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.
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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 Wunderlich, 1995 – Australia Chileotaxus Platnick, 1990 – Chile Mangua Forster, 1990 – New Zealand Meringa Forster, 1990 – New Zealand Microsynotaxus Wunderlich, 2008 – Australia Nomaua Forster, 1990 – New Zealand Pahora Forster, 1990 – New Zealand Pahoroides Forster, 1990 – New Zealand Paratupua Platnick, 1990 – Australia Physoglenes Simon, 1904 – Chile Runga Forster, 1990 – New Zealand Tupua Platnick, 1990 – Australia Zeatupua Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2009 – New Zealand
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