Pycnothelidae Explained

Pycnothelidae is a family of mygalomorph spiders first described in 1917.^[1] It was downgraded to a subfamily of the funnel-web trapdoor spiders in 1985,^[2] but returned to family status in 2020.^[3]

Genera

, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following genera:^[4]

• Acanthogonatus Karsch, 1880 – South America
• Afromygale Zonstein, 2020
• Chaco Tullgren, 1905 — Argentina, Uruguay, Chile
• Chilelopsis Goloboff, 1995 — Chile
• Longistylus Indicatti & Lucas, 2005 — Brazil
• Lycinus Thorell, 1894 — Chile, Argentina, Brazil
• Pionothele Purcell, 1902 – South Africa, Namibia
• Prorachias Mello-Leitão, 1924 — Brazil
• Psalistopoides Mello-Leitão, 1934 — Brazil
• Pselligmus Simon, 1892 — Brazil
• Pycnothele Chamberlin, 1917 – Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina
• Rachias Simon, 1892 — Brazil, Argentina Pycnothelidae
• Stanwellia Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918 – Australia, New Zealand
• Stenoterommata Holmberg, 1881 – Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina
• Xenonemesia Goloboff, 1989 — South America

Notes and References

1. Chamberlin. R. V.. 1917. New spiders of the family Aviculariidae. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 61. 25–75. Ralph Vary Chamberlin.
2. Raven. R. J.. 1985. The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182. 86. Robert Raven.
3. 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.
4. Web site: Family: Pycnothelidae Chamberlin,1917 . 2023-12-13 . World Spider Catalog . Natural History Museum Bern.