Arachnida - Araneae - Praepholcidae
Alternative spelling: Praepholcinae
Full reference: J. Wunderlich. 2017. New and rare fossil spiders (Araneae) in mid Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Burma), including the description of new extinct families of the suborders Mesothelae and Opisthothelae, as well as notes on the taxonomy, the evolution and the biogeography of the Mesothelae. Ten Papers on Fossil and Extant Spiders (Araneae). Beiträge zur Araneologie 10:72-279
Parent taxon: Scytodoidea according to J. Wunderlich 2020
See also Wunderlich 2017
Sister taxa: Drymusidae, Eopsilodercidae, Ochyroceratidae, Psilodercidae, Scytodidae, Sicariidae
Subtaxa: Hamoderces Praepholcus
Type: Praepholcus
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber (Wunderlich coll) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)