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:
- Pycnothele arapongas <small>Passanha, Indicatti, Brescovit & Lucas, 2014</small> â Brazil
- Pycnothele araraquara <small>Passanha, Indicatti, Brescovit & Lucas, 2014</small> â Brazil
- Pycnothele auripila <small>(Mello-Leitão, 1946)</small> â Uruguay
- Pycnothele auronitens <small>(Keyserling, 1891)</small> â Brazil
- Pycnothele gauderio <small>Passanha, Indicatti, Brescovit & Lucas, 2014</small> â Brazil
- Pycnothele gigas <small>(Vellard, 1925)</small> â Brazil
- Pycnothele jatai <small>Passanha, Indicatti, Brescovit & Lucas, 2014</small> â Brazil
- Pycnothele labordai <small>(Pérez-Miles, Costa & Montes de Oca, 2014)</small> â Brazil, Uruguay
- Pycnothele modesta <small>(Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1942)</small> â Uruguay, Argentina
- Pycnothele perdita <small>Chamberlin, 1917</small> (type) â Brazil
- Pycnothele rubra <small>Passanha, Indicatti, Brescovit & Lucas, 2014</small> â Brazil
- Pycnothele singularis <small>(Mello-Leitão, 1934)</small> â Brazil
Formerly included:
- P. piracicabensis <small>(Piza, 1938)</small> (Transferred to Rachias)
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