Pycnothele Explained

Pycnothele is a genus of South American mygalomorph spiders in the family Pycnothelidae. First described by Ralph Vary Chamberlin in 1917,^[1] it was moved to the funnel-web trapdoor spiders in 1985, but moved back to Pycnothelidae in 2020.^[2] It is a senior synonym of Agersborgia and Androthelopsis.

Species

it contains 12 species, found in Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil:^[3]

• Pycnothele arapongas Passanha, Indicatti, Brescovit & Lucas, 2014 – Brazil
• Pycnothele araraquara Passanha, Indicatti, Brescovit & Lucas, 2014 – Brazil
• Pycnothele auripila (Mello-Leitão, 1946) – Uruguay
• Pycnothele auronitens (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil
• Pycnothele gauderio Passanha, Indicatti, Brescovit & Lucas, 2014 – Brazil
• Pycnothele gigas (Vellard, 1925) – Brazil
• Pycnothele jatai Passanha, Indicatti, Brescovit & Lucas, 2014 – Brazil
• Pycnothele labordai (Pérez-Miles, Costa & Montes de Oca, 2014) – Brazil, Uruguay
• Pycnothele modesta (Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1942) – Uruguay, Argentina
• Pycnothele perdita Chamberlin, 1917 (type) – Brazil
• Pycnothele rubra Passanha, Indicatti, Brescovit & Lucas, 2014 – Brazil
• Pycnothele singularis (Mello-Leitão, 1934) – Brazil

Formerly included:

• P. piracicabensis (Piza, 1938) (Transferred to Rachias)

See also

• List of Pycnothelidae species

Further reading

• Passanha. V.. etal. 2014. Revision of the spider genus Pycnothele (Araneae, Nemesiidae). Iheringia, Série Zoologia. 228–251. 104. 2. 10.1590/1678-476620141042228251. free.
• Bücherl. W.. 1957. Sôbre a importância dos bulbos copuladores e das apófises tibiais dos machos na sistemática das aranhas caranguejeiras (Orthognatha). Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 377–416. 29.

Notes and References

1. Chamberlin. R. V.. 1917. New spiders of the family Aviculariidae. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 25–75. 61. Ralph Vary Chamberlin.
2. Opatova. V.. etal. 2020. Phylogenetic systematics and evolution of the spider infraorder Mygalomorphae using genomic scale data. Systematic Biology. 69. 4. 701–702. 10.1093/sysbio/syz064. 31841157. free.
3. Gen. Pycnothele Chamberlin, 1917. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2020-07-11. 2020. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.