Last updated May 25, 2014
N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Metidae by Heimer & Nentwig, 1982: 292 and Levi, 1986a: 93 (although not by Wunderlich, 1986: 115), but that name is unavailable in any case, as it is preoccupied in the Copepoda; see note under Araneidae regarding the placement of nephilines; includes taxa placed by Forster & Forster, 1999: 166 in the "Nanometidae" (see Ãlvarez-Padilla & Hormiga, 2011: 802); some genera considered members of the Zygiellidae by Wunderlich, 2004f.
Transferred to other families:
Arkys Walckenaer, 1837 -- see Araneidae.
Clitaetra Simon, 1888 -- see Nephilidae.
Deliochus Simon, 1894 -- see Araneidae.
Herennia Thorell, 1870 -- see Nephilidae.
Louisfagea Brignoli, 1971 -- see Pimoa under Pimoidae.
Metella Fage, 1931 -- see Pimoa under Pimoidae.
Metimorpha Strand, 1906 -- see Araneidae.
Mimicosa Petrunkevitch, 1925 -- see Architis under Pisauridae.
Napometa Benoit, 1977 -- see Linyphiidae.
Nephila Leach, 1815 -- see Nephilidae.
Nephilengys L. Koch, 1871 -- see Nephilidae.
Paranesticus Mello-Leitão, 1944 -- see Dubiaranea under Linyphiidae.
Perilla Thorell, 1895 -- see Araneidae.
Phonognatha Simon, 1894 -- see Araneidae.
Pimoa Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 -- see Pimoidae.
Singafrotypa Benoit, 1962 -- see Araneidae.
Singotypa Simon, 1894 -- see Phonognatha under Araneidae.
Zygiella F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902 -- see Araneidae.
In synonymy:
Afiamalu Marples, 1955 = Dolichognatha O. P.-Cambridge, 1869 (Levi, 1981a: 277).
Agriognatha O. P.-Cambridge, 1896 = Cyrtognatha Keyserling, 1881 (Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009: 30).
Anopas Archer, 1951 = Tylorida Simon, 1894 (Chrysanthus, 1975: 31).
Arundognatha Wiehle, 1963 = Tetragnatha Latreille, 1804 (Levi, 1981a: 282).
Atimiosa Simon, 1895 = Dolichognatha O. P.-Cambridge, 1869 (Dimitrov, Ãlvarez-Padilla & Hormiga, 2010: 6).
Auchicybaeus Gertsch, 1933 = Meta C. L. Koch, 1836 (Lehtinen, 1967: 217).
Capichameta Soares & Camargo, 1955 = Chrysometa Simon, 1894 (Levi, 1986a: 99).
Cardimia Mello-Leitão, 1940 = Azilia Keyserling, 1881 (Levi, 2002: 562).
Eucta Simon, 1881 = Tetragnatha Latreille, 1804 (Levi, 1981a: 282).
Hivaoa Berland, 1935 = Glenognatha Simon, 1887 (Levi, 1980a: 64).
Homalopoltys Simon, 1895 = Dolichognatha O. P.-Cambridge, 1869 (Smith, 2008: 10).
Landana Simon, 1883 = Dolichognatha O. P.-Cambridge, 1869 (Levi, 1981a: 277).
Leucognatha Wunderlich, 1992 = Sancus Tullgren, 1910 (Kuntner & Ãlvarez-Padilla, 2006: 118).
Metargyra F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1903 = Metabus O. P.-Cambridge, 1899 (Ãlvarez-Padilla, 2007: 297).
Mimognatha Banks, 1929 = Glenognatha Simon, 1887 (Levi, 1980a: 64).
Nicholasia Bryant & Archer, 1940 = Dolichognatha O. P.-Cambridge, 1869 (Levi, 1981a: 277).
Paraebius Thorell, 1894 = Dolichognatha O. P.-Cambridge, 1869 (Levi, 1981a: 277).
Plesiometa F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1903 = Leucauge White, 1841 (Levi, 1980a: 23, contra Archer, 1951a).
Prionolaema Simon, 1894 = Tetragnatha Latreille, 1804 (Dimitrov, Ãlvarez-Padilla & Hormiga, 2008: 51).
Prolochus Thorell, 1895 = Dolichognatha O. P.-Cambridge, 1869 (Levi, 1981a: 277).
Sternospina Schmidt & Krause, 1993 = Tylorida Simon, 1894 (Dimitrov, Ãlvarez-Padilla & Hormiga, 2008: 50).
Homonym replaced:
Pseudometa F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1903 -- see Chrysometa.
Nomen nudum:
Chrysater Kishida (Yaginuma, in Brignoli, 1983c: 220).