''Acanthogonatus'' is a

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of South American

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spiders in the family

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. Genera , the World Spider Catalog The World Spid ...

. It was first described by Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch in 1880. Originally placed with the brushed trapdoor spiders, it was transferred to the funnel-web trapdoor spiders in 1985, then to the Pycnothelidae in 2020.

Species

it contains thirty species, found in

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, and

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: *'' Acanthogonatus alegre'' Goloboff, 1995 –

*'' Acanthogonatus birabeni'' Goloboff, 1995 –

*'' Acanthogonatus brunneus'' (Nicolet, 1849) – Chile *'' Acanthogonatus campanae'' (Legendre & Calderón, 1984) – Chile *'' Acanthogonatus centralis'' Goloboff, 1995 – Argentina *'' Acanthogonatus chilechico'' Goloboff, 1995 – Chile *'' Acanthogonatus confusus'' Goloboff, 1995 – Chile, Argentina *'' Acanthogonatus ericae'' Indicatti, Lucas, Ott & Brescovit, 2008 –

*'' Acanthogonatus francki'' Karsch, 1880 (

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) – Chile *'' Acanthogonatus fuegianus'' (

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, 1902) – Chile, Argentina *'' Acanthogonatus hualpen'' Goloboff, 1995 – Chile *'' Acanthogonatus huaquen'' Goloboff, 1995 – Chile *'' Acanthogonatus incursus'' (

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, 1916) –

*'' Acanthogonatus juncal'' Goloboff, 1995 – Chile *'' Acanthogonatus minimus'' Indicatti, Folly-Ramos, Vargas, Lucas & Brescovit, 2015 – Brazil *'' Acanthogonatus mulchen'' Goloboff, 1995 – Chile *'' Acanthogonatus nahuelbuta'' Goloboff, 1995 – Chile *'' Acanthogonatus notatus'' ( Mello-Leitão, 1940) – Argentina *'' Acanthogonatus parana'' Goloboff, 1995 – Argentina *'' Acanthogonatus patagallina'' Goloboff, 1995 – Chile *'' Acanthogonatus patagonicus'' (Simon, 1905) – Chile, Argentina *'' Acanthogonatus peniasco'' Goloboff, 1995 – Chile *'' Acanthogonatus pissii'' (Simon, 1889) – Chile *'' Acanthogonatus quilocura'' Goloboff, 1995 – Chile *'' Acanthogonatus recinto'' Goloboff, 1995 – Chile *'' Acanthogonatus subcalpeianus'' (Nicolet, 1849) – Chile *'' Acanthogonatus tacuariensis'' (Pérez-Miles & Capocasale, 1982) – Brazil,

*'' Acanthogonatus tolhuaca'' Goloboff, 1995 – Chile *'' Acanthogonatus vilches'' Goloboff, 1995 – Chile *''

Acanthogonatus messii ''Acanthogonatus'' is a genus of South American Mygalomorphae, mygalomorph spiders in the family Pycnothelidae. It was first described by Ferdinand Karsch, Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch in 1880. Originally placed with the Barychelidae, brushed trap ...

'' Signorotto & Ferretti, 2023 Formerly included: *''A. argentina'' (Simon, 1897) (Transferred to ''

Stenoterommata ''Stenoterommata'' is a genus of South American araneomorph spiders in the family Pycnothelidae. It was first described by E. L. Holmberg in 1881. Originally placed with the Ctenizidae, it was transferred to the funnel-web trapdoor spiders in 198 ...

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*''A. gounellei'' (Simon, 1886

Species

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