This species is 91% complete

Pterinochilus murinus Pocock, 1897

Angola, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Mozambique, South Africa, Malawi ♂♀

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IUCN Status

IUCN Red List Status

Taxonomy and History

Scientific Name : Pterinochilus murinus

Described By: Pocock, 1897
Researcher Profile: Reginald Innes Pocock
Genus: Pterinochilus
Common Name: Tree Baboon Spider
Original Type Locality: Ugogo (Emin Pasha)

- Harpactira elevata Karsch, 1878
- Pterinochilus mamillatus Strand, 1906
- Pterinochilus vosseleri Strand, 1907
- Pterinochilus hindei Hirst, 1907
- Pterinochilus hindei Smith, 1986
- Pterinochilus leetzi Schmidt, 2002

Specimen Records

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Harpactira elevata

Holotype : ♀ (ZMB 2874), Mozambique

Pterinochilus murinus

♂ (?), Democratic Republic of the Congo

♂ (NMZA 7353), Zimbabwe

♂ (TM 5138), South Africa

♂ (TM 1024), Tanzania

♂ (RGMC 5216), Zambia

♀ (RGCM 14435), Zambia

♀ (NMZA 9057), Mozambique

♂ (NMZA 9043), Zimbabwe

♂ (NMZA 8749), Zambia

♂ (NMZA 6260), Zimbabwe

♂ (TM 8938),

♀ (NMZA 5379), Zimbabwe

♂ (NMZA 3987), Zimbabwe

♂ (NMZA 3908), Zimbabwe

♀ (NMZA 3907), Zimbabwe

(NMZA 3790), Zimbabwe

♀ (NMZA 2328), Zimbabwe

♀ (NMZA 2309), Zimbabwe

♀ (NMZA 2301), Zimbabwe

♂ (NMZA 2031), Zimbabwe

♂ (TM 5139), South Africa

♂ (VHWS 97-11-20-50-51),

♀ (NM 2031), Mozambique

(ZMB 31139), Tanzania

(ZMB 31148), Tanzania

♀ (ZMB 31146), Tanzania

♂ (ZMB 31145), Tanzania

♀ (ZMB 31144), Kenya

♂ (ZMB 31143), Tanzania

♀ (ZMB 31142), Tanzania

♂ (ZMB 31141), Tanzania

♀ (ZMB 31140), Tanzania

♂ (ZMB 31138), Tanzania

♂ (VHWS 97-11-20-52),

♂ (ZMB 31137), Tanzania

♀ (ZMB 31136), Tanzania

♂ (ZMB 31097), Tanzania

(ZMB 31096),

(ZMB 31095), Tanzania

(ZMB 31094), Tanzania

(ZMB 31093), Tanzania

♀ (ZMB 31091), Mozambique

♀ (ZMB 31090), Tanzania

♂ (NMZA 1699), Zimbabwe

♀ (NM 1353), Tanzania

♂ (?), Kenya

♂ (BMNH 14-12-14-7), Zambia

♀ (BMNH 90-3-15-8-9), Kenya

♀ (BMNH 1968-2-2-3-18), Zimbabwe

♀ (BMNH 1958-2-18-1), Tanzania

♀ (BMNH 1946-12-31-68), Zambia

(BMNH 1926.VI.19.15.19), Tanzania

(BMNH 1926-6-19-33-36), Tanzania

Holotype : (BMNH 1890.4.15.5), Tanzania

(BMNH 14-7-4-3-4), Malawi

♀ (?), Zambia

♀ (BMNH 97-11-20-48-49), Tanzania

♂ (?), Zambia

(?), Tanzania

♂ (?), Kenya

♀ (?), Kenya

♂ (?), Kenya

(?), Tanzania

♀ (?), Mozambique

♂ (BMNH 96-5-27-3), Kenya

♂ (BMNH 97-11-20-48-49), Kenya

♂ (NM 12254), Zambia

♀ (MRAC 139.252), Democratic Republic of the Congo

♀ (MRAC 200.495), Democratic Republic of the Congo

(MRAC 200.487), Kenya

♀ (MRAC 166.888), Angola

♀ (MRAC 160.575), Tanzania

♂ (MRAC 139.276), Democratic Republic of the Congo

♀ (MRAC 139.274B), Democratic Republic of the Congo

♀ (MRAC 139.274A), Democratic Republic of the Congo

(MRAC 139.273), Democratic Republic of the Congo

♀ (MRAC 139.259), Democratic Republic of the Congo

♀ (MRAC 130.816), Democratic Republic of the Congo

(BMNH 97-11-20-50-51), Kenya

♂ (MRAC 070.003), Democratic Republic of the Congo

♂ (MRAC 068.100), Burundi

♀ (MRAC 014.435), Democratic Republic of the Congo

♂ (MRAC 005.217), Democratic Republic of the Congo

♂ (MRAC 005.216), Democratic Republic of the Congo

(MNHN AR4750), Tanzania

Holotype : ♂ (BMNH AF 103-4-88),

♀ (BMNH 97-8-21-1 dry), Mozambique

♀ (BMNH 97-11-20-52), Kenya

(ZMB 32166), Tanzania

Pterinochilus mamillatus

Holotype : ♂ (?), Tanzania

Pterinochilus hindei

Holotype : ♂ (BMNH 1904.12.19.51.56), Kenya

(BMNH 1926-6-19-15-19),

Adult Male Activity

On the spiders of the suborder Mygalomorphae from the Ethiopian Region, contained in the collection of the British Museum.

Reginald Innes Pocock ,1897

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1897
- Pterinochilus murinus, Eumenophorus clementsi, Selenogyrus caeruleus, Selenogyrus aureus, Hysterocrates laticeps, Hysterocrates gigas, Hysterocrates crassipes, Heterothele spinipes, Anoploscelus celeripes, Ceratogyrus darlingi, Monocentropus balfouri, Brachionopus robustus, Pterinochilus vorax, Harpactira lineata, Harpactira curvipes, Harpactira chrysogaster, Ceratogyrus marshalli, Stromatopelma calceatum griseipes

Pterinochilus murinus Pocock, 1897

Taxonomy and History

Specimen Records

Adult Male Activity

On the spiders of the suborder Mygalomorphae from the Ethiopian Region, contained in the collection of the British Museum.

Reginald Innes Pocock ,1897

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