Pterinochilus

Genus of spiders

Pterinochilus
Pterinochilus murinus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Pterinochilus
Pocock, 1897[1]
Type species
P. vorax
Pocock, 1897
Species

10, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Pterinochilides Strand, 1920[2]

Pterinochilus is a genus of baboon spiders that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1897.[3] They are found all throughout Africa.

Species

As of July 2022[update] it contains ten species, all found in Africa:[1]

  • Pterinochilus alluaudi Berland, 1914 – Kenya
  • Pterinochilus andrewsmithi Gallon, 2009 – Kenya
  • Pterinochilus chordatus (Gerstäcker, 1873) – East Africa
  • Pterinochilus cryptus Gallon, 2008Angola
  • Pterinochilus lapalala Gallon & Engelbrecht, 2011South Africa
  • Pterinochilus lugardi Pocock, 1900 – Southern, East Africa
  • Pterinochilus murinus Pocock, 1897 – Angola, Central, East, Southern Africa
  • Pterinochilus raygabrieli Gallon, 2009 – Kenya
  • Pterinochilus simoni Berland, 1917 – Angola, Congo
  • Pterinochilus vorax Pocock, 1897 (type) – Angola, Central, East Africa

In synonymy

Formerly included

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Pterinochilus Pocock, 1897". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  2. ^ Laurent, R. (1946). "Notes arachnologiques africaines II.-Sur quelques théraphosides du Congo Belge (Ischnocolinae, Eumenophorinae, Selenocosmiinae)". Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines. 39: 323.
  3. ^ Pocock, R. I. (1897). "On the spiders of the suborder Mygalomorphae from the Ethiopian Region, contained in the collection of the British Museum". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 65 (3): 46–48.
Taxon identifiers
Pterinochilus


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