Physoglenidae is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Alexander Petrunkevitch in 1928 as a subfamily of Pholcidae. It was later moved to Synotaxidae until a study in 2016 showed that they formed a distinct clade.
Genera
, this family includes thirteen genera and 72 species:
- Calcarsynotaxus <small>Wunderlich, 1995</small> â Australia
- Chileotaxus <small>Platnick, 1990</small> â Chile
- Mangua <small>Forster, 1990</small> â New Zealand
- Meringa <small>Forster, 1990</small> â New Zealand
- Microsynotaxus <small>Wunderlich, 2008</small> â Australia
- Nomaua <small>Forster, 1990</small> â New Zealand
- Pahora <small>Forster, 1990</small> â New Zealand
- Pahoroides <small>Forster, 1990</small> â New Zealand
- Paratupua <small>Platnick, 1990</small> â Australia
- Physoglenes <small>Simon, 1904</small> â Chile
- Runga <small>Forster, 1990</small> â New Zealand
- Tupua <small>Platnick, 1990</small> â Australia
- Zeatupua <small>Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2009</small> â New Zealand
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