Family Tengellidae Dahl 1908

Tengellidae Dahl 1908: 194 .

Diagnosis: Tengellids differ from ctenids in having a canoe-shaped tapetum and the eyes in two recurved rows but the ALE are not set high near the eyes of the posterior row. They differ from pisaurids in having a retrocoxal hymen and from lycosids in having a retrolateral tibial apophysis on the male palp.

Distribution: USA, Mexico, Madagascar, Central America, New Zealand, Australia.