The subfamily Stromatopelminae was first proposed by
Günter Schmidt in 1993. The genera he included had been placed in the subfamily
Eumenophorinae by Raven in 1985. Schmidt excluded them as they did not have the typical stridulating organ on the
coxa and
trochanter of the
palps and legs which are present in Eumenophorinae. The subfamily was recovered as
monophyletic in both a 2018 and a 2019 study, sister to the subfamily
Harpactirinae.
Genera Schmidt included two genera, both found in tropical West and Central Africa. Both genera were included in the 2019 study that found the subfamily to be monophyletic. •
Heteroscodra Pocock, 1899 •
Stromatopelma Karsch, 1881 Gallon in 2005 also placed the monotypic genus
Encyocratella in the subfamily. The genus was not found to be part of the subfamily in a 2018 Master's dissertation, which treated it as
incertae sedis as regards subfamily. It was not included in the 2018 and 2019 studies which found the subfamily to be monophyletic. == Distribution and habitat ==