Pterinochilus
| Pterinochilus | |
|---|---|
| P. murinus | |
| P. chordatus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| 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
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| Species | |
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10, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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 October 2025, this genus includes ten species:[1]
- Pterinochilus alluaudi Berland, 1914 – Kenya
- Pterinochilus andrewsmithi Gallon, 2009 – Kenya
- Pterinochilus chordatus (Gerstaecker, 1873) – South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania
- Pterinochilus cryptus Gallon, 2008 – Angola
- Pterinochilus lapalala Gallon & Engelbrecht, 2011 – South Africa
- Pterinochilus lugardi Pocock, 1900 – Tanzania, Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa
- Pterinochilus murinus Pocock, 1897 – DR Congo, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa
- Pterinochilus raygabrieli Gallon, 2009 – Ethiopia, Kenya
- Pterinochilus simoni Berland, 1917 – DR Congo, Angola
- Pterinochilus vorax Pocock, 1897 – DR Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Angola (type species)
In synonymy
- Pterinochilus affinis Tullgren, 1910 = Pterinochilus chordatus
- Pterinochilus brunellii Caporiacco, 1940 = Pterinochilus chordatus
- Pterinochilus carnivorus Strand, 1917 = Pterinochilus chordatus
- Pterinochilus flavipilosus (Lawrence, 1936) = Pterinochilus lugardi
- Pterinochilus hindei Hirst, 1907 = Pterinochilus murinus
- Pterinochilus leetzi Schmidt, 2002 = Pterinochilus murinus
- Pterinochilus mamillatus Strand, 1906 = Pterinochilus murinus
- Pterinochilus mutus Strand, 1920 = Pterinochilus simoni
- Pterinochilus obenbergeri (Strand, 1920) = Pterinochilus simoni
- Pterinochilus occidentalis Strand, 1920 = Pterinochilus simoni
- Pterinochilus pluridentatus (Hewitt, 1919) = Pterinochilus lugardi
- Pterinochilus raptor Strand, 1906 = Pterinochilus chordatus
- Pterinochilus raveni (Smith, 1990) = Pterinochilus chordatus
- Pterinochilus sjostedti Tullgren, 1910 = Pterinochilus chordatus
- Pterinochilus tenuitibialis (Schmidt & Gelling, 2000) = Pterinochilus lugardi
- Pterinochilus widenmanni Strand, 1906 = Pterinochilus chordatus
Formerly included
- P. breyeri Hewitt, 1919 → Augacephalus breyeri
- P. constrictus (Gerstäcker, 1873) → Eucratoscelus constrictus
- P. crassispinus Purcell, 1902 → Idiothele nigrofulva
- P. junodi Simon, 1904 → Augacephalus junodi
- P. meridionalis Hirst, 1907 → Ceratogyrus meridionalis
- P. nigrifemur (Schmidt, 1995) → Augacephalus junodi
- P. nigrofulvus Pocock, 1898 → Idiothele nigrofulva
- P. schoenlandi Pocock, 1900 → Trichognathella schoenlandi
- P. spinifer Pocock, 1898 → Eucratoscelus constrictus
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Gen. Pterinochilus Pocock, 1897". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-18.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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