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
Diversity
7 species
Species

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

This genus contains the following species:

  • Pterinochilus alluaudi Berland, 1914 (Kenya)
  • Pterinochilus chordatus (Gerstäcker, 1873) (East Africa)
  • Pterinochilus leetzi Schmidt, 2002 (Zambia)
  • Pterinochilus lugardi Pocock, 1900 (Southern, East Africa)
  • Pterinochilus murinus Pocock, 1897 (Angola, Central, East, Southern Africa)
  • Pterinochilus simoni Berland, 1917 (Angola, Congo)
  • Pterinochilus vorax Pocock, 1897 (Angola, Central, East Africa)


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