Cladogram
Araneae (spiders): 100 familiesOpisthothelae (6 spinnerets): 99 familiesAraneomorphae (anterior spinnerets replaced by colulus/cribellum; chelicerae diaxial; neocribellate): 84 familiesNeocribellate (): 83 families (): 2 familiesAraneoclada (): 81 families