Abstract
The Thomisidae and the Philodromidae are not closely related to each other. The family Philodromidae is the sister group of the Sparassidae (=Heteropodidae), the Thomisidae of the Lycosoidea. The diagnostic characters are listed and evaluated. Aa = autapomorphous character; Pl = plesiomorphous character in regard to all spiders, but the listed characters are considered diagnostic for the two taxa; Sa = synapomorphous characters of the Philodromidae with the Sparassidae; La = synapomorphous characters of the Thomisidae with the Lycosidae.
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