Pycnothelidae
Family of spiders
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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]
| Pycnothelidae | |
|---|---|
| |
| Acanthogonatus pissii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Clade: | Avicularioidea |
| Family: | Pycnothelidae Chamberlin, 1917 |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 15 genera, 144 species | |
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| blue: reported countries (WSC) green: observation hotspots (iNaturalist) | |
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 January 2026[update], this family includes fifteen genera and 144 species.[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
