Observations Of Pterinochilus chordatus (Gerst?cker, 1873) in Tanzania

摘要

During January 2018, I travelled with Richard Gallon, Paul Carpenter, Mark Carpenter and Ralf Konen to north eastern Tanzania for a two week research trip. Our main aim was to document Pelinobius muticus Karsch, 1885 in its natural habitat (which we achieved, article in prep.) but we also found and photographed four other Theraphosidae species: Heterothele villosella Strand, 1907, Eucratoscelus constrictus (Gerst?cker, 1873), Pterinochilus murinus Pocock, 1897 and east side of the African continent, from south Sudan in the north, to Tanzania in the south. It has a body length of up to 50mm and a leg span of up to 150mm.