Scytodoidea

Scytodoidea
Scytodes thoracica, Scytodidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Informal group:	Haplogynae
Superfamily:	Scytodoidea Blackwall, 1864
Families
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Scytodoidea is a taxon of araneomorph spiders, at the rank of superfamily. It contains four families:

The monophyly of the group has been confirmed in morphological studies. One hypothesis for the relationships of the four families is shown in the following cladogram:

Sicariidae

Scytodidae

Periegopidae

Drymusidae

Earlier studies agree in placing the Sicariidae as the most basal family, but reverse the positions of Drymusidae and Scytodidae. Scytodoidea is placed within the haplogyne clade of araneomorph spiders, as one of the more derived clades.

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