Tengellidae is a former

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spider Spiders (order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species d ...

s that has been merged into the family

Zoropsidae Zoropsidae, also known as false wolf spiders for their physical similarity to wolf spiders, is a family of cribellate araneomorph spiders first described by Philipp Bertkau in 1882. They can be distinguished from wolf spiders by their two rows ...

. Genera formerly placed in Tengellidae now in Zoropsidae include: *'' Anachemmis'' Chamberlin, 1919 *''

Austrotengella ''Austrotengella'' is a genus of Australian false wolf spiders that was first described by Robert John Raven in 2012. Species it contains six species, found in New South Wales and Queensland: *''Austrotengella hackerae'' Raven, 2012 – Austr ...

'' Raven, 2012 *'' Ciniflella'' Mello-Leitão, 1921 *'' Lauricius'' Simon, 1888 *'' Liocranoides'' Keyserling, 1881 *'' Socalchemmis'' Platnick & Ubick, 2001 *''

Tengella ''Tengella'' is a genus of false wolf spiders that was first described by Friedrich Dahl in 1901. It is a senior synonym of ''Metafecenia''. Species it contains five species, found in Panama, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Mexico: *'' Tengella albo ...

'' Dahl, 1901 *''

Titiotus ''Titiotus'' is a genus of American false wolf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1897. Spiders in this genus are often misidentified as the brown recluse spider of the genus Loxosceles due to similarities of coloration ...

'' Simon, 1897 *'' Wiltona'' Koçak & Kemal, 2008

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Historically recognized spider taxa {{Araneomorphae-stub

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