Pycnothelidae

Family of spiders

Pycnothelidae
Acanthogonatus pissii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Clade: Avicularioidea
Family: Pycnothelidae
Chamberlin,1917
Diversity[1]
15 genera, 139 species

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]

Genera

As of March 2022[update], the World Spider Catalog accepted the following genera:[1]

  • Acanthogonatus Karsch, 1880 – South America
  • Afromygale Zonstein, 2020
  • Chaco Tullgren, 1905 — Argentina, Uruguay, Chile
  • Chilelopsis Goloboff, 1995 — Chile
  • Longistylus Indicatti & Lucas, 2005 — Brazil
  • Lycinus Thorell, 1894 — Chile, Argentina, Brazil
  • Pionothele Purcell, 1902 – South Africa, Namibia
  • Prorachias Mello-Leitão, 1924 — Brazil
  • Psalistopoides Mello-Leitão, 1934 — Brazil
  • Pselligmus Simon, 1892 — Brazil
  • Pycnothele Chamberlin, 1917 – Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina
  • Rachias Simon, 1892 — Brazil, Argentina Pycnothelidae
  • Stanwellia Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918 – Australia, New Zealand
  • Stenoterommata Holmberg, 1881 – Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina
  • Xenonemesia Goloboff, 1989 — South America

References

  1. ^ a b "Family: Pycnothelidae Chamberlin,1917". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
  2. ^ Chamberlin, R. V. (1917). "New spiders of the family Aviculariidae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 61: 25–75.
  3. ^ Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182: 86.
  4. ^ Opatova, V.; et al. (2020). "Phylogenetic systematics and evolution of the spider infraorder Mygalomorphae using genomic scale data". Systematic Biology. 69 (4): 701–702. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syz064. PMID 31841157.
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Extant Araneae families
Suborder Mesothelae
  • Liphistiidae (segmented spiders)
  • Heptathelidae (segmented spiders)
Suborder Opisthothelae
Mygalomorphae
  • Actinopodidae (mouse spiders and relatives)
  • Antrodiaetidae (folding trapdoor spiders)
  • Atracidae (Australian funnel-web spiders)
  • Atypidae (atypical tarantulas or purseweb spiders)
  • Barychelidae (brushed trapdoor spiders)
  • Ctenizidae (cork-lid trapdoor spiders)
  • Cyrtaucheniidae (wafer trapdoor spiders)
  • Dipluridae (funnel-web tarantulas)
  • Euctenizidae
  • Halonoproctidae
  • Hexathelidae (funnel-webs or venomous funnel-web tarantulas)
  • Idiopidae
  • Macrothelidae
  • Mecicobothriidae (dwarf tarantulas)
  • Microstigmatidae
  • Migidae (tree trapdoor spiders)
  • Nemesiidae (funnel-web tarantulas)
  • Paratropididae (bald-legged spiders)
  • Porrhothelidae
  • Theraphosidae (true tarantulas)
Araneomorphae
Non-entelegynes
  • Archaeidae (pelican spiders)
  • Austrochilidae
  • Caponiidae
  • Diguetidae (coneweb spiders)
  • Drymusidae (false violin spiders)
  • Dysderidae (woodlouse hunters)
  • Filistatidae (crevice weaver spiders)
  • Gradungulidae (large-clawed spiders)
  • Huttoniidae
  • Hypochilidae (lampshade spiders)
  • Leptonetidae
  • Mecysmaucheniidae
  • Ochyroceratidae (midget ground weavers)
  • Oonopidae (goblin spiders)
  • Orsolobidae
  • Pacullidae
  • Palpimanidae (palp-footed spiders)
  • Periegopidae
  • Pholcidae (cellar spiders)
  • Plectreuridae
  • Scytodidae (spitting spiders)
  • Segestriidae (tube-dwelling spiders)
  • Sicariidae (violin spiders, assassin spiders)
  • Stenochilidae
  • Telemidae (long-legged cave spiders)
  • Tetrablemmidae (armored spiders)
  • Trogloraptoridae (Trogloraptor marchingtoni)
Entelegynae
Taxon identifiers
Pycnothelidae
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