Pycnothelidae

Pycnothelidae is a family of mygalomorph spiders first described in 1917. It was downgraded to a subfamily of the funnel-web trapdoor spiders in 1985, but returned to family status in 2020.

Genera
, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following genera:


 * Acanthogonatus Karsch, 1880 – South America
 * Afromygale Zonstein, 2020
 * Chaco Tullgren, 1905 — Argentina, Uruguay, Chile
 * Chilelopsis Goloboff, 1995 — Chile
 * Longistylus Indicatti & Lucas, 2005 — Brazil
 * Lycinus Thorell, 1894 — Chile, Argentina, Brazil
 * Pionothele Purcell, 1902 – South Africa, Namibia
 * Prorachias Mello-Leitão, 1924 — Brazil
 * Psalistopoides Mello-Leitão, 1934 — Brazil
 * Pselligmus Simon, 1892 — Brazil
 * Pycnothele Chamberlin, 1917 – Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina
 * Rachias Simon, 1892 — Brazil, Argentina Pycnothelidae
 * Stanwellia Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918 – Australia, New Zealand
 * Stenoterommata Holmberg, 1881 – Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina
 * Xenonemesia Goloboff, 1989 — South America