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Genus of spiders
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 July 2022
[update] it contains ten species, all found in Africa:
[1]
Pterinochilus alluaudi
Berland , 1914 –
Kenya
Pterinochilus andrewsmithi Gallon, 2009 – Kenya
Pterinochilus chordatus (
Gerstäcker , 1873) –
East Africa
Pterinochilus cryptus Gallon, 2008 –
Angola
Pterinochilus lapalala Gallon & Engelbrecht, 2011 –
South Africa
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 (
type ) – Angola, Central, East Africa
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
See also
References
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a
b
c
"Gen. Pterinochilus Pocock, 1897" . World Spider Catalog Version 20.0 . Natural History Museum Bern. 2020.
doi :
10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2020-06-08 .
^ 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.
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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.