Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Arthropoda - (Class) Arachnida - (Order) Araneida

Current position

Pholcoidea (Superfamily) Koch, 1851

Ref: J. Wunderlich, 2020: 109.

Alternative positions

Araneae (Order) Clerck, 1757	Ref: Species 2000, 2001-present: 27 Jun 2024; CoL(27 Jun 2024).
Entelegynae ([unranked]) Simon, 1893
Haplogynae ([unranked])	Ref: J.A. Coddington et al., 2004: fig. 18.3.
lost tracheae clade ([unranked])	Ref: J.A. Dunlop et al., 2023: 154; Kulkarni et al., 2023: fig. 4a.

Historical positions

Lost Tracheae clade ([unranked])	Ref: S. Kulkarni et al., 2023: fig. 4a.
Lost Trachea Clade ([unranked])	Ref: J.A. Dunlop et al., 2023: 154.
Pholcoidea (Superfamily) Koch, 1851	Ref: J. Wunderlich, 2020: 56, 63 (key), 109.
Pholcoidea (Superfamily) Koch, 1851	Ref: J. Wunderlich, 2019: 13, 23. [rough position] [inferred]
Haplogynae ([unranked])	Ref: J.A. Coddington et al., 2004: fig. 18.3.
Pholcoidea (Superfamily) Koch, 1851	Ref: H.W. Levi, 1982: 83.
Pholciformia (Superfamily)	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	97g;1015s;4ss; †2g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 10 Jan 2025	[97g; †2g]
2024a	WSCA: 4 Jul 2024	97g;1978s
2023	J.A. Dunlop et al.: 155	[; †2g]
2013	N.I. Platnick: 13 Dec 2012	90g;1330s
2011	N.I. Platnick: 21 Jun 2011	84g;1122s
2011	N.I. Platnick: 29 Dec 2010	84g;1111s
2010	N.I. Platnick: 16 Dec 2009	84g;1052[1050]s;[4ss]
2009	N.I. Platnick: 5 Jul 2009	80g;1038s
1982	H.W. Levi	35g300-350s