Last updated Apr. 26, 2001

N.B.: established by Forster & Platnick, 1984: 65; considered a subfamily of Archaeidae by Wunderlich (1986) and Eskov (1987c).

P. Forster, 1955b: 397, type P. alba Forster, 1955; placed in Mecysmaucheniidae by some authors but transferred here from the Archaeidae by Forster & Platnick, 1984: 71.

mf alba Forster, 1955 *....................New Zealand
P. a. Forster, 1955b: 399, f. 1-4, 16-19, 25-26 (Dmf).
P. a. Forster & Platnick, 1984: 71, f. 214-219, 230-234, 307 (f).

f binnaburra Forster, 1955....................Queensland
P. b. Forster, 1955b: 401, f. 6-9, 13-15 (Df).

mf bryophila Hickman, 1969....................Tasmania
P. b. Hickman, 1969: 9, f. 25-30 (Dmf).
P. b. Schütt, 2000: 137, f. 6C-D (m).

mf corticola Hickman, 1969....................Tasmania
P. c. Hickman, 1969: 3, f. 10-15 (Dmf).

f ornata Hickman, 1969....................Tasmania
P. o. Hickman, 1969: 7, f. 21-24 (Df).

mf rubra (Forster, 1949)....................New Zealand
Zearchaea r. Forster, 1949: 197, f. 9-15 (Dmf).
P. r. Forster, 1955b: 402, f. 24 (Tmf from Zearchaea).
P. r. Forster & Platnick, 1984: 71, f. 212-213, 221-229, 235-238 (m).

mf saxicola Hickman, 1969....................Tasmania
P. s. Hickman, 1969: 5, f. 16-20 (Dmf).