Pycnothele


Pycnothele is a genus of South American mygalomorph spiders in the family Pycnothelidae. First described by Ralph Vary Chamberlin in 1917, it was moved to the funnel-web trapdoor spiders in 1985, but moved back to Pycnothelidae in 2020. It is a senior synonym of Agersborgia and Androthelopsis.

Species

it contains 12 species, found in Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil:
Formerly included:
  • ''P. piracicabensis''