Family: Pycnothelidae Chamberlin,1917 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0141] Back

Gen. Pycnothele Chamberlin , 1917 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00131 ]
N.B.: transferred from Pycnothelidae to Nemesiidae (Pycnothenidae) by Raven, 1985a: 79 and back by revalidation of the family by Opatova et al., 2020: 701; considered a senior synonym of Agersborgia Strand, 1936 (transferred from Barychelidae to Pycnothelidae) by Lucas & Bücherl, 1973: 241 and of Androthelopsis Mello-Leitão, 1934 (transferred from Barychelidae to Pycnothelidae by Lucas & Bücherl, 1973: 239, and itself considered a senior synonym of Pycnothelopsis Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1942: 319, type P. modesta Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1942 by Raven, 1985a: 101) by Pérez-Miles & Capocasale, 1989: 288.
Status: accepted
Last updated
2020-06-22
Described in
Chamberlin, 1917: 26 (type Pycnothele perdita Chamberlin, 1917; gender feminine)
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Species counts
Counts Status
10accepted
1synonym
Reference

Chamberlin, R. V. (1917). New spiders of the family Aviculariidae. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 61: 25-75. download pdf

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Date Type Reference Detail
2020-06-18 Genus transferred to other family Opatova et al., 2020 Pycnothele Chamberlin, 1917 transferred to Pycnothelidae