Pterinochilus

Pterinochilus is a genus of baboon spiders that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1897.^[3] They are found all throughout Africa.

Pterinochilus
Pterinochilus murinus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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
Species
10, see text
Synonyms[1]
Pterinochilides Strand, 1920[2]

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

• 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

• List of Theraphosidae species