Pterinochilus

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Pterinochilus
A Pterinochilus murinus tarantula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Subfamily: Harpactirinae
Genus: Pterinochilus
Pocock, 1897
Species

see article

Diversity
7 species
Synonyms

Pterinochilides Strand, 1920

Pterinochilus is a genus of baboon spiders, first described in 1897 by British zoologist Reginald Innes Pocock. The type species is P. vorax.

Species

  • Pterinochilus alluaudi Berland, 1914 — Kenya
  • Pterinochilus andrewsmithi Gallon, 2009 — Kenya
  • Pterinochilus chordatus (Gerstäcker, 1873) — East Africa
  • Pterinochilus cryptus Gallon, 2008 — Angola
  • 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 — Angola, Central, East Africa


References



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