Last updated Apr. 26, 2001

N.B.: considered a subfamily of Plectreuridae by Wunderlich, 2004b: 671.

In synonymy:
D. caudata Gertsch, 1935 = D. albolineata (O. P.-Cambridge, 1895) (Gertsch, 1958a: 16).

mf albolineata (O. P.-Cambridge, 1895)....................USA, Mexico
Ervig albolineatus O. P.-Cambridge, 1895a: 151, pl. 19, f. 3 (Df).
Ervig albolineatus O. P.-Cambridge, 1896a: 221, pl. 27, f. 6 (Dm).
D. a. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1899a: 53, pl. 4, f. 9-10 (mf).
D. caudata Gertsch, 1935a: 6, f. 9 (Df).
D. a. Gertsch, 1958a: 16, f. 6, 14-15 (m, S).

f andersoni Gertsch, 1958....................USA
D. a. Gertsch, 1958a: 22 (Df).

mf canities (McCook, 1889) *....................USA, Mexico
Segestria c. McCook, 1889: 136, f. 165-166 (Dmf).
Segestria c. McCook, 1894: 135, pl. 29, f. 7 (mf).
D. c. Simon, 1895f: 106.
D. c. Gertsch, 1958a: 6, f. 16-19 (mf).
D. c. Gertsch, 1958d: 5, f. 89 (f).
D. c. Forster, 1980: 281, f. 13 (f).
D. c. Lehtinen, 1986: 155, f. 6.
D. c. Platnick, 1989a: 3, f. 5.
Digueta c. Forster, 1995: 101, f. 25 (f).

mf canities dialectica Chamberlin, 1924....................Mexico
D. d. Chamberlin, 1924b: 591 (Df).
D. c. d. Gertsch, 1958a: 13 (reduced to subspecies).

mf canites mulaiki Gertsch, 1958....................USA
D. c. m. Gertsch, 1958a: 12, f. 1-4, 11-13 (Dmf).

mf catamarquensis (Mello-Leitão, 1941)....................Argentina
Segestria c. Mello-Leitão, 1941d: 192, f. 86, pl. XII, f. 57, 57a (Dm).
D. c. Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1962b: 205, f. 1-6 (Tm from Segestria, Df).
D. c. Brignoli, 1974j: 258, f. 2-4 (f).

mf imperiosa Gertsch & Mulaik, 1940....................USA, Mexico
D. i. Gertsch & Mulaik, 1940: 317 (Dmf).
D. i. Gertsch, 1958a: 18, f. 7-10 (mf).

mf mojavea Gertsch, 1958....................USA
D. m. Gertsch, 1958a: 20 (Dmf).

f propinqua (O. P.-Cambridge, 1896)....................Mexico
Ervig propinquus O. P.-Cambridge, 1896a: 221, pl. 27, f. 2 (Df).
D. p. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1899a: 53.

f signata Gertsch, 1958....................USA
D. s. Gertsch, 1958a: 22, f. 5 (Df).

j stridulans Chamberlin, 1924....................Mexico
D. s. Chamberlin, 1924b: 590, f. 19-20 (Dj).

N.B.: transferred here from the Sicariidae by Brignoli, 1974j: 257.

f badia Simon, 1903 *....................Brazil
P. b. Simon, 1903d: 24 (Df).
P. b. Simon, 1903a: 982.
P. b. Brignoli, 1974j: 256, f. 1, 5 (f).

N.B.: transferred here from the Sicariidae by Brignoli, 1983c: 150.

f bicolor Keyserling, 1883 *....................Peru
S. b. Keyserling, 1883a: 219 (Df).
S. b. Platnick, 1989a: 6, f. 1-3, 7-9, 14 (f).

m copiapo Platnick, 1989....................Chile
S. c. Platnick, 1989a: 6, f. 10-11 (Dm).

mf tofo Platnick, 1989....................Chile
S. t. Platnick, 1989a: 8, f. 4, 12-13, 15 (Dmf).