Pycnothelidae is a family of mygalomorph spiders first described in 1917. It was downgraded to a subfamily of the funnel-web trapdoor spiders in 1985, but returned to family status in 2020.
Distribution The majority of genera are found in South America, with two genera from East and southern Africa.
Genera
, this family includes fifteen genera and 144 species.
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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