Pycnothele
Genus of spiders
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Pycnothele is a genus of South American mygalomorph spiders in the family Pycnothelidae. First described by Ralph Vary Chamberlin in 1917,[5] it was moved to the funnel-web trapdoor spiders in 1985,[4] but moved back to Pycnothelidae in 2020.[6] It is a senior synonym of Agersborgia[2] and Androthelopsis.[3]
| Pycnothele | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Pycnothelidae |
| Genus: | Pycnothele Chamberlin, 1917[1] |
| Type species | |
| P. perdita Chamberlin, 1917 | |
| Species | |
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12, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Species
As of April 2022[update] it contains 12 species, found in Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil:[1]
- Pycnothele arapongas Passanha, Indicatti, Brescovit & Lucas, 2014 – Brazil
- Pycnothele araraquara Passanha, Indicatti, Brescovit & Lucas, 2014 – Brazil
- Pycnothele auripila (Mello-Leitão, 1946) – Uruguay
- Pycnothele auronitens (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil
- Pycnothele gauderio Passanha, Indicatti, Brescovit & Lucas, 2014 – Brazil
- Pycnothele gigas (Vellard, 1925) – Brazil
- Pycnothele jatai Passanha, Indicatti, Brescovit & Lucas, 2014 – Brazil
- Pycnothele labordai (Pérez-Miles, Costa & Montes de Oca, 2014) – Brazil, Uruguay
- Pycnothele modesta (Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1942) – Uruguay, Argentina
- Pycnothele perdita Chamberlin, 1917 (type) – Brazil
- Pycnothele rubra Passanha, Indicatti, Brescovit & Lucas, 2014 – Brazil
- Pycnothele singularis (Mello-Leitão, 1934) – Brazil
Formerly included:
- P. piracicabensis (Piza, 1938) (Transferred to Rachias)