Large to extremely large (8–30mm or more) (Figs 1-6).

Northern Territory, Western Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, New Guinea (Fig. 7).

Tropical rainforest, temperate rainforest, open eucalyptus forest, semi-arid areas, desert, intertidal or littoral.

four. PLS segments equal in length; apical segment digitiform.

Caput of females gently raised, higher than thoracic portion; fovea more or less straight.

Eyes eight eyes; group tiny, about 0.3 of headwidth; two rows; rows equal in width; on tubercle.

Chelicerae fangs longitudinal; stridulatory lyra between maxillae and chelicerae (Figs 8-9) or absent; retromargin without teeth; middle row of teeth distinct; intercheliceral tumescence in male absent; rastellum absent.

Maxillae (Figs 8-9) longer than wide; anterior lobe well defined, conical; serrula absent; cuspules numerous, dense, clustered at anterior inner corner.

Labium (Fig. 9) about as wide as long. Cuspules in female numerous, dense; in broad group.

Sternum shield-shaped; with three pairs of sigilla.

Preening combs on metatarsi absent; tarsi with large clavate trichobothria for length.

Claws two; paired claws in female bare; with dense tufts.

Scopula In females, dense on all pedal tarsi and metatarsi.

Cymbium with scopula.

Coremiocnemis, Phlogiellus, Phlogius, Selenotholus, Selenotypus.