Pterinochilus raygabrieli Gallon, 2009

♂ Male described

Type Locality and Records

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Bibliography

Gallon, R. C. (2009). Two new Pterinochilus species from Kenya (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Harpactirinae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 14(9): 361-364.

Bariev, T. B. & Sherwood, D. (2025). New data on some African tarantulas including bulb morphology in Pterinochilus Pocock, 1897 (Aranei: Theraphosidae). Arthropoda Selecta 34 (1): 58-63.

Distribution

KenyaEthiopia

Type Locality: Kenya, Mt. Thatha area, 10 miles W of mountain on Nairobi road

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Etymology

The specific name is a patronym in honour of Ray Gabriel who has done much to assist my work on African theraphosid taxonomy.

Specimen Records (2)

BMNH ♂ Type Kenya

Kenya, Mt. Thatha area, 10 miles W of mountain on Nairobi road

August 1951 · col. Lord Richard Percy

ZISP ARA_ARA_0000688 ♂ Ethiopia

Lake Chamo, Rift Valley, coast and reeds, Southern Nations

December 1990 · col. S. Ya. Tsalolikhin

First record of Pterinochilus raygabrieli from Ethiopia and only the second specimen of the species known to science; the basis for the first photographs of its palpal bulb.