The Filistatidae is represented by 18 genera and 189 species. Three genera are known to date from Africa namely Afrofilistata Benoit, 1968, Andoharano Lehtinen, 1967 and Pritha Lehtinen, 1967 but only one Andoharanosp. so far positively identified from South Africa. But several filistatid specimens have been sampled from South Africa but has yet to be named.