This page lists all described genera and species of the spider family Desidae. As of April 2019^[update], the World Spider Catalog accepts 330 species in 60 genera:^[1]

Akatorea Forster & Wilton, 1973

• Akatorea gracilis (Marples, 1959) (type) — New Zealand
• Akatorea otagoensis Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand

Amphinecta Simon, 1898

• Amphinecta decemmaculata Simon, 1898 (type) — New Zealand
• Amphinecta dejecta Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Amphinecta luta Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Amphinecta mara Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Amphinecta milina Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Amphinecta mula Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Amphinecta pika Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Amphinecta pila Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Amphinecta puka Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Amphinecta tama Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Amphinecta tula Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand

Austmusia Gray, 1983

• Austmusia kioloa Gray, 1983 — Australia (New South Wales)
• Austmusia lindi Gray, 1983 — Australia (Victoria)
• Austmusia wilsoni Gray, 1983 (type) — Australia (New South Wales)

Badumna Thorell, 1890

• Badumna arguta (Simon, 1906) — Australia (Queensland)
• Badumna bimetallica (Hogg, 1896) — Central Australia
• Badumna blochmanni (Strand, 1907) — Australia (New South Wales)
• Badumna exilis Thorell, 1890 — Indonesia (Java)
• Badumna exsiccata (Strand, 1913) — Australia
• Badumna guttipes (Simon, 1906) — Australia (Victoria, Tasmania)
• Badumna hirsuta Thorell, 1890 (type) — Indonesia (Java)
• Badumna hygrophila (Simon, 1902) — Australia (Queensland)
• Badumna insignis (L. Koch, 1872) — Australia. Introducded to Japan, New Zealand
• Badumna javana (Strand, 1907) — Indonesia (Java)
• Badumna longinqua (L. Koch, 1867) — Eastern Australia. Introduced to USA, Mexico, Uruguay, Japan, New Zealand
• Badumna maculata (Rainbow, 1916) — Australia (Queensland)
• Badumna microps (Simon, 1908) — Australia (Western Australia)
• Badumna pilosa (Hogg, 1900) — Australia (Victoria)
• Badumna scalaris (L. Koch, 1872) — Australia (Queensland, central Australia)
• Badumna senilella (Strand, 1907) — Australia
• Badumna socialis (Rainbow, 1905) — Australia (New South Wales)
• Badumna tangae Zhu, Zhang & Yang, 2006 — China

Baiami Lehtinen, 1967

• Baiami brockmani Gray, 1981 — Australia (Western Australia)
• Baiami glenelgi Gray, 1981 — Australia (Victoria)
• Baiami loftyensis Gray, 1981 — Australia (South Australia)
• Baiami montana Gray, 1981 — Australia (Western Australia)
• Baiami stirlingi Gray, 1981 — Australia (Western Australia)
• Baiami storeniformis (Simon, 1908) — Australia (Western Australia)
• Baiami tegenarioides (Simon, 1908) — Australia (Western Australia)
• Baiami torbayensis Gray, 1981 — Australia (Western Australia)
• Baiami volucripes (Simon, 1908) (type) — Australia (Western Australia)

Bakala Davies, 1990

• Bakala episinoides Davies, 1990 (type) — Australia (Queensland)

Barahna Davies, 2003

• Barahna booloumba Davies, 2003 (type) — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
• Barahna brooyar Davies, 2003 — Australia (Queensland)
• Barahna glenelg Davies, 2003 — Australia (Victoria)
• Barahna myall Davies, 2003 — Australia (New South Wales)
• Barahna scoria Davies, 2003 — Australia (Queensland)
• Barahna taroom Davies, 2003 — Australia (Queensland)
• Barahna toonumbar Davies, 2003 — Australia (New South Wales)
• Barahna yeppoon Davies, 2003 — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)

Buyina Davies, 1998

• Buyina halifax Davies, 1998 (type) — Australia (Queensland)
• Buyina yeatesi Davies, 1998 — Australia (Queensland)

Calacadia Exline, 1960

• Calacadia ambigua (Nicolet, 1849) — Chile
• Calacadia chilensis Exline, 1960 (type) — Chile
• Calacadia dentifera (Tullgren, 1902) — Chile
• Calacadia livens (Simon, 1902) — Chile
• Calacadia osorno Exline, 1960 — Chile
• Calacadia radulifera (Simon, 1902) — Chile
• Calacadia rossi Exline, 1960 — Chile

Cambridgea L. Koch, 1872

• Cambridgea agrestis Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Cambridgea ambigua Blest & Vink, 2000 — New Zealand
• Cambridgea annulata Dalmas, 1917 — New Zealand (Chatham Is.)
• Cambridgea antipodiana (White, 1849) (type) — New Zealand
• Cambridgea arboricola (Urquhart, 1891) — New Zealand
• Cambridgea australis Blest & Vink, 2000 — New Zealand
• Cambridgea decorata Blest & Vink, 2000 — New Zealand
• Cambridgea elegans Blest & Vink, 2000 — New Zealand
• Cambridgea elongata Blest & Vink, 2000 — New Zealand
• Cambridgea fasciata L. Koch, 1872 — New Zealand
• Cambridgea foliata (L. Koch, 1872) — New Zealand
• Cambridgea inaequalis Blest & Vink, 2000 — New Zealand
• Cambridgea insulana Blest & Vink, 2000 — New Zealand
• Cambridgea longipes Blest & Vink, 2000 — New Zealand
• Cambridgea mercurialis Blest & Vink, 2000 — New Zealand
• Cambridgea obscura Blest & Vink, 2000 — New Zealand
• Cambridgea occidentalis Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Cambridgea ordishi Blest & Vink, 2000 — New Zealand
• Cambridgea pallidula Blest & Vink, 2000 — New Zealand
• Cambridgea peculiaris Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Cambridgea peelensis Blest & Vink, 2000 — New Zealand
• Cambridgea plagiata Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Cambridgea quadromaculata Blest & Taylor, 1995 — New Zealand
• Cambridgea ramsayi Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Cambridgea reinga Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Cambridgea secunda Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Cambridgea simoni Berland, 1924 — New Caledonia
• Cambridgea solanderensis Blest & Vink, 2000 — New Zealand
• Cambridgea sylvatica Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Cambridgea tuiae Blest & Vink, 2000 — New Zealand
• Cambridgea turbotti Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand

Canala Gray, 1992

• Canala longipes (Berland, 1924) — New Caledonia
• Canala magna (Berland, 1924) (type) — New Caledonia
• Canala poya Gray, 1992 — New Caledonia

Cicirra Simon, 1886

• Cicirra decemmaculata Simon, 1886 (type) — Australia (Tasmania)

Colcarteria Gray, 1992

• Colcarteria carrai Gray, 1992 (type) — Australia (New South Wales)
• Colcarteria kempseyi Gray, 1992 — Australia (New South Wales)
• Colcarteria yessabah Gray, 1992 — Australia (New South Wales)

Corasoides Butler, 1929

• Corasoides angusi Humphrey, 2017 — Papua New Guinea
• Corasoides australis Butler, 1929 (type) — Australia
• Corasoides cowanae Humphrey, 2017 — Papua New Guinea
• Corasoides motumae Humphrey, 2017 — Australia (New South Wales)
• Corasoides mouldsi Humphrey, 2017 — Australia (Queensland)
• Corasoides nebula Humphrey, 2017 — Papua New Guinea
• Corasoides nimbus Humphrey, 2017 — Papua New Guinea
• Corasoides occidentalis Humphrey, 2017 — Australia (Western Australia)
• Corasoides stellaris Humphrey, 2017 — Papua New Guinea
• Corasoides terania Humphrey, 2017 — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)

Cunnawarra Davies, 1998

• Cunnawarra cassisi Davies, 1998 — Australia (New South Wales)
• Cunnawarra grayi Davies, 1998 (type) — Australia (New South Wales)

Desis Walckenaer, 1837

• Desis bobmarleyi Baehr, Raven & Harms, 2017 — Australia (Queensland)
• Desis crosslandi Pocock, 1903 — Tanzania (Zanzibar), Madagascar, Comoros, Mayotte
• Desis formidabilis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1891) — South Africa
• Desis galapagoensis Hirst, 1925 — Ecuador (Galapagos Is.)
• Desis gardineri Pocock, 1904 — India (Laccadive Is.)
• Desis inermis Gravely, 1927 — India
• Desis japonica Yaginuma, 1956 — Japan
• Desis kenyonae Pocock, 1902 — Australia (Victoria, Tasmania)
• Desis marina (Hector, 1877) — New Caledonia, New Zealand (mainland, Chatham Is.)
• Desis martensi L. Koch, 1872 — Malaysia
• Desis maxillosa (Fabricius, 1793) (type) — New Guinea, New Caledonia
• Desis risbeci Berland, 1931 — New Caledonia
• Desis tangana Roewer, 1955 — East Africa
• Desis vorax L. Koch, 1872 — Samoa

Dunstanoides Forster & Wilton, 1989

• Dunstanoides angustiae (Marples, 1959) — New Zealand
• Dunstanoides hesperis (Forster & Wilton, 1973) (type) — New Zealand
• Dunstanoides hinawa (Forster & Wilton, 1973) — New Zealand
• Dunstanoides hova (Forster & Wilton, 1973) — New Zealand
• Dunstanoides kochi (Forster & Wilton, 1973) — New Zealand
• Dunstanoides mira (Forster & Wilton, 1973) — New Zealand
• Dunstanoides montana (Forster & Wilton, 1973) — New Zealand
• Dunstanoides nuntia (Marples, 1959) — New Zealand
• Dunstanoides salmoni (Forster & Wilton, 1973) — New Zealand

Epimecinus Simon, 1908

• Epimecinus alkirna Gray, 1973 — Australia (Western Australia)
• Epimecinus humilis Berland, 1924 — New Caledonia
• Epimecinus nexibilis (Simon, 1906) (type) — New Caledonia
• Epimecinus pullatus (Simon, 1906) — New Caledonia

Forsterina Lehtinen, 1967

• Forsterina alticola (Berland, 1924) — New Caledonia
• Forsterina annulipes (L. Koch, 1872) — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Lord Howe Is.)
• Forsterina armigera (Simon, 1908) — Australia (Western Australia)
• Forsterina cryphoeciformis (Simon, 1908) (type) — Australia (Western Australia)
• Forsterina koghiana Gray, 1992 — New Caledonia
• Forsterina segestrina (L. Koch, 1872) — Australia (New South Wales)
• Forsterina velifera (Simon, 1908) — Australia (Western Australia)
• Forsterina virgosa (Simon, 1908) — Australia (Western Australia)
• Forsterina vultuosa (Simon, 1908) — Australia (Western Australia)

Goyenia Forster, 1970

• Goyenia electa Forster, 1970 (type) — New Zealand
• Goyenia fresa Forster, 1970 — New Zealand
• Goyenia gratiosa Forster, 1970 — New Zealand
• Goyenia lucrosa Forster, 1970 — New Zealand
• Goyenia marplesi Forster, 1970 — New Zealand
• Goyenia multidentata Forster, 1970 — New Zealand
• Goyenia ornata Forster, 1970 — New Zealand
• Goyenia sana Forster, 1970 — New Zealand
• Goyenia scitula Forster, 1970 — New Zealand
• Goyenia sylvatica Forster, 1970 — New Zealand

Helsonia Forster, 1970

• Helsonia plata Forster, 1970 (type) — New Zealand

Holomamoea Forster & Wilton, 1973

• Holomamoea foveata Forster & Wilton, 1973 (type) — New Zealand

Huara Forster, 1964

• Huara antarctica (Berland, 1931) (type) — New Zealand (Auckland Is.)
• Huara chapmanae Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Huara decorata Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Huara dolosa Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Huara grossa Forster, 1964 — New Zealand (Auckland Is.)
• Huara hastata Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Huara inflata Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Huara kikkawa Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Huara marplesi Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Huara mura Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Huara ovalis (Hogg, 1909) — New Zealand (Snares Is.)
• Huara pudica Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand

Ischalea L. Koch, 1872

• Ischalea incerta (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877) — Madagascar
• Ischalea longiceps Simon, 1898 — Mauritius
• Ischalea spinipes L. Koch, 1872 (type) — New Zealand

Jalkaraburra Davies, 1998

• Jalkaraburra alta Davies, 1998 (type) — Australia (Queensland)

Keera Davies, 1998

• Keera longipalpis Davies, 1998 (type) — Australia (New South Wales)

Lathyarcha Simon, 1908

• Lathyarcha cinctipes (Simon, 1906) — Australia (Victoria)
• Lathyarcha inornata (L. Koch, 1872) — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
• Lathyarcha tetrica Simon, 1908 (type) — Australia (Western Australia)

Magua Davies, 1998

• Magua wiangaree Davies, 1998 (type) — Australia (New South Wales)

Makora Forster & Wilton, 1973

• Makora calypso (Marples, 1959) — New Zealand
• Makora detrita Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Makora diversa Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Makora figurata Forster & Wilton, 1973 (type) — New Zealand
• Makora mimica Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand

Mamoea Forster & Wilton, 1973

• Mamoea assimilis Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Mamoea bicolor (Bryant, 1935) — New Zealand
• Mamoea cantuaria Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Mamoea cooki Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Mamoea florae Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Mamoea grandiosa Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Mamoea hesperis Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Mamoea hughsoni Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Mamoea inornata Forster & Wilson, 1973 — New Zealand
• Mamoea mandibularis (Bryant, 1935) — New Zealand
• Mamoea maorica Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Mamoea montana Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Mamoea monticola Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Mamoea otira Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Mamoea pilosa (Bryant, 1935) — New Zealand
• Mamoea rakiura Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Mamoea rufa (Berland, 1931) (type) — New Zealand (Campbell Is.)
• Mamoea unica Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Mamoea westlandica Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand

Mangareia Forster, 1970

• Mangareia maculata Forster, 1970 (type) — New Zealand
• Mangareia motu Forster, 1970 — New Zealand

Maniho Marples, 1959

• Maniho australis Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Maniho cantuarius Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Maniho centralis Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Maniho insulanus Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Maniho meridionalis Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Maniho ngaitahu Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Maniho otagoensis Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Maniho pumilio Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Maniho tigris Marples, 1959 (type) — New Zealand
• Maniho vulgaris Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand

Manjala Davies, 1990

• Manjala pallida Davies, 1990 — Australia (Queensland)
• Manjala plana Davies, 1990 (type) — Australia (Queensland)
• Manjala spinosa Davies, 1990 — Australia (Queensland)

Matachia Dalmas, 1917

• Matachia australis Forster, 1970 — New Zealand
• Matachia livor (Urquhart, 1893) — New Zealand
• Matachia marplesi Forster, 1970 — New Zealand
• Matachia ramulicola Dalmas, 1917 (type) — New Zealand
• Matachia similis Forster, 1970 — New Zealand

Mesudus Özdikmen, 2007

• Mesudus frondosus (Forster, 1970) — New Zealand
• Mesudus setosus (Forster, 1970) — New Zealand
• Mesudus solitarius (Forster, 1970) (type) — New Zealand

Metaltella Mello-Leitão, 1931

• Metaltella arcoiris (Mello-Leitão, 1943) — Chile
• Metaltella iheringi (Keyserling, 1891) (type) — Brazil, Argentina
• Metaltella imitans (Mello-Leitão, 1940) — Argentina
• Metaltella rorulenta (Nicolet, 1849) — Peru, Chile, Argentina
• Metaltella simoni (Keyserling, 1878) — Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina. Introduced to USA, Canada
• Metaltella tigrina (Mello-Leitão, 1943) — Argentina

Namandia Lehtinen, 1967

• Namandia periscelis (Simon, 1903) (type) — Australia (Tasmania)

Nanocambridgea Forster & Wilton, 1973

• Nanocambridgea gracilipes Forster & Wilton, 1973 (type) — New Zealand

Neororea Forster & Wilton, 1973

• Neororea homerica Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Neororea sorenseni (Forster, 1955) (type) — New Zealand (Auckland Is.)

Notomatachia Forster, 1970

• Notomatachia cantuaria Forster, 1970 — New Zealand
• Notomatachia hirsuta (Marples, 1962) (type) — New Zealand
• Notomatachia wiltoni Forster, 1970 — New Zealand

Nuisiana Forster & Wilton, 1973

• Nuisiana arboris (Marples, 1959) (type) — New Zealand

Oparara Forster & Wilton, 1973

• Oparara karamea Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Oparara vallus (Marples, 1959) (type) — New Zealand

Panoa Forster, 1970

• Panoa contorta Forster, 1970 (type) — New Zealand
• Panoa fiordensis Forster, 1970 — New Zealand
• Panoa mora Forster, 1970 — New Zealand
• Panoa tapanuiensis Forster, 1970 — New Zealand

Paramamoea Forster & Wilton, 1973

• Paramamoea aquilonalis Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Paramamoea arawa Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Paramamoea incerta Forster & Wilton, 1973 (type) — New Zealand
• Paramamoea incertoides Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Paramamoea insulana Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Paramamoea pandora Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Paramamoea paradisica Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Paramamoea parva Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Paramamoea urewera Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Paramamoea waipoua Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand

Paramatachia Dalmas, 1918

• Paramatachia ashtonensis Marples, 1962 — Australia (New South Wales)
• Paramatachia cataracta Marples, 1962 — Australia (New South Wales)
• Paramatachia decorata Dalmas, 1918 (type) — Australia (Queensland)
• Paramatachia media Marples, 1962 — Australia (Victoria)
• Paramatachia tubicola (Hickman, 1950) — Australia (South Australia, Tasmania)

Penaoola Davies, 1998

• Penaoola algida Davies, 1998 (type) — Australia (South Australia)
• Penaoola madida Davies, 1998 — Australia (South Australia)

Phryganoporus Simon, 1908

• Phryganoporus candidus (L. Koch, 1872) (type) — Australia (mainland, Norfolk Is.)
• Phryganoporus davidleei Gray, 2002 — Australia (Western Australia, South Australia)
• Phryganoporus melanopygus Gray, 2002 — Australia (Western Australia)
• Phryganoporus nigrinus Simon, 1908 — Australia (Western Australia to Queensland)
• Phryganoporus vandiemeni (Gray, 1983) — Australia (Victoria, Tasmania)

Pitonga Davies, 1984

• Pitonga woolowa Davies, 1984 (type) — Northern Australia

Poaka Forster & Wilton, 1973

• Poaka graminicola Forster & Wilton, 1973 (type) — New Zealand

Porteria Simon, 1904

• Porteria albopunctata Simon, 1904 (type) — Chile

Quemusia Davies, 1998

• Quemusia aquilonia Davies, 1998 (type) — Australia (Queensland)
• Quemusia austrina Davies, 1998 — Australia (Queensland)
• Quemusia cordillera Davies, 1998 — Australia (New South Wales)
• Quemusia raveni Davies, 1998 — Australia (Queensland)

Rangitata Forster & Wilton, 1973

• Rangitata peelensis Forster & Wilton, 1973 (type) — New Zealand

Rapua Forster, 1970

• Rapua australis Forster, 1970 (type) — New Zealand

Reinga Forster & Wilton, 1973

• Reinga apica Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Reinga aucklandensis (Marples, 1959) — New Zealand
• Reinga grossa Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Reinga media Forster & Wilton, 1973 (type) — New Zealand
• Reinga waipoua Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand

Rorea Forster & Wilton, 1973

• Rorea aucklandensis Forster & Wilton, 1973 (type) — New Zealand (Auckland Is.)
• Rorea otagoensis Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand

Syrorisa Simon, 1908

• Syrorisa misella (Simon, 1906) (type) — New Caledonia, Australia (Western Australia)

Tanganoides Davies, 2005

• Tanganoides acutus (Davies, 2003) — Australia (Tasmania)
• Tanganoides clarkei (Davies, 2003) — Australia (Tasmania)
• Tanganoides collinus (Davies, 2003) — Australia (Tasmania)
• Tanganoides greeni (Davies, 2003) (type) — Australia (Tasmania)
• Tanganoides harveyi (Davies, 2003) — Australia (Victoria)
• Tanganoides mcpartlan (Davies, 2003) — Australia (Tasmania)

Taurongia Hogg, 1901

• Taurongia ambigua Gray, 2005 — Australia (Victoria)
• Taurongia punctata (Hogg, 1900) (type) — Australia (Victoria)

Tuakana Forster, 1970

• Tuakana mirada Forster, 1970 — New Zealand
• Tuakana wiltoni Forster, 1970 (type) — New Zealand

Waterea Forster & Wilton, 1973

• Waterea cornigera Forster & Wilton, 1973 (type) — New Zealand