World Spider Catalog

Genus: Acanthogonatus Karsch, 1880 | Family: Pycnothelidae Chamberlin, 1917

Acanthogonatus centralis Goloboff, 1995

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001025

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Described:

Distribution: Argentina

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales (MACN) “Bernardino Rivadavia”, Buenos Aires, Argentina m (Ar 48890) - (Signorotto & Ferretti, 2026)
Paratype: Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales (MACN) “Bernardino Rivadavia”, Buenos Aires, Argentina 1f (Ar 48915) - (Signorotto & Ferretti, 2026)

Taxonomic References

Acanthogonatus centralis Goloboff, 1995: 96, f. 9, 77-78, 89A-F, 90 (Dmf) Original description

Acanthogonatus centralis Ferretti et al., 2010: 21, f. 29-30 (m)

Acanthogonatus centralis Grismado & Goloboff, 2014c: 113, f. 10-11 (m)

Acanthogonatus centralis Signorotto & Ferretti, 2026: 39, f. 5A-F (mf)

References

Ferretti, N., Pompozzi, G., Copperi, S., González, A. & Pérez-Miles, F. (2010). Arañas Mygalomorphae de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina: clave para la determinación de especies. BioScriba 3: 15-34. -- Show included taxa

Goloboff, P. A. (1995). A revision of the South American spiders of the family Nemesiidae (Araneae, Mygalomorphae). Part I: species from Peru, Chile, Argentina, and Uruguay. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 224: 1-189. -- Show included taxa

Grismado, C. J. & Goloboff, P. A. (2014c). Nemesiidae y Microstigmatidae. In: Roig-Juñent, S., Claps, L.E. & J.J. Morrone (eds.) Biodiversidad de Artrópodos Argentinos, vol. 3. Sociedad Entomológica Argentina, pp. 111-117. -- Show included taxa

Signorotto, F. & Ferretti, N. (2026). Integrative taxonomy unveils a new lineage within Acanthogonatus centralis Goloboff, 1995 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Pycnothelidae): description of Acanthogonatus monicae sp. nov. from central Argentina. Evolutionary Systematics 10: 31-46. doi: 10.3897/evolsyst.10.172168 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference
2026-02-13	New taxonomic reference entry	Signorotto & Ferretti, 2026
2026-02-13	Type repository inserted	Signorotto & Ferretti, 2026
2015-04-08	New taxonomic reference entry	Grismado & Goloboff, 2014c