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Currently valid spider genera and species (2023-11-29)
Number
Family
Genera
Species
1.
Actinopodidae
3
124
2.
Agelenidae
96
1397
3.
Amaurobiidae
50
289
4.
Anamidae
10
123
5.
Anapidae
58
232
6.
Antrodiaetidae
4
37
7.
Anyphaenidae
58
635
8.
Araneidae
177
3040
9.
Archaeidae
6
92
10.
Archoleptonetidae
2
8
11.
Arkyidae
2
38
12.
Atracidae
3
36
13.
Atypidae
3
56
14.
Austrochilidae
2
9
15.
Barychelidae
39
285
16.
Bemmeridae
4
50
17.
Caponiidae
21
142
18.
Cheiracanthiidae
14
366
19.
Cithaeronidae
2
9
20.
Clubionidae
18
663
21.
Corinnidae
76
856
22.
Ctenidae
48
603
23.
Ctenizidae
2
5
24.
Cyatholipidae
23
58
25.
Cybaeidae
23
301
26.
Cycloctenidae
8
80
27.
Cyrtaucheniidae
6
107
28.
Deinopidae
3
68
29.
Desidae
63
324
30.
Dictynidae
53
474
31.
Diguetidae
2
16
32.
Dipluridae
7
140
33.
Drymusidae
2
18
34.
Dysderidae
25
634
35.
Entypesidae
7
41
36.
Eresidae
9
107
37.
Euagridae
14
87
38.
Euctenizidae
8
77
39.
Filistatidae
18
190
40.
Fonteferridae
1
1
41.
Gallieniellidae
5
41
42.
Gnaphosidae
151
2466
43.
Gradungulidae
8
17
44.
Hahniidae
23
355
45.
Halonoproctidae
6
134
46.
Heptathelidae
7
113
47.
Hersiliidae
16
188
48.
Hexathelidae
7
45
49.
Hexurellidae
1
8
50.
Homalonychidae
1
2
51.
Huttoniidae
1
1
52.
Hypochilidae
2
33
53.
Idiopidae
23
441
54.
Ischnothelidae
5
26
55.
Lamponidae
23
192
56.
Leptonetidae
22
382
57.
Linyphiidae
634
4842
58.
Liocranidae
36
345
59.
Liphistiidae
1
70
60.
Lycosidae
132
2467
61.
Macrothelidae
2
49
62.
Malkaridae
13
57
63.
Mecicobothriidae
1
2
64.
Mecysmaucheniidae
7
25
65.
Megadictynidae
2
2
66.
Megahexuridae
1
1
67.
Microhexuridae
1
2
68.
Microstigmatidae
11
38
69.
Migidae
11
103
70.
Mimetidae
8
160
71.
Miturgidae
32
186
72.
Myrmecicultoridae
1
1
73.
Mysmenidae
17
188
74.
Nemesiidae
10
154
75.
Nephilidae
7
58
76.
Nesticidae
16
291
77.
Nicodamidae
7
27
78.
Ochyroceratidae
10
177
79.
Oecobiidae
6
125
80.
Oonopidae
115
1939
81.
Orsolobidae
30
189
82.
Oxyopidae
9
446
83.
Pacullidae
4
38
84.
Palpimanidae
21
169
85.
Paraplectanoididae
1
2
86.
Paratropididae
4
19
87.
Penestomidae
1
9
88.
Periegopidae
1
3
89.
Philodromidae
29
527
90.
Pholcidae
97
1937
91.
Phonognathidae
5
28
92.
Phrurolithidae
26
395
93.
Physoglenidae
13
72
94.
Phyxelididae
14
68
95.
Pimoidae
2
86
96.
Pisauridae
52
361
97.
Plectreuridae
2
32
98.
Porrhothelidae
1
5
99.
Prodidomidae
23
190
100.
Psechridae
2
62
101.
Psilodercidae
11
224
102.
Pycnothelidae
15
139
103.
Rhytidicolidae
2
14
104.
Salticidae
677
6618
105.
Scytodidae
4
242
106.
Segestriidae
5
179
107.
Selenopidae
9
281
108.
Senoculidae
1
31
109.
Sicariidae
3
172
110.
Sparassidae
97
1471
111.
Stasimopidae
1
56
112.
Stenochilidae
2
13
113.
Stiphidiidae
20
125
114.
Symphytognathidae
10
100
115.
Synaphridae
3
13
116.
Synotaxidae
5
34
117.
Telemidae
16
106
118.
Tetrablemmidae
27
151
119.
Tetragnathidae
45
988
120.
Theraphosidae
165
1087
121.
Theridiidae
124
2541
122.
Theridiosomatidae
21
143
123.
Thomisidae
171
2170
124.
Titanoecidae
5
58
125.
Toxopidae
14
82
126.
Trachelidae
20
269
127.
Trachycosmidae
20
148
128.
Trechaleidae
17
133
129.
Trochanteriidae
6
52
130.
Trogloraptoridae
1
1
131.
Udubidae
4
51
132.
Uloboridae
19
285
133.
Viridasiidae
3
14
134.
Xenoctenidae
4
32
135.
Zodariidae
90
1276
136.
Zoropsidae
27
180
Total
4353
51688
Number of currently valid species described per year