| Pterinochilus | |
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| 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 | |
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see article |
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| Diversity | |
| 7 species | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pterinochilides Strand, 1920 |
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Pterinochilus is a genus of baboon spiders, first described in 1897 by British zoologist Reginald Innes Pocock. The type species is P. vorax.