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]
| Pycnothelidae | |
|---|---|
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| Acanthogonatus pissii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Clade: | Avicularioidea |
| Family: | Pycnothelidae Chamberlin,1917 |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 15 genera, 139 species | |
Genera edit
As of March 2022[update], the World Spider Catalog accepted the following genera:[1]
- 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
References edit
- ^ a b "Family: Pycnothelidae Chamberlin,1917". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
- ^ 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.