Belongs within: Amaurobioidea.
Contains: Prodidominae, Trochanteriidae, Liocranidae, Clubionoidea, Gallieniellidae, Trachelidae, Phrurolithidae, Gnaphosidae, Corinnidae, Selenopidae, Miturgidae, Eutichuridae, Philodromidae, Salticidae.
The Dionycha are a diverse clade of spiders united by the loss of the unpaired leg tarsal claw (Jocqué & Dippenaar-Schoeman 2007) Major subgroups of the Dionycha include the Salticidae, jumping spiders (referred to in many older publications as the Attidae), a distinctive cosmopolitan group of hunting spiders in which the anterior median eyes are much larger than the other eyes and are directed forwards on the carapace. Salticids have much better vision than many other spiders, with most species using their vision to actively track prey. The majority of salticids are included in the subfamily Salticinae, characterised by the absence of a tarsal claw on the female pedipalp or a median apophysis on the male pedipalp, and by a more abrupt gait than in members of other subfamilies.
The Gnaphosoidea are a clade of spiders that mostly have flat posterior median eyes whose tapeta have the middle dark lines orthogonal to each other, allowing the tapeta to function as a polarised light compass (Ramírez 2014).
<==Dionycha [Gnaphosoidea, Laterigradae, Philodromoidea] |--Prodidomidae [Anagraphidinae]WC17 | | i. s.: WyundraT13 | | |--W. barrow Platnick & Baehr 2006T13 | | `--W. kennedy Platnick & Baehr 2006DH10 | | NomindraT13 | | |--N. leeuweni Platnick & Baehr 2006T13 | | `--N. woodstock Platnick & Baehr 2006DH10 | | CryptoerithusT13 | | |--C. harveyi Platnick & Baehr 2006DH10 | | `--C. occultus Rainbow 1915T13 | | Wesmaldra hirsti Platnick & Baehr 2006DH10 | | Zimiris [Zimirinae]JD-S07 | | `--Z. doriaiR14 | | TheumellaM54 | | Encoptarthria Main 1954M54 | | |--E. echemophthalma (Simon 1908)ZO11 (see below for synonymy) | | |--E. grisea (Koch 1873) [=Echemus griseus]ZO11 | | |--E. penicillata (Simon 1908) [=Megamyrmaekion penicillatum]ZO11 | | |--E. perpusilla (Simon 1908) [=Megamyrmaekion perpusillum]ZO11 | | `--E. vestigator (Simon 1908) [=Megamyrmaekion vestigator]ZO11 | |--Anagraphis pallens Simon 1893M54, PO08 | `--+--MorenoR14 | `--+--TheuminaeWC17 | | | i. s.: Theuma intermedia Strand 1915M54, J98 | | |--TricongiusWC17 | | `--+--Chilongius palmasWC17 | | `--LygrommaWC17 | | |--L. gertschi (Platnick & Shadab 1976)BB14 | | `--L. simoniR14 | `--ProdidominaeR14 `--+--+--+--+--NeatoWC17 | | | | |--N. beerwahWC17 | | | | `--N. walliR14 | | | `--Meedo Main 1987WC17, JD-S07 | | | |--M. broadwaterWC17 | | | |--M. houstoni Main 1987T13 | | | `--M. yarragin Platnick 2002DH10 | | `--TrochanteriidaeWC17 | `--+--+--+--Austrachelas pondoensisR14 | | | `--LiocranidaeWC17 | | `--ClubionoideaWC17 | `--+--+--GallieniellidaeWC17 | | `--+--+--Galianoella Goloboff 2000WJ02 | | | | `--G. leucostigmaR14 | | | `--+--JacaenaR14 | | | `--Teutamus groupWC17 | | | |--TeutamusR14 | | | `--+--Sesieutes schwendingeriWC17 | | | `--Oedignatha [Oedignathae]R14 | | | |--O. jocqueiR14 | | | `--O. scrobiculataR14 | | `--TrachelidaeWC17 | `--+--PhrurolithidaeWC17 | `--GnaphosidaeWC17 `--+--XenoctenidaeWC17 | | i. s.: IncasoctenusWC17 | |--ParavulsorR14 | `--+--Xenoctenus Mello-Leitão 1938R14, JD-S07 | | `--*X. unguiculatus Mello-Leitão 1938WC17 | `--Odo Keyserling 1887R14, JD-S07 | |--O. bruchiR14 | `--O. galapagoensisR14 `--+--Pronophaea groupWC17 | | i. s.: CarteroniusWC17 | |--+--+--Procopius aetiopsR14 | | | `--PronophaeaWC17 | | | |--P. natalicaR14 | | | |--P. nitidaWC17 | | | `--P. proximaR14 | | `--DonueaWC17 | `--+--OlbusWC17 | | |--O. eryngiophilusR14 | | |--O. jaguarR14 | | `--O. nahuelbutaR14 | `--+--Brachyphaea simoniR14 | `--+--Mandaneta sudanaR14 | `--PseudocorinnaR14 | |--P. felixR14 | `--P. rutilaR14 `--+--+--CorinnidaeWC17 | `--+--+--Viridasiidae [Viridasiinae]WC17 | | | |--MahafalytenusWC17 | | | `--VulsorWC17 | | `--SelenopidaeWC17 | `--MiturgidaeWC17 `--+--+--EutichuridaeWC17 | `--PhilodromidaeWC17 `--SalticidaeWC17 Dionycha incertae sedis: Botryogaster Doleschall 1859D59 `--*B. coerulescens Doleschall 1859D59 AustrophaeaR14 CrinopseudoaR14 IandubaR14 VendaphaeaR14 SphingiusR14 SudharmiaR14 KoppeR14 Neoanagraphis chamberliniR14 Agroeca Westring 1861R14, MG03 |--A. brunnea (Blackwall 1833)VPB11 |--A. cuprea Menge 1873BBM02 |--A. dentigeraRKD02 |--A. dubiosissima (Strand 1908) [=Hilke dubiosissima]J98 |--A. inopinaV09 |--A. lusatica (Koch 1875)BBM02 |--A. ornata Banks 1892PS08 `--A. proxima (O.P.-Cambridge 1871)K02 Xenoplectus armatusR14 Toxoniella Warui & Jocqué 2002R14, WJ02 |--*T. taitensis Warui & Jocqué 2002WJ02 `--T. rogoae Warui & Jocqué 2002WJ02 Lauricius Simon 1888R14, JD-S07 `--L. hookiJD-S07
Encoptarthria echemophthalma (Simon 1908)ZO11 [=Megamyrmaekion echemophthalmumZO11; incl. *E. serventyi Main 1954M54, ZO11]
*Type species of generic name indicated
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