Pterinochilus
| 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 | |
| Diversity | |
| 7 species | |
| Synonyms | |
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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
- Platnick, Norman I. (2009): The world spider catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History.