Pterinochilus

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

Species

As of October 2025^[update], this genus includes ten species:

Pterinochilus alluaudi Berland, 1914 – Kenya
Pterinochilus andrewsmithi Gallon, 2009 – Kenya
Pterinochilus chordatus (Gerstaecker, 1873) – South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania
Pterinochilus cryptus Gallon, 2008 – Angola
Pterinochilus lapalala Gallon & Engelbrecht, 2011 – South Africa
Pterinochilus lugardi Pocock, 1900 – Tanzania, Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa
Pterinochilus murinus Pocock, 1897 – DR Congo, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa
Pterinochilus raygabrieli Gallon, 2009 – Ethiopia, Kenya
Pterinochilus simoni Berland, 1917 – DR Congo, Angola
Pterinochilus vorax Pocock, 1897 – DR Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Angola (type species)

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

1 2 3 "Gen. Pterinochilus Pocock, 1897". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-18.
↑ 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.

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