Pterinochilus is a genus of baboon spiders that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1897. They are found all throughout Africa.

Species , this genus includes ten species:

Pterinochilus alluaudi Berland, 1914 – Kenya Pterinochilus andrewsmithi Gallon, 2009 – Kenya Pterinochilus chordatus (Gerstaecker, 1873) – South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania Pterinochilus cryptus Gallon, 2008 – Angola Pterinochilus lapalala Gallon & Engelbrecht, 2011 – South Africa Pterinochilus lugardi Pocock, 1900 – Tanzania, Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa Pterinochilus murinus Pocock, 1897 – DR Congo, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa Pterinochilus raygabrieli Gallon, 2009 – Ethiopia, Kenya Pterinochilus simoni Berland, 1917 – DR Congo, Angola Pterinochilus vorax Pocock, 1897 – DR Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Angola (type species)

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Formerly included

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