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==Taxonomy==
The family Filistatidae was created in 1867 by [[Anton Ausserer]].<ref name=WSC_f34/> It was based on the species he called ''Filistata bicolor'' (now ''[[Filistata insidiatrix]]''), a Mediterranean species also found in southern Austria.<ref name=WSC_s10368/><ref name=Auss67/>

===Phylogeny===
On the basis of the features of the male and female genitalia, the family was placed in the [[Haplogynae]], usually as the sister taxon of the remaining members of the group.<ref name=Codd05/> However, unlike the other haplogynes, Filistatidae are [[cribellum|cribellate]] and do not show a decrease in the number of segments of the anterior lateral spinnerets.<ref name=MichRami14/> They have other features which have been regarded as "primitive": an M-shaped intestine, only leg IV moving while combing silk, and posterior book lung leaves being present in early juveniles.<ref name=Rami14/> A 2013 study based on molecular evidence placed the family as sister to a clade consisting of [[Hypochilidae]] and the remaining haplogynes.<ref name=AgnaCoddKunt13/> The precise phylogenetic position of the family was described in 2014 as "one of the most enigmatic problems in spider phylogeny".<ref name=MichRami14/>

A 2015 study, based on [[genomic]] data, places Filistatidae with Hypochilidae in a clade outside most of the families previously placed in Haplogynae:<ref name=GarrRodrAgnaCodd15/>

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|label1=Araneomorphae
|1={{clade
   |1={{clade
      |1={{clade
         |1=Hypochilidae
         |2='''Filistatidae'''
         }}
      |2=most other "traditional" haplogynes
      }}
   |2={{clade
      |1=[[Leptonetidae]]
      |2=Entelegynae
      }}
   }}
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This placement suggests that features that were thought to be "primitive" to araneomorph spiders as a whole (such as an M-shaped midgut) could actually be novel derived features ([[Synapomorphy|synapomorphies]]) of the Hypochilidae-Filistatidae clade.<ref name=GarrRodrAgnaCodd15/>

===Genera===
{{main|List of Filistatidae species}}
{{as of|2019|04}}, the [[World Spider Catalog]] accepts the following genera:<ref name=NMBE>{{cite web| title=Family: Filistatidae Ausserer, 1867| website=World Spider Catalog| access-date=2019-04-22| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/family/34}}</ref>
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*''[[Afrofilistata]]'' <small>Benoit, 1968</small> — Sudan
*''[[Andoharano]]'' <small>Lehtinen, 1967</small> — Namibia, Madagascar
*''[[Antilloides]]'' <small>Brescovit, Sánchez-Ruiz & Alayón, 2016</small> — Mexico
*''[[Filistata]]'' <small>Latreille, 1810</small> — Australia, Asia
*''[[Filistatinella]]'' <small>Gertsch & Ivie, 1936</small> — Mexico, United States
*''[[Filistatoides]]'' <small>F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899</small> — Guatemala, Chile, Cuba
*''[[Kukulcania]]'' <small>Lehtinen, 1967</small> — North America, Central America, Chile
*''[[Labahitha]]'' <small>Zonstein, Marusik & Magalhaes, 2017</small> — Malaysia
*''[[Lihuelistata]]'' <small>Ramírez & Grismado, 1997</small> — Argentina
*''[[Microfilistata]]'' <small>Zonstein, 1990</small> — Iran, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan
*''[[Misionella]]'' <small>Ramírez & Grismado, 1997</small> — Brazil, Argentina
*''[[Pholcoides]]'' <small>Roewer, 1960</small> — Afghanistan, Tajikistan, India
*''[[Pikelinia]]'' <small>Mello-Leitão, 1946</small> — South America
*''[[Pritha]]'' <small>Lehtinen, 1967</small> — Asia, Oceania, Africa, France
*''[[Sahastata]]'' <small>Benoit, 1968</small> — Asia, Eritrea
*''[[Tricalamus]]'' <small>Wang, 1987</small> — China, Japan, Afghanistan
*''[[Wandella]]'' <small>Gray, 1994</small> — Australia
*''[[Yardiella]]'' <small>Gray, 1994</small> — Australia
*''[[Zaitunia]]'' <small>Lehtinen, 1967</small> — Asia, Greece
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Kukulcaniahibernalis.JPG|''Kukulcania hibernalis'' male
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