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).

In synonymy:

Parapselligmus Piza, 1939 = Rachias Simon, 1892 (Raven, 1985a: 105)

Petropolisia Mello-Leitão, 1920 = Rachias Simon, 1892 (Goloboff, 1995: 52, contra Raven, 1985a: 107, who placed it as a S of Pselligmus Simon, 1892 instead)

Gen. Rachias Simon, 1892 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00132

N.B.: transferred from the Ctenizidae to the Nemesiidae by Raven, 1985a: 105; placed in the Nemesiidae (Pycnothelinae) by Raven, 1985a: 47, but not included in Pycnothelidae by Opatova et al., 2020: 700, 701 ('likely to be transferred to Pycnothelidae per Goloboff, 1995'); transferred from the Nemesiidae to the Pycnothelidae by Montes de Oca et al., 2022: 11; considered a senior synonym of Parapselligmus Piza, 1939a: 3 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05012] (type P. caudatus Piza, 1939) by Raven, 1985a: 105; considered a senior synonym of Petropolisia Mello-Leitão, 1920b: 59 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05013] (type P. aurea Mello-Leitão, 1920) by Goloboff, 1995: 52 (contra Raven, 1985a).

Transferred to other genera:

Rachias intermedius Soares, 1944 -- see Pycnothele

Rachias lusitanus Franganillo, 1920 -- see Spiroctenus

Rachias plerumque Piza, 1938 -- see Pycnothele

In synonymy:

Rachias intermedius Soares, 1944 = Rachias piracicabensis Piza, 1938 (Lucas, Knysak & Zveibil, 1986: 6)

Rachias aureus (Mello-Leitão, 1920) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001253

Petropolisia aurea Mello-Leitão, 1920b: 59 (Df) Original description

Petropolisia aurea Mello-Leitão, 1923a: 72, f. 1-3, 24 (f)

Rachias aureus Goloboff, 1995: 52 (Tf from Pselligmus)

Rachias brachythelus (Mello-Leitão, 1937) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001254

Diplura brachythele Mello-Leitão, 1937a: 4, f. 5-8 (Dm) Original description

Rachias brachythele Raven, 1985a: 75 (Tm from Diplura)

Rachias caudatus (Piza, 1939) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001255

Parapselligmus caudatus Piza, 1939a: 4, f. 1 (Dm) Original description

Rachias conspersus (Walckenaer, 1837) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001256

Mygale conspersa Walckenaer, 1837: 219 (Df) Original description

Pselligmus conspersus Raven, 1985a: 108 (Tf from Mygale=Avicularia)

Rachias conspersus Goloboff, 1995: 30 (Tf from Pselligmus)

Rachias dispar (Simon, 1891) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001257

Hermacha dispar Simon, 1891e: 304 (Dmf) Original description

Rachias dispar Simon, 1892a: 114

Rachias dispar Bücherl, 1957: 383, f. 4-4a (m)

Rachias dispar Raven, 1985a: 105, f. 132-141 (mf)

Rachias dispar Lucas, Knysak & Zveibil, 1986: 5, f. 1-3 (mf)

Rachias dolichosternus (Mello-Leitão, 1938) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001258

Diplura dolichosterna Mello-Leitão, 1938b: 312, f. 1 (Dm) Original description

Rachias dolichosterna Raven, 1985a: 75 (Tm from Diplura)

Rachias iricolor (Mello-Leitão, 1923) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001135

Hermacha iricolor Mello-Leitão, 1923a: 67 (Df) Original description

Rachias iricolor Indicatti et al., 2017: 451 (T from Hermacha)

Rachias odontochilus Mello-Leitão, 1923 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001259

Rachias odontochila Mello-Leitão, 1923a: 340 (Dm) Original description

Rachias piracicabensis Piza, 1938 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001251

Rachias piracicabensis Piza, 1938a: 21 (Df) Original description

Rachias intermedia Soares, 1944a: 160, f. 5-6 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039413]

Rachias intermedius Brignoli, 1983c: 116

Rachias plerumque Brignoli, 1983c: 116 (lapsus for Rachias piracicabensis)

Androthelopsis intermedius Raven, 1985a: 106 (T from Rachias)

Rachias piracicabensis Lucas, Knysak & Zveibil, 1986: 6, f. 4-6 (mf, S of Rachias intermedius)

Androthelopsis piracicabensis Platnick, 1989b: 84

Rachias piracicabensis Passanha et al., 2014: 250 (T from Androthelopsis = Pycnothele)

Rachias intermedius Nascimento, Netto & Indicatti, 2021: 3, f. 2A-J (f)

Rachias timbo Goloboff, 1995 | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001260

Rachias timbo Goloboff, 1995: 55, f. 3, 19, 35-36, 64, 65A-H (Dmf) Original description

Rachias virgatus Vellard, 1924 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001261

Rachias virgatus Vellard, 1924a: 158, pl. 11, f. 41 (Df) Original description