''Rachias'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
spider
Spiders (order (biology), order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight limbs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude spider silk, silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and ran ...
s 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 ...
, found in Brazil and Argentina.
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Species
, the World Spider Catalog
The World Spider Catalog (WSC) is an online searchable database concerned with spider taxonomy. It aims to list all accepted families, genera and species, as well as provide access to the related taxonomic literature.
The WSC began as a series of ...
accepted 11 species:[
*'' Rachias aureus'' (Mello-Leitão, 1920) – Brazil
*'' Rachias brachythelus'' (Mello-Leitão, 1937) – Brazil
*'' Rachias caudatus'' (Piza, 1939) – Brazil
*'' Rachias conspersus'' (Walckenaer, 1837) – Brazil
*'' Rachias dispar'' (Simon, 1891) (]type species
In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the spe ...
) – Brazil
*'' Rachias dolichosternus'' (Mello-Leitão, 1938) – Brazil
*'' Rachias iricolor'' (Mello-Leitão, 1923) – Brazil
*'' Rachias odontochilus'' Mello-Leitão, 1923 – Brazil
*'' Rachias piracicabensis'' Piza, 1938 – Brazil
*'' Rachias timbo'' Goloboff, 1995 – Argentina
*'' Rachias virgatus'' Vellard, 1924 – Brazil
References
Pycnothelidae
Mygalomorphae genera
Spiders of Brazil
Spiders of Argentina
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