The World Spider Catalog, Version 5.5
by Norman I. Platnick
© Copyright 2000 — 2005 American Museum of Natural History. All Rights Reserved.
CURRENTLY VALID SPIDER GENERA AND SPECIES (Jan. 20, 2005)
(* indicates that the file has changed since Version 5.0)
| Family | Genera | Species | | | Family | Genera | Species |
| * 1. | Liphistiidae | 5 | 87 | | *56. | Theridiosomatidae | 12 | 72 |
| * 2. | Atypidae | 3 | 33 | | 57. | Symphytognathidae | 6 | 42 |
| 3. | Antrodiaetidae | 3 | 27 | | *58. | Anapidae | 34 | 143 |
| 4. | Mecicobothriidae | 4 | 8 | | *59. | Mysmenidae | 22 | 91 |
| 5. | Hexathelidae | 11 | 85 | | 60. | Synaphridae | 2 | 7 |
| 6. | Dipluridae | 24 | 175 | | *61. | Pimoidae | 2 | 24 |
| * 7. | Cyrtaucheniidae | 18 | 126 | | *62. | Linyphiidae | 568 | 4301 |
| * 8. | Ctenizidae | 9 | 118 | | *63. | Tetragnathidae | 56 | 1021 |
| * 9. | Idiopidae | 20 | 269 | | *64. | Araneidae | 166 | 2825 |
| 10. | Actinopodidae | 3 | 41 | | *65. | Lycosidae | 102 | 2285 |
| 11. | Migidae | 10 | 91 | | 66. | Trechaleidae | 13 | 72 |
| *12. | Nemesiidae | 38 | 325 | | *67. | Pisauridae | 52 | 327 |
| *13. | Microstigmatidae | 7 | 13 | | *68. | Oxyopidae | 9 | 408 |
| 14. | Barychelidae | 44 | 300 | | 69. | Senoculidae | 1 | 31 |
| *15. | Theraphosidae | 111 | 883 | | 70. | Stiphidiidae | 13 | 94 |
| 16. | Paratropididae | 4 | 8 | | 71. | Neolanidae | 1 | 3 |
| 17. | Hypochilidae | 2 | 11 | | *72. | Zorocratidae | 5 | 21 |
| 18. | Austrochilidae | 3 | 9 | | *73. | Psechridae | 2 | 24 |
| 19. | Gradungulidae | 7 | 16 | | *74. | Zoropsidae | 5 | 23 |
| *20. | Filistatidae | 16 | 109 | | 75. | Zoridae | 13 | 74 |
| 21. | Sicariidae | 2 | 122 | | *76. | Ctenidae | 39 | 455 |
| *22. | Scytodidae | 5 | 158 | | *77. | Agelenidae | 38 | 487 |
| 23. | Periegopidae | 1 | 2 | | *78. | Cybaeidae | 12 | 147 |
| *24. | Drymusidae | 1 | 10 | | *79. | Desidae | 38 | 180 |
| *25. | Leptonetidae | 15 | 190 | | 80. | Halidae | 2 | 3 |
| 26. | Telemidae | 7 | 22 | | 81. | Amphinectidae | 34 | 181 |
| 27. | Ochyroceratidae | 13 | 146 | | 82. | Cycloctenidae | 5 | 36 |
| *28. | Pholcidae | 75 | 871 | | *83. | Hahniidae | 26 | 235 |
| *29. | Plectreuridae | 2 | 30 | | *84. | Dictynidae | 48 | 559 |
| 30. | Diguetidae | 3 | 15 | | *85. | Amaurobiidae | 69 | 635 |
| *31. | Caponiidae | 11 | 69 | | 86. | Phyxelididae | 12 | 54 |
| 32. | Tetrablemmidae | 30 | 124 | | 87. | Titanoecidae | 5 | 46 |
| 33. | Segestriidae | 3 | 106 | | 88. | Nicodamidae | 9 | 29 |
| *34. | Dysderidae | 24 | 489 | | *89. | Tengellidae | 8 | 32 |
| *35. | Oonopidae | 67 | 459 | | *90. | Miturgidae | 29 | 378 |
| *36. | Orsolobidae | 28 | 177 | | *91. | Anyphaenidae | 56 | 502 |
| *37. | Archaeidae | 3 | 25 | | *92. | Liocranidae | 30 | 168 |
| *38. | Mecysmaucheniidae | 7 | 23 | | *93. | Clubionidae | 15 | 532 |
| *39. | Pararchaeidae | 1 | 7 | | *94. | Corinnidae | 75 | 906 |
| *40. | Holarchaeidae | 1 | 2 | | *95. | Zodariidae | 66 | 797 |
| 41. | Micropholcommatidae | 8 | 33 | | *96. | Cryptothelidae | 1 | 10 |
| 42. | Huttoniidae | 1 | 1 | | 97. | Chummidae | 1 | 2 |
| 43. | Stenochilidae | 2 | 12 | | *98. | Homalonychidae | 1 | 3 |
| 44. | Palpimanidae | 15 | 127 | | 99. | Ammoxenidae | 4 | 18 |
| *45. | Malkaridae | 4 | 10 | | 100. | Cithaeronidae | 2 | 6 |
| *46. | Mimetidae | 12 | 156 | | 101. | Gallieniellidae | 10 | 48 |
| *47. | Eresidae | 10 | 101 | | 102. | Trochanteriidae | 18 | 146 |
| *48. | Oecobiidae | 6 | 101 | | *103. | Lamponidae | 23 | 191 |
| *49. | Hersiliidae | 10 | 143 | | *104. | Prodidomidae | 26 | 160 |
| 50. | Deinopidae | 4 | 57 | | *105. | Gnaphosidae | 114 | 1945 |
| *51. | Uloboridae | 18 | 246 | | *106. | Selenopidae | 4 | 178 |
| 52. | Cyatholipidae | 23 | 58 | | *107. | Sparassidae | 83 | 989 |
| *53. | Synotaxidae | 13 | 64 | | *108. | Philodromidae | 29 | 514 |
| *54. | Nesticidae | 9 | 203 | | *109. | Thomisidae | 164 | 2042 |
| *55. | Theridiidae | 87 | 2213 | | *110. | Salticidae | 550 | 5026 |
| | | | | | Total | 3593 | 38834 |