Pterinochilus lugardi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Theraphosoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Mygalomorphae Superfamilia: Theraphosoidea

Familia: Theraphosidae
Subfamilia: Harpactirinae
Genus: Pterinochilus
Species: Pterinochilus lugardi

Name

Pterinochilus lugardi Pocock, 1900

Type locality: Botswana, Kwebe Hills, near Lake Ngami, 20º28'S, 22º43'E.

Holotype: BMNH. male ♂. legit E.J. Lugard. BMNH 1899.3.10.1.

Synonyms

• Idiothele pluridentatum Hewitt, 1919: 101 (synonymized by Gallon, 2002: 209)
  • Type locality: South Africa, Nuanetsi river ( = Nwanedzi river), Zoutpansberg district, 22º21'S, 30º29'E.
    • Holotype: TM. female ♀. 15.VII.1916. legit G. Van Dam.
• Harpactirella flavipilosa Lawrence, 1936: 145 (synonymized by Gallon, 2008: 234
  • Type locality:
    • Holotype: TM. male ♂.
• Eucratoscelus tenuitibialis Schmidt & Gelling, 2000: 371 (synonymized by Gallon, 2002: 209)
  • Type locality: East Africa, probably Zimbabwe.
    • Holotype: SMF. female ♀. legit H.-J. Peters.

References

Additional references

• Gallon, R.C. 2002. Revision of the African genera Pterinochilus and Eucratoscelus (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Harpactirinae) with description of two new genera. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 12(5): 201–232. full aticle (PDF). Reference page. 
• Schmidt, G. & Gelling, J. 2000. Eine seltsame Eucratoscelus-Art aus Ostafrika (Araneae: Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae, Harpactirinae). Entomologische Zeitschrift 110: 371–372. Reference page. 

Links

• Platnick, N.I. 2008. The World Spider Catalog, version 9.0. American Museum of Natural History. Online.