Pterinochilus cryptus Gallon, 2008

Angola ♂

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Taxonomy and History

Scientific Name : Pterinochilus cryptus

Described By: Gallon, 2008
Researcher Profile: Richard C Gallon
Genus: Pterinochilus
Etymology: From the Greek for hidden, since the types were initially identified as atypical specimens of P. murinus.
Original Type Locality: Angola, Lucira

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Pterinochilus cryptus

Holotype : ♂ (TM 8938a), Angola

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On some poorly known African Harpactirinae, with notes on Avicuscodra arabica Strand, 1908 and Scodra pachypoda Strand, 1908 (Araneae, Theraphosidae).

Richard C Gallon ,2008

Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 14: 232-246 [p. 233, pl. 1, fig. 1-1].
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