Bariev T.B.1,2, Sherwood D.3,4* 2025. New data on some African tarantulas including bulb morphology in Pterinochilus Pocock, 1897 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.34. No.1: 58–63 [in English].
1 Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya Embankment 1, St Petersburg 199034 Russia.
2 Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Saint-Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya Embankment 7/9, St Petersburg 199034 Russia.
3 Arachnology Research Association, 124 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, United Kingdom.
4 Fundación Ariguanabo; 4111; Calle 58; e/ ave. 41 y ave.43; San Antonio de los Baños; Provincia Artemisa c.p. 18100, Cuba.
Timur Bariev Timur.Bariev@zin.ru ORCID 0009-0000-4423-8641
Danniella Sherwood danni.sherwood@hotmail.com ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8170-9529
* Corresponding author
doi: 10.15298/arthsel. 34.1.05
ABSTRACT. We catalogue the theraphosids of the subfamilies Harpactirinae and Stromatopelminae housed in the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg. The first record of Pterinochulus raygabrieli Gallon, 2009 from Ethiopia is presented with discussion on the bulb morphology of this species, alongside faunistic data on Eucratoscelus constrictus (Gerstaecker, 1873) and Pterinochilus murinus Pocock, 1897 in Kenya, Idiothele nigrofulva (Pocock, 1898) in South Africa, and Stromatopelma calceatum (Fabricius, 1793) in Guinea.
KEY WORDS: Araneae, morphology, Mygalomorphae, distribution, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa.