Biology:Pterinochilus
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Short description: Genus of spiders
| Pterinochilus | |
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| Pterinochilus murinus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Pterinochilus Pocock, 1897[1] |
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| P. vorax Pocock, 1897
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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) 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
Formerly included
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gen. Pterinochilus Pocock, 1897. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3418. 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.
- ↑ 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q309597 entry
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