Pycnothelidae
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
- Afromygale Zonstein, 2020 – Kenya, Tanzania
- Pionothele Purcell, 1902 – South Africa, Namibia