Biology:Pycnothelidae
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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]
Distribution
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 -
Pycnothele rubra from Brazil -
Stanwellia sp. from Australia -
S. platensis
As of September 2025[update], this family includes fifteen genera.[4]
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
- ↑ 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. (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.
- ↑ "Family Pycnothelidae". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. https://wsc.nmbe.ch/family/138. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
External links
Template:Araneae Wikidata ☰ Q33135676 entry
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