. 3-6 (m).
Actinopus tarsalis Miglio, Lucas & Bonaldo, 2012: 376, f. 1-12 (m).

Actinopus trinotatus Mello-Leitão, 1938b: 311 (Df).

Pachyloscelis valenciana Simon, 1889m: 177 (Df).
Actinopus valencianus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896: 730.
Actinopus valentianus Bonnet, 1955: 156 (invalid emendation).

Actinopus wallacei F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896: 728, pl. 35, f. 18 (Df).
Actinopus wallacei Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1945: 167, pl. I (Dm).

Actinopus xenus Chamberlin, 1917: 29, pl. 1, f. 5 (Df).

Transferred to other genera:
Missulena bonneti (Zapfe, 1961) -- see Plesiolena

In synonymy:
Missulena crassa (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) = Missulena granulosa (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) (Womersley, 1943: 258).
Missulena formidabilis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) = Missulena occatoria Walckenaer, 1805 (Womersley, 1943: 251).
Missulena formosa (Rainbow, 1896, removed from S of M. occatoria) = Missulena insignis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877) (Main, 1985b: 10).
Missulena incerta (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877) = Missulena granulosa (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) (Womersley, 1943: 258).
Missulena rubrocapitata (Keyserling, in Ausserer, 1875) = Missulena occatoria Walckenaer, 1805 (Womersley, 1943: 251).
Missulena rugosa (Ausserer, 1875) = Missulena occatoria Walckenaer, 1805 (Main, 1985b: 11).
Missulena semicoccineum (Simon, 1896, removed from S of M. occatoria Walckenaer, 1805) = Missulena insignis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877) (Main, 1985b: 10).

Missulena bradleyi Rainbow, 1914a: 268, f. 73-75 (Dm).
Missulena bradleyi Womersley, 1943: 265, f. 6A-N (m, Df).

Missulena dipsaca Faulder, 1995: 73, f. 1-2 (Dm).

Missulena faulderi Harms & Framenau, 2013: 525, f. 4A-G, 5A-G, 6A-E, 7A-H, 12A-C (Dm).

Eriodon granulosum O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869a: 268, pl. 9, f. 7-13 (Dm).
Eriodon crassum O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869a: 269, pl. 9, f. 14-16 (Df).
Eriodon incertus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877c: 30 (Dm).
Eriodon granulosa Hogg, 1901: 222 (Df).
Eriodon incerta Hogg, 1901: 224, f. 22 (m).
Missulena granulosa Womersley, 1943: 258, f. 3A-N (m, S).

Missulena hoggi Womersley, 1943: 262, f. 4A-G (Dm).

Eriodon insigne O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877c: 29, pl. 6, f. 5 (Dm).
Actinopus formosus Rainbow, 1896a: 328, pl. 20 (Dm).
Eriodon semicoccineum Simon, 1896a: 343 (Dm).
Eriodon insignis Hogg, 1901: 223, f. 21a-b (m).
Eriodon rubrocapitata Rainbow, 1903: 64, f. 6 (f, misidentified per Womersley, 1943).
Missulena formosa Simon, 1903a: 877.
Missulena insigne Womersley, 1943: 255, f. 2A-I (mf).
Missulena insignis Main, 1985b: 10 (S).

Missulena langlandsi Harms & Framenau, 2013: 531, f. 1A, 8A-H, 9A-E, 10A-G, 11A-E, 12D-F (Dm).

Missulena leniae Miglio et al., 2014: 136, f. 1C, 7A-J, 8A-J (Dm).

Missulena mainae Miglio et al., 2014: 141, f. 1D, 9A-J, 10A-K (Dm).

Missulena melissae Miglio et al., 2014: 125, f. 1A, 2A-J, 3A-J (Dm).

Missulena occatoria Walckenaer, 1805: 8, pl. 2, f. 11-13 (Df).
Eriodon occatorium Lucas, 1865: 318, pl. 8, f. 6 (f).
Eriodon formidabile O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869a: 267, pl. 9, f. 1-6 (Dm).
Eriodon rubrocapitatum Keyserling, in Ausserer, 1875: 140, pl. 5, f. 1, 3-4 (Dm).
Eriodon rugosum Ausserer, 1875: 141, pl. 5, f. 5-6 (Dm).
Eriodon formidabilis Hogg, 1901: 222 (Df).
Eriodon rugosa Hogg, 1901: 223, f. 21c (m).
Eriodon rubrocapitata Hogg, 1901: 226, f. 23 (m).
Eriodon occatoria Rainbow, 1903: 62, f. 5 (f).
Missulena rubriceps Strand, 1907l: 4 (Dm).
Missulena occatoria Hogg, 1908: 335, f. 72 (f).
Missulena occatoria Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918: 88, pl. 12, f. 1-2.
Missulena occatoria Womersley, 1943: 251, f. 1A-N (m, S).
Missulena occatoria Main, 1985b: 10 (S).

Missulena pinguipes Miglio et al., 2014: 132, f. 1B, 5A-J, 6A-K (Dm).

Missulena pruinosa Levitt-Gregg, 1966: 391, f. 1-4 (Dm).

Missulena reflexa Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918: 87, pl. 21, f. 33-34 (Dm).
Missulena reflexa Womersley, 1943: 263, f. 5A-G (m).

Missulena rutraspina Faulder, 1995: 76, f. 4-6 (Dm).

Missulena torbayensis Main, 1996: 355, f. 1A-K, 2A-D (Dm).

Missulena tussulena Goloboff, 1994b: 71, f. 5 (Df; N.B.: specimens formerly placed as f of Plesiolena bonneti by Goloboff & Platnick, 1987).
Missulena tussulena Grismado & Goloboff, 2006: 101, f. 1-8 (Dm).

P. Goloboff & Platnick, 1987: 11, type Missulena bonneti (Zapfe, 1961).

Heteromigas bonneti Zapfe, 1961c: 152, f. 2-3 (Dm).
Heteromigas bonneti Legendre & Calderón, 1984: 1041, pl. XI, f. 1-12 (m).
Actinopus bonneti Raven, 1984d: 380 (Tm from Heteromigas).
Missulena bonneti Raven, 1985a: 144 (Tm from Actinopus).
Plesiolena bonneti Goloboff & Platnick, 1987: 13, f. 14, 19, 38-44 (Tm from Missulena, misidentified f).
Plesiolena bonneti Goloboff, 1994b: 67, f. 1-4 (Df; N.B.: f of Goloboff & Platnick, 1987 = Missulena tussulena).

Plesiolena jorgelina Goloboff, 1994b: 69, f. 6-10 (Df).