Pycnothelidae

Pycnothelidae
	Acanthogonatus pissii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Clade:	Avicularioidea
Family:	Pycnothelidae; Chamberlin,1917
Diversity
	15 genera, 139 species

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]

Genera

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

^ ^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.

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[NMBE-1] "Family: Pycnothelidae Chamberlin,1917". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2023-12-13.

[Cham1917-2] Chamberlin, R. V. (1917). "New spiders of the family Aviculariidae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 61: 25–75.

[Rave1985-3] Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182: 86.

[Opat2020-4] 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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