Parent taxon: Entelegynae according to W. C. Wheeler et al. 2017
See also Dunlop et al. 2013 and Selden 2012
Sister taxa: Agelenidae, Amaurobiidae, Cybaeidae, Deinopidae, Deinopoidea, Desidae, Dictynidae, Dictynoidea, Dionycha, Eotibiaapophysidae, Eresoidea, Gnaphosoidea, Hahniidae, Lycosoidea, Nicodamoidea, Oecobioidea, Orbiculariae, Palaeoperenethis, Sparassidae, Titanoecidae, Toxopidae, Uloboridae, Zodarioidea, Zoropsidae
Subtaxa: Anapidae Baltsuccinidae Burmascutidae Cretamysmenidae Cretaraneus Cyatholipidae Eocoddingtonia Juraraneidae Leviunguidae Linyphiidae Mesarania Mesozygiella Mimetidae Mysmenidae Nanoaenigmatidae Nesticidae Orbipurae Pimoidae Praetheridiidae Protheridiidae Pumiliopimoidae Synaphridae Synotaxidae Tetragnathidae Theridiidae Theridiosomatidae Zarqaraneidae
Type: Araneus
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