Family: Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0010] Detail
In synonymy:
Pterinochilides Strand, 1920 = Pterinochilus Pocock, 1897 (Laurent, 1946: 323)
Gen. Pterinochilus Pocock, 1897 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00273] Detail
type Pterinochilus vorax Pocock, 1897; gender masculine
N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Pterinochilides Strand, 1920: 99 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05131] (type P. obenbergeri Strand, 1920 = Pterinochilus simoni Berland, 1917) by Laurent, 1946: 323; not a senior synonym of Idiothele Hewitt, 1919 (transferred from the Barychelidae by Benoit, 1964d: 412), per Gallon, 2002: 223, contra Raven, 1985a: 154.
Transferred to other genera:
Pterinochilus breyeri Hewitt, 1919 -- see Augacephalus
Pterinochilus constrictus (Gerstäcker, 1873) -- see Eucratoscelus
Pterinochilus crassispinus Purcell, 1902 -- see Idiothele
Pterinochilus junodi Simon, 1904 -- see Augacephalus
Pterinochilus meridionalis Hirst, 1907 -- see Ceratogyrus
Pterinochilus nigrifemur (Schmidt, 1995) -- see Augacephalus
Pterinochilus nigrofulvus Pocock, 1898 -- see Idiothele
Pterinochilus schoenlandi Pocock, 1900 -- see Trichognathella
Pterinochilus spinifer Pocock, 1898 -- see Eucratoscelus
In synonymy:
Pterinochilus affinis Tullgren, 1910 = Pterinochilus chordatus (Gerstaecker, 1873) (Gallon, 2002: 206).
Pterinochilus brunellii Caporiacco, 1940 = Pterinochilus chordatus (Gerstaecker, 1873) (Gallon, 2002: 206).
Pterinochilus carnivorus Strand, 1917 = Pterinochilus chordatus (Gerstaecker, 1873) (Gallon, 2002: 206).
Pterinochilus elevatus (Karsch, 1878) = Pterinochilus murinus Pocock, 1897 (Gallon, 2002: 211).
Pterinochilus flavipilosus (Lawrence, 1936, T from Harpactirella) = Pterinochilus lugardi Pocock, 1900 (Gallon, 2008: 234).
Pterinochilus hindei Hirst, 1907 = Pterinochilus murinus Pocock, 1897 (Gallon, 2002: 211).
Pterinochilus leetzi Schmidt, 2002 = Pterinochilus murinus Pocock, 1897 (Gallon, 2008: 236).
Pterinochilus mamillatus Strand, 1906 = Pterinochilus murinus Pocock, 1897 (Gallon, 2002: 211).
Pterinochilus mutus Strand, 1920 = Pterinochilus simoni Berland, 1917 (Gallon, 2002: 215).
Pterinochilus obenbergeri (Strand, 1920, T from Pterinochilides) = Pterinochilus simoni Berland, 1917 (Laurent, 1946: 323).
Pterinochilus occidentalis Strand, 1920 = Pterinochilus simoni Berland, 1917 (Laurent, 1946: 323).
Pterinochilus pluridentatus (Hewitt, 1919) = Pterinochilus lugardi Pocock, 1900 (Gallon, 2002: 209).
Pterinochilus raptor Strand, 1906 = Pterinochilus chordatus (Gerstaecker, 1873) (Gallon, 2002: 206).
Pterinochilus raveni (Smith, 1990) = Pterinochilus chordatus (Gerstaecker, 1873) (Gallon, 2002: 206).
Pterinochilus sjostedti Tullgren, 1910 = Pterinochilus chordatus (Gerstaecker, 1873) (Gallon, 2002: 206).
Pterinochilus tenuitibialis (Schmidt & Gelling, 2000, T from Eucratoscelus) = Pterinochilus lugardi Pocock, 1900 (Gallon, 2002: 209).
Pterinochilus widenmanni Strand, 1906 = Pterinochilus chordatus (Gerstaecker, 1873) (Gallon, 2002: 206).
Pterinochilus alluaudi Berland, 1914 | m | Kenya     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002378]
Pterinochilus alluaudi Berland, 1914: 46, f. 5-6 (Df).
Pterinochilus alluaudi Berland, 1932b: 273, f. 404 (m).
Pterinochilus alluaudi Smith, 1990c: 94, f. 489-490 (m).
Pterinochilus alluaudi Gallon, 2002: 205, f. 1-3 (m).
Pterinochilus alluaudi Schmidt, 2003l: 227, f. 716-717 (m).
Pterinochilus andrewsmithi Gallon, 2009 | f | Kenya     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042768]
Pterinochilus andrewsmithi Gallon, 2009: 363, pl. 3-4, f. 9-10 (Df).
Pterinochilus chordatus (Gerstaecker, 1873) | m f | South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038311]
Harpactira chordata Gerstaecker, 1873: 487 (Dm).
Harpactira chordata Pavesi, 1881: 548 (S of Harpactira elevata, rejected by Gallon, 2002: 211, see Pterinochilus murinus).
Pterinochilus raptor Strand, 1906b: 606 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002393].
Pterinochilus widenmanni Strand, 1906h: 17 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002399].
Pterinochilus raptor Strand, 1908l: 13 (Dm).
Pterinochilus affinis Tullgren, 1910: 89 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002377].
Pterinochilus sjöstedti Tullgren, 1910: 90 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002396].
Pterinochilus carnivorus Strand, 1917a: 166 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002381].
Pterinochilus brunellii Caporiacco, 1940c: 777 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002380].
Coelogenium raveni Smith, 1990c: 77, f. 377-385 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001927].
Pterinochilus raveni Gallon, 2001: 19 (T from Coelogenium).
Pterinochilus chordatus Gallon, 2002: 206, f. 4-13 (mf, removed from synonym of Pterinochilus constrictus, rejecting Strand, 1907f: 238, S of P. affinis, P. brunellii, P. carnivorus, P. raptor, P. raveni, P. sjostedti and P. widenmanni).
Pterinochilus chordatus Schmidt, 2003l: 227, f. 718-719 (mf).
Pterinochilus cryptus Gallon, 2008 | m | Angola     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041803]
Pterinochilus cryptus Gallon, 2008: 233, pl. 1, f. 1-1 (Dm).
Pterinochilus lapalala Gallon & Engelbrecht, 2011 | m f | South Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044167]
Pterinochilus lapalala Gallon & Engelbrecht, 2011: 121, pl. 1-11, f. 1-9 (Dmf).
Pterinochilus lugardi Pocock, 1900 | m f | Tanzania, Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002386]
Pterinochilus lugardi Pocock, 1900e: 318 (Dm).
Idiothele pluridentatum Hewitt, 1919b: 101, f. 12b (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002392].
Harpactirella flavipilosa Lawrence, 1936: 145 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002071].
Pterinochilus lugardi Smith, 1990c: 96, f. 513-524 (m).
Eucratoscelus tenuitibialis Schmidt & Gelling, 2000: 371, f. 1-2 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064279].
Pterinochilus lugardi Gallon, 2002: 209, f. 14-25 (mf, S of Eucratoscelus tenuitibialis and Pterinochilus pluridentatus).
Pterinochilus lugardi Schmidt, 2003l: 228, f. 721-722 (mf).
Pterinochilus lugardi Gallon, 2008: 234, pl. 3-4, f. 9-13, 15 (S of Harpactirella flavipilosa).
Pterinochilus murinus Pocock, 1897 | m f | DR Congo, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002389]
Harpactira elevata Karsch, 1878a: 314 (Dmf; suppressed for lack of usage by Gallon, 2002: 211) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064280].
Pterinochilus murinus Pocock, 1897b: 753, pl. 43, f. 4 (Df).
Pterinochilus mamillatus Strand, 1906h: 20 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002387].
Pterinochilus hindei Hirst, 1907b: 33, f. 1 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002384].
Pterinochilus murinus Hirst, 1907b: 34 (Dm).
Pterinochilus hindei Berland, 1917: 468 (Df).
Pterinochilus murinus Roewer, 1953b: 74, f. 30-31 (m).
Pterinochilus hindei Smith, 1986b: 134, f. 77h (m).
Pterinochilus hindei Smith, 1987d: 134, f. 77h (m).
Pterinochilus murinus Smith, 1988a: 5, f. 1-10 (m).
Pterinochilus murinus Hancock & Hancock, 1989: 34, f. 29 (f).
Pterinochilus hindei Smith, 1990c: 95, f. 503a-512 (mf).
Pterinochilus murinus Smith, 1990c: 98, f. 535-551 (mf).
Pterinochilus murinus Charpentier, 1993: 13, unnumbered f. (mf).
Pterinochilus murinus Schmidt, 1993d: 120, f. 375-377 (mf).
Pterinochilus hindei Peters, 1998: 92, f. 240, 242 (mf).
Pterinochilus murinus Peters, 1998: 96, f. 256-258 (mf).
Pterinochilus mamillatus Schmidt, Peters & Samm, 2000: 8, f. 1-6 (m, Df).
Pterinochilus hindei Peters, 2000b: 98, f. 281-283 (mf).
Pterinochilus mamillatus Peters, 2000b: 99, f. 286-287 (mf).
Pterinochilus murinus Peters, 2000b: 101, f. 297-299 (mf).
Pterinochilus murinus Gallon, 2002: 211, f. 26-34 (mf, S of Pterinochilus elevatus [removed from S of P. chordatus, rejecting Pavesi, 1881: 548], P. hindei and P. mamillatus).
Pterinochilus leetzi Schmidt, 2002d: 3, f. 1-2 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037517].
Pterinochilus leetzi Schmidt, 2002g: 1, f. 1-2 (f).
Pterinochilus leetzi Schmidt, 2003l: 228, f. 720 (f).
Pterinochilus mamillatus Schmidt, 2003l: 228, f. 723-725 (mf).
Pterinochilus murinus Schmidt, 2003l: 228, f. 726-727; 257, f. 19 (mf).
Pterinochilus leetzi Peters, 2005b: 100, f. 318-321 (f).
Pterinochilus murinus Gallon, 2008: , pl. 2, f. 16-18 (f, S of Pterinochilus leetzi).
Pterinochilus raygabrieli Gallon, 2009 | m | Kenya     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042767]
Pterinochilus raygabrieli Gallon, 2009: 361, pl. 1-2, f. 1-8 (Dm).
Pterinochilus simoni Berland, 1917 | m f | DR Congo, Angola     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002395]
Pterinochilus simoni Berland, 1917: 466, f. 1-2 (Dmf).
Pterinochilides obenbergeri Strand, 1920: 99 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064281].
Pterinochilus mutus Strand, 1920: 101 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002390].
Pterinochilus occidentalis Strand, 1920: 102 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064282].
Pterinochilus simoni Laurent, 1946: 323 (S of Pterinochilides obenbergeri and Pterinochilus occidentalis).
Pterinochilus simoni Smith, 1986b: 136, f. 86h (m).
Pterinochilus simoni Smith, 1987d: 136, f. 86h (m).
Pterinochilus mutus Smith, 1990c: 100, f. 552-553 (m).
Pterinochilus simoni Smith, 1990c: 101, f. 579-580 (m).
Pterinochilus mutus Peters, 1998: 98, f. 261-262 (m).
Pterinochilus simoni Gallon, 2002: 214, f. 35-46 (mf, S of Pterinochilus mutus).
Pterinochilus simoni Schmidt, 2003l: 228, f. 728-729 (mf).
Pterinochilus vorax Pocock, 1897 * | m f | DR Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Angola     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002398]
Pterinochilus vorax Pocock, 1897b: 752, pl. 43, f. 3 (Dm).
Pterinochilus vorax Strand, 1907l: 19 (Dm).
Pterinochilus mutus Roewer, 1953b: 74, f. 26-27 (m; misidentified per Gallon, 2002: 216).
Pterinochilus vorax Smith, 1990c: 102, f. 591-600 (m, removed from S of Pterinochilus constrictus, rejecting Strand, 1907f: 238).
Pterinochilus vorax Schmidt, 1995h: 8, f. 2 (Df).
Pterinochilus vorax Peters, 2000b: 104, f. 310-311 (m).
Pterinochilus vorax Gallon, 2002: 216, f. 47-56 (mf).
Pterinochilus vorax Schmidt, 2003l: 229, f. 730-731 (mf).
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