| Pycnothelidae | |
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| Acanthogonatus pissii | |
| Scientific classification 👁 Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Clade: | Avicularioidea |
| Family: | Chamberlin, 1917 |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 15 genera, 144 species | |
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| blue: reported countries (WSC) green: observation hotspots (iNaturalist) | |
Pycnothelidae is a family of mygalomorph spiders first described in 1917.[2] It was downgraded to a subfamily of the funnel-web trapdoor spiders in 1985,[3] but returned to family status in 2020.[4]
Distribution
[edit]The majority of genera are found in South America, with two genera from East and southern Africa.
Genera
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captive Acanthognatus francki
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Pycnothele rubra from Brazil
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Stanwellia sp. from Australia
As of January 2026[update], this family includes fifteen genera and 144 species.[1]
South American genera:
- Acanthogonatus Karsch, 1880 – Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Uruguay
- Chaco Tullgren, 1905 – Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay
- Chilelopsis Goloboff, 1995 – Chile
- Longistylus Indicatti & Lucas, 2005 – Brazil
- Lycinus Thorell, 1894 – Argentina, Brazil, Chile
- Prorachias Mello-Leitão, 1924 – Brazil
- Psalistopoides Mello-Leitão, 1934 – Brazil
- Pselligmus Simon, 1892 – Brazil
- Pycnothele Chamberlin, 1917 – Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay
- Rachias Simon, 1892 – Argentina, Brazil
- Stanwellia Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918 – Australia, New Zealand
- Stenoterommata Holmberg, 1881 – Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay
- Xenonemesia Goloboff, 1989 – Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay
African genera:
- Afromygale Zonstein, 2020 – Kenya, Tanzania
- Pionothele Purcell, 1902 – South Africa, Namibia
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Family Pycnothelidae Chamberlin, 1917". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2026-01-22.
- ^ Chamberlin, R. V. (1917). "New spiders of the family Aviculariidae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 61: 25–75.
- ^ Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182: 86.
- ^ Opatova, V.; et al. (2020). "Phylogenetic systematics and evolution of the spider infraorder Mygalomorphae using genomic scale data". Systematic Biology. 69 (4): 701–702. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syz064. PMID 31841157.
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