Pycnothele

Pycnothele is a genus of South American mygalomorph spiders in the family Pycnothelidae. First described by Ralph Vary Chamberlin in 1917, it was moved to the funnel-web trapdoor spiders in 1985, but moved back to Pycnothelidae in 2020. It is a senior synonym of Agersborgia and Androthelopsis.

==Species== it contains 12 species, found in Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil: Pycnothele arapongas Passanha, Indicatti, Brescovit & Lucas, 2014 – Brazil Pycnothele araraquara Passanha, Indicatti, Brescovit & Lucas, 2014 – Brazil Pycnothele auripila (Mello-Leitão, 1946) – Uruguay Pycnothele auronitens (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil Pycnothele gauderio Passanha, Indicatti, Brescovit & Lucas, 2014 – Brazil Pycnothele gigas (Vellard, 1925) – Brazil Pycnothele jatai Passanha, Indicatti, Brescovit & Lucas, 2014 – Brazil Pycnothele labordai (Pérez-Miles, Costa & Montes de Oca, 2014) – Brazil, Uruguay Pycnothele modesta (Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1942) – Uruguay, Argentina Pycnothele perdita Chamberlin, 1917 (type) – Brazil Pycnothele rubra Passanha, Indicatti, Brescovit & Lucas, 2014 – Brazil Pycnothele singularis (Mello-Leitão, 1934) – Brazil