Mygalomorphs refer to a group of spiders with ancient characteristics such a parallel fangs that strike downwards (in contrast to the modern araneomorph spiders with fangs moving towards each other).
Worldwide about 2650 species are known (according to the world spider catalogue, Platnick 2007, see links).
In Australia, Platnick records 368 species within the following 9 families (the Australian genera and the numbers of Australian species are also indicated) :
