World Spider Catalog

Pycnothelidae Chamberlin, 1917

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: downgraded to a subfamily of Nemesiidae by Raven, 1985a: 79 and revalidated by Opatova et al., 2020: 701; redefined and transfer of 12 genera from Nemesiidae by Montes de Oca et al., 2022: 11; furthermore Montes de Oca et al., 2022: 14 define five subfamilies: Pycnothelinae, Diplothelopsinae Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1967, Pionothelinae Indicatti, Montes de Oca, Opatova, Almeida, Pérez-Miles & Bond, 2022 (new subfamily), Prorachiinae Indicatti, Montes de Oca, Opatova, Almeida, Pérez-Miles, Bond, 2022 (new subfamily) and Pselligminae Mello-Leitão, 1923 (elevated from tribe).

Gen. Chaco Tullgren, 1905 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00109

N.B.: transferred from the Barychelidae to the Ctenizidae by Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1965a: 377 and to the Nemesiidae by Raven, 1985a: 103; placed in the Nemesiidae (Pycnothelinae) by Raven, 1985a: 47, but not included in Pycnothelidae by Opatova et al., 2020: 701; transferred to the Pycnothelidae by Montes de Oca et al., 2022: 11; considered a senior synonym of Neostothis Vellard, 1925 by Raven, 1985a: 103, rejected by Goloboff, 1995: 169.

Transferred to other genera:

Chaco gigas (Vellard, 1925) -- see Neostothis

Chaco ansilta Ferretti, 2014 | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047401

Chaco ansilta Ferretti, 2014: 1890, f. 1A-D, 2A-D, 3A-D (Dmf) Original description

Chaco castanea Montes de Oca & Pérez-Miles, 2013 | | Uruguay urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:046307

Chaco castanea Montes de Oca & Pérez-Miles, 2013: 78, f. 1A-D, 3A-E (Dmf) Original description

Chaco costai Montes de Oca & Pérez-Miles, 2013 | | Uruguay urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:046308

Chaco costai Montes de Oca & Pérez-Miles, 2013: 81, f. 2A-E, 4A-E (Dmf) Original description

Chaco melloleitaoi (Bücherl, Timotheo & Lucas, 1971) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001099

Neostothis melloleitaoi Bücherl, Timotheo & Lucas, 1971: 127, f. 50-51 (Dm; N.B.: not mentioned by Goloboff, 1995) Original description

Chaco obscura Tullgren, 1905 | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001100

Chaco obscura Tullgren, 1905: 7 (Df) Original description

Chaco obscura Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1965a: 377, f. 5-7 (f)

Chaco obscura Raven, 1985a: 103, f. 126-131 (m)

Chaco obscura Goloboff, 1995: 170, f. 38-40, 146A-G, 147A-F (f, Dm)

Chaco patagonica Goloboff, 1995 | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001101

Chaco patagonica Goloboff, 1995: 184, f. 37, 156A-G (Df) Original description

Chaco sanjuanina Goloboff, 1995 | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001102

Chaco sanjuanina Goloboff, 1995: 181, f. 154A-G (Dmf) Original description

Chaco socos Goloboff, 1995 | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001103

Chaco socos Goloboff, 1995: 179, f. 136, 153A-E (Dmf) Original description

Chaco tecka Goloboff, 1995 | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001104

Chaco tecka Goloboff, 1995: 183, f. 155A-F (Df) Original description

Chaco tigre Goloboff, 1995 | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001105

Chaco tigre Goloboff, 1995: 176, f. 41-42, 135, 149A-F, 150A-F (Dmf) Original description

Chaco tingua Indicatti, Folly-Ramos, Vargas, Lucas & Brescovit, 2015 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047746

Chaco tingua Indicatti et al., 2015: 132, f. 31-62 (Dmf) Original description

Chaco tucumana Goloboff, 1995 | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001106

Chaco tucumana Goloboff, 1995: 174, f. 148A-E (Dmf) Original description

Chaco tucumana Allegue et al., 2023b: 4, f. 1A-F, 2A-C (f)