''Pycnothele'' is a

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of South American mygalomorph 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 accepted the foll ...

. 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

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, and

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: *'' Pycnothele arapongas'' Passanha, Indicatti, Brescovit & Lucas, 2014 –

*'' Pycnothele araraquara'' Passanha, Indicatti, Brescovit & Lucas, 2014 – Brazil *'' Pycnothele auripila'' ( Mello-Leitão, 1946) –

*'' Pycnothele auronitens'' ( Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil *'' Pycnothele gauderio'' Passanha, Indicatti, Brescovit & Lucas, 2014 – Brazil *'' Pycnothele gigas'' (Vellard, 1925) – Brazil *'' Pycnothele jatai'' Passanha, Indicatti, Brescovit & Lucas, 2014 – Brazil *'' Pycnothele labordai'' (Pérez-Miles, Costa & Montes de Oca, 2014) – Brazil, Uruguay *'' Pycnothele modesta'' (Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1942) – Uruguay,

*'' Pycnothele perdita'' Chamberlin, 1917 (

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) – Brazil *'' Pycnothele rubra'' Passanha, Indicatti, Brescovit & Lucas, 2014 – Brazil *'' Pycnothele singularis'' (Mello-Leitão, 1934) – Brazil Formerly included: *''P. piracicabensis'' (Piza, 1938) (Transferred to ''

Rachias ''Rachias'' is a genus of spiders in the family Nemesiidae, found in Brazil and Argentina. Species , the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species: *'' Rachias aureus'' (Mello-Leitão, 1920) – Brazil *'' Rachias brachythelus'' (Mel ...

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