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. Psalistopoides Mello-Leitão, 1934 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03605

N.B.: transferred from the Barychelidae to the Pycnothelidae by Lucas & Bücherl, 1973: 240, to the Nemesiidae (Pycnothelinae) by Raven, 1985a; status in Pycnothelinae confirmed by Lucas & Indicatti, 2006: 547, but not included in Pycnothelidae by Opatova et al., 2020: 701; transferred from the Nemesiidae to the Pycnothelidae by Montes de Oca et al., 2022: 11; removed from the synonymy of Pselligmus Simon, 1892 by Lucas & Indicatti, 2006: 547, contra Raven, 1985a: 107; not a junior synonym of Neostothis Vellard, 1925 (Goloboff, 1995: 168, contra Bücherl, Timotheo & Lucas, 1971: 127).

Psalistopoides emanueli Lucas & Indicatti, 2006 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039480

Psalistopoides emanueli Lucas & Indicatti, 2006: 548, f. 4-6 (Dm) Original description

Psalistopoides fulvimanus Mello-Leitão, 1934 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001245

Psalistopoides fulvimanus Mello-Leitão, 1934c: 404, f. 3-4 (Dm) Original description

Psalistopoides fulvimanus Lucas & Bücherl, 1973: 240, f. 2 (m)

Pselligmus fulvimanus Raven, 1985a: 107, f. 148-156 (m; N.B.: this name was considered a junior synonym of Neostothis gigas Vellard by Bücherl, Timotheo & Lucas, 1971: 127)

Psalistopoides fulvimanus Lucas & Indicatti, 2006: 548, f. 1-3 (m, T from Pselligmus)

Psalistopoides fulvimanus Brescovit et al., 2023a: 802, f. 1A-F, 2A-D (Df)