Cette famille a été décrite par Ellingsen en 1906.
Publication originale
Ellingsen, 1906: «Report on the pseudoscorpions of the Guinea Coast (Africa) collected by Leonardo Fea.» Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, sér.3, vol.2, p.243-265.
↑Kolesnikov, Turbanov, Eskov, Propistsova & Bashkuev, 2022: «First non-amber Mesozoic pseudoscorpion from Upper Triassic deposits of eastern Europe, with a description of two new fossil subfamilies (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpiones, Feaellidae).» Papers in Palaeontology, vol.8, no5, e1466 p.1–14.
↑Lorenz, Loria, Harvey & Harms, 2022: «The Hercules pseudoscorpions from Madagascar: A systematic study of Feaellidae (Pseudoscorpiones: Feaelloidea) highlights regional endemism and diversity in one of the “hottest” biodiversity hotspots.» Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny, vol.80, p.649-691.