We relimit and revise the family Selenopidae to include four new genera and 27 new species from Australia and the Oriental Region. The family is redefined, as are the genera Anyphops Benoit, Garcorops Corronca, Hovops Benoit, Selenops Latreille, and Siamspinops Dankittipakul & Corronca, to accommodate the new genera and to correct previous inconsistencies in the diagnoses and definitions of the aforementioned genera. The species of Selenops that occur throughout India and China are also reviewed. Three species occur in China: S. bursarius Karsch 1879, also known from Japan, Korea and Taiwan, S. ollarius Zhu, Sha, & Chen 1990, and S. radiatus Latreille 1819, the type of the genus and most widespread selenopid. Selenops cordatus Zhu, Sha & Chen syn. n. is recognized as a junior synonym of S. radiatus. Amamanganops gen. n. is monotypic, with A. baginawa sp. n. (♀; from the Philippines). Godumops gen. n. is monotypic, with G. caritus sp. n. (♂; from Papua New Guinea). Karaops gen. n. occurs throughout Australia and includes 24 species. A new combination is proposed for K. australiensis (L. Koch 1875) comb. n. (ex. Selenops), and the new species: K. gangarie sp. n. (♀, ♂), K. monteithi sp. n. (♀), K. alanlongbottomi sp. n. (♂), K. keithlongbottomi sp. n. (♂), K. larryoo sp. n. (♂), K. jarrit sp. n. (♂,♀), K. marrayagong sp. n. (♀), K. raveni sp. n. (♂,♀), K. badgeradda sp. n. (♀), K. burbidgei sp. n. (♂,♀), K. karrawarla sp. n. (♂,♀), K. julianneae sp. n. (♀), K. martamarta sp. n. (♀), K. manaayn sp. n. (♀, ♂), K. vadlaadambara sp. n. (♀, ♂), K. pilkingtoni sp. n. (♀, ♂), K. deserticola sp. n. (♀), K. ngarutjaranya sp. n. (♂,♀), K. francesae sp. n. (♂,♀), K. toolbrunup sp. n. (♀, ♂), the type species K. ellenae sp. n. (♂,♀), K. jenniferae sp. n. (♀), and K. dawara sp. n. (♀). The genus Makdiops gen. n. contains five species from India and Nepal. A new combination is proposed for M. agumbensis (Tikader 1969), comb. n., M. montigenus (Simon 1889), comb. n., M. nilgirensis (Reimoser 1934) comb. n., (ex. Selenops). Also, there are two new species the type of the genus M. mahishasura sp. n. (♀; from India), and M. shiva sp. n. (♀). The genus Pakawops gen. n. is monotypic. A new combination is proposed for P. formosanus (Kayashima 1943) comb. n. (ex. Selenops), known only from Taiwan. A new combination is proposed for Siamspinops aculeatus (Simon) comb. n. (ex. Selenops). The distribution and diversity of the studied selenopid fauna is discussed. Finally, keys are provided to all of the selenopid genera and to the species of Karaops gen. n. and Makdiops gen. n.