Pycnothelidae
Acanthogonatus pissii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Clade:	Avicularioidea
Family:	Pycnothelidae Chamberlin, 1917
Diversity[1]
15 genera, 144 species
blue: reported countries (WSC) green: observation hotspots (iNaturalist)

Pycnothelidae is a family of mygalomorph spiders first described in 1917.^[2] It was downgraded to a subfamily of the funnel-web trapdoor spiders in 1985,^[3] but returned to family status in 2020.^[4]

Distribution

The majority of genera are found in South America, with two genera from East and southern Africa.

Genera

• 
  captive Acanthognatus francki
• 
  Pycnothele rubra from Brazil
• 
  Stanwellia sp. from Australia
• 
  S. platensis

As of January 2026^[update], this family includes fifteen genera and 144 species.^[1]

South American genera:

African genera:

References

External links

• Citizen science observations for Pycnothelidae at iNaturalist