Linothele Karsch, 1879

Type species: Linothele curvitarsis Karsch, 1879

Diagnosis. Absence of maxillary lyra (Figs. 25, 31, 35, 38). Males with retrolateral spur on tibiae I and small tubercle on metatarsus I (Figs. 29, 46). Females internal genitalia with spermathecae joined at base and medially positioned vesicles (Figs. 26, 27, 36, 39, 40, 42, 43)

Composition. L. aequatorialis (Ausserer 18, 1871); L. annulifila (Mello-Leitão 19, 1937); L. bicolor (Simon 18, 1889); L. cavicola Goloboff 19, 1994; L. cousini (Simon 18, 1889); L. cristata (Mello-Leitão 19, 1954); L. curvatris Karsch 18, 1879; L. dubia (Caporiacco 19, 1947); L. fallax (Mello-Leitão 19, 1926); L. gaujoni (Simon 18, 1889); L. gymnognatha (Bertkau 18, 1880); L. jelskii (F.O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896); L. keithi (Chamberlin, 1916); L. longicauda (Ausserer, 1871); L. macrothelifera Strand, 1908; L. megatheloides Paz & Raven, 1990; L. melloleitaoi (Brignoli, 1983); L. monticolens (Chamberlin, 1916); L. paulistana (Mello-Leitão, 1924); L. pukachumpi n. sp.; L. quori n. sp.; L. sericata (Karsch, 1879): L. sexfasciata (Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1945); L. soricina (Simon, 1889); L. tsachilas n. sp.; L. yanachanka n. sp.; L. zaia n. sp.

Distribution. Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil and Peru.