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Theraphosidae  Thorell, 1869 / Pterinochilus  Pocock, 1897   1 species

Pterinochilus chordatus (Gerstaecker, 1873)

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038311

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Description
Additional information

Non-established species in Europe

Distribution
  Presence
  Not established
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania
Figures
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male Bulbus, dorsal view
(Gallon 2002)

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male Bulbus, retrolateral view
(Gallon 2002)

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male Bulbus, retrolateral view
(Gallon 2002)

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male Bulbus, ventral view
(Gallon 2002)

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male Tibial apophysis leg I, prolateral view
(Gallon 2002)

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female Spermathecae
(Gallon 2002)

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female Spermathecae
(Gallon 2002)

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female Spermathecae
(Gallon 2002)

Distribution List
United Kingdom   (Sherwood, 2025) |||
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: 201-232 pdf

Sherwood D (2025) Annotated checklist of imported non-native spider (Araneae) taxa recorded in the United Kingdom 1800–2024. Arthropoda Selecta 34: 121-160 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
27-05-2025 Image insert
29-03-2025 Distribution insert Detail