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Pycnothelidae
Family of spiders From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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Distribution
The majority of genera are found in South America, with two genera from East and southern Africa.
Genera
- captive Acanthognatus francki
- Pycnothele rubra from Brazil
- Stanwellia sp. from Australia
- S. platensis
As of September 2025[update], this family includes fifteen genera.[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
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References
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