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. Neostothis Vellard, 1925 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00126
N.B.: transferred from the Nemesiidae to the Pycnothelidae by Montes de Oca et al., 2022: 11; removed from the synonymy of Chaco Tullgren, 1905 by Goloboff, 1995: 169; considered a junior synonym of Pycnothele Chamberlin, 1917 by Montes de Oca et al., 2022: 11.

Transferred to other genera:

Neostothis gigas Vellard, 1925 -- see Pycnothele


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