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. Pselligmus Simon, 1892 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00129

type Pselligmus infaustus Simon, 1892; gender masculine

N.B.: transferred from the Ctenizidae to the Nemesiidae by Raven, 1985a: 107; placed in Nemesiidae (Pycnothelinae) by Raven, 1985a: 47, 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; not a senior synonym of Petropolisia Mello-Leitão, 1920 (Goloboff, 1995: 52, contra Raven, 1985a: 107) or Psalistopoides Mello-Leitão, 1934 (Lucas & Indicatti, 2006: 547, contra Raven, 1985a: 107).

Transferred to other genera:

Pselligmus argentinensis Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1958 -- see Stenoterommata

Pselligmus aureus (Mello-Leitão, 1920) -- see Rachias

Pselligmus conspersus (Walckenaer, 1837) -- see Rachias

Pselligmus fulvimanus (Mello-Leitão, 1934) -- see Psalistopoides

Pselligmus infaustus Simon, 1892 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001246 TYPE SPECIES

Pselligmus infaustus Simon, 1892d: 273 (Df) Original description

Pselligmus infaustus Mello-Leitão, 1923a: 60 (Dm)

Pselligmus infaustus Raven, 1985a: 107, f. 142-147