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. Pionothele Purcell, 1902 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00127

type Pionothele straminea Purcell, 1902; gender feminine

N.B.: transferred from the Ctenizidae to the Nemesiidae by Raven, 1985a: 93 and to the Pycnothelidae by Opatova et al., 2020: 701.

Transferred to other genera:

Pionothele capensis Zonstein, 2016 -- see Hermacha

Pionothele gobabeb Bond & Lamb, 2019 | | Namibia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051212

Pionothele gobabeb Bond & Lamb, 2019: 5, f. 1-9 (Dmf) Original description

Pionothele straminea Purcell, 1902 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001243 TYPE SPECIES

Pionothele straminea Purcell, 1902b: 381 (Dm) Original description

Pionothele straminea Tucker, 1917: 117 (Df)

Pionothele straminea Raven, 1985a: 93, f. 73-78 (m)

Pionothele straminea Zonstein, 2016a: 33, f. 1-8 (m)