The World Spider Catalog, Version 8.5
by Norman I. Platnick
© Copyright 2000 — 2008 American Museum of Natural History. All Rights Reserved.
CURRENTLY VALID SPIDER GENERA AND SPECIES (December 30th, 2007)
(* indicates that the file has changed since Version 8.0)
| Family | Genera | Species | | | Family | Genera | Species |
| 1. | Liphistiidae | 5 | 87 | | *57. | Symphytognathidae | 6 | 45 |
| *2. | Atypidae | 3 | 43 | | *58. | Anapidae | 35 | 145 |
| 3. | Antrodiaetidae | 2 | 32 | | 59. | Mysmenidae | 22 | 92 |
| 4. | Mecicobothriidae | 4 | 9 | | *60. | Synaphridae | 3 | 12 |
| 5. | Hexathelidae | 11 | 86 | | *61. | Pimoidae | 3 | 30 |
| 6. | Dipluridae | 24 | 175 | | *62. | Linyphiidae | 571 | 4329 |
| *7. | Cyrtaucheniidae | 18 | 126 | | *63. | Tetragnathidae | 51 | 955 |
| *8. | Ctenizidae | 9 | 121 | | *64. | Nephilidae | 4 | 57 |
| *9. | Idiopidae | 22 | 281 | | *65. | Araneidae | 166 | 2844 |
| *10. | Actinopodidae | 3 | 41 | | *66. | Lycosidae | 109 | 2324 |
| 11. | Migidae | 10 | 91 | | *67. | Trechaleidae | 18 | 76 |
| *12. | Nemesiidae | 41 | 340 | | *68. | Pisauridae | 53 | 334 |
| 13. | Microstigmatidae | 7 | 14 | | *69. | Oxyopidae | 9 | 426 |
| *14. | Barychelidae | 44 | 300 | | 70. | Senoculidae | 1 | 31 |
| *15. | Theraphosidae | 112 | 906 | | *71. | Stiphidiidae | 13 | 94 |
| 16. | Paratropididae | 4 | 8 | | *72. | Zorocratidae | 5 | 42 |
| 17. | Hypochilidae | 2 | 11 | | *73. | Psechridae | 2 | 26 |
| 18. | Austrochilidae | 3 | 9 | | *74. | Zoropsidae | 12 | 77 |
| 19. | Gradungulidae | 7 | 16 | | 75. | Zoridae | 13 | 74 |
| *20. | Filistatidae | 16 | 109 | | *76. | Ctenidae | 39 | 476 |
| *21. | Sicariidae | 2 | 122 | | *77. | Agelenidae | 41 | 507 |
| *22. | Scytodidae | 5 | 193 | | *78. | Cybaeidae | 12 | 159 |
| 23. | Periegopidae | 1 | 2 | | *79. | Desidae | 38 | 182 |
| *24. | Drymusidae | 1 | 15 | | *80. | Amphinectidae | 36 | 187 |
| *25. | Leptonetidae | 15 | 201 | | *81. | Cycloctenidae | 5 | 36 |
| 26. | Telemidae | 7 | 22 | | *82. | Hahniidae | 26 | 236 |
| *27. | Ochyroceratidae | 14 | 155 | | *83. | Dictynidae | 48 | 563 |
| *28. | Pholcidae | 83 | 986 | | *84. | Amaurobiidae | 71 | 692 |
| 29. | Plectreuridae | 2 | 30 | | 85. | Phyxelididae | 12 | 54 |
| *30. | Diguetidae | 2 | 15 | | *86. | Titanoecidae | 5 | 46 |
| 31. | Caponiidae | 11 | 70 | | 87. | Nicodamidae | 9 | 29 |
| 32. | Tetrablemmidae | 29 | 126 | | *88. | Tengellidae | 8 | 37 |
| 33. | Segestriidae | 3 | 106 | | *89. | Miturgidae | 25 | 322 |
| *34. | Dysderidae | 24 | 494 | | 90. | Anyphaenidae | 56 | 508 |
| *35. | Oonopidae | 73 | 491 | | *91. | Liocranidae | 29 | 161 |
| 36. | Orsolobidae | 28 | 178 | | *92. | Clubionidae | 14 | 546 |
| *37. | Archaeidae | 3 | 28 | | *93. | Corinnidae | 77 | 937 |
| 38. | Mecysmaucheniidae | 7 | 25 | | *94. | Zodariidae | 74 | 848 |
| 39. | Pararchaeidae | 7 | 34 | | 95. | Chummidae | 1 | 2 |
| 40. | Holarchaeidae | 1 | 2 | | 96. | Homalonychidae | 1 | 3 |
| 41. | Micropholcommatidae | 8 | 33 | | 97. | Ammoxenidae | 4 | 18 |
| 42. | Huttoniidae | 1 | 1 | | *98. | Cithaeronidae | 2 | 6 |
| 43. | Stenochilidae | 2 | 12 | | 99. | Gallieniellidae | 10 | 48 |
| *44. | Palpimanidae | 15 | 130 | | 100. | Trochanteriidae | 18 | 149 |
| *45. | Malkaridae | 4 | 10 | | *101. | Lamponidae | 23 | 191 |
| *46. | Mimetidae | 12 | 152 | | *102. | Prodidomidae | 31 | 303 |
| *47. | Eresidae | 10 | 101 | | *103. | Gnaphosidae | 114 | 2013 |
| *48. | Oecobiidae | 6 | 103 | | *104. | Selenopidae | 4 | 190 |
| *49. | Hersiliidae | 11 | 157 | | *105. | Sparassidae | 83 | 1039 |
| 50. | Deinopidae | 4 | 57 | | *106. | Philodromidae | 29 | 522 |
| *51. | Uloboridae | 18 | 264 | | *107. | Thomisidae | 171 | 2070 |
| 52. | Cyatholipidae | 23 | 58 | | *108. | Salticidae | 560 | 5121 |
| *53. | Synotaxidae | 13 | 68 | | | | | |
| *54. | Nesticidae | 9 | 206 | | | | | |
| *55. | Theridiidae | 96 | 2283 | | | | | |
| 56. | Theridiosomatidae | 12 | 75 | | | | | |
| | | | | | Total | 3681 | 40024 |