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New collection records for Theraphosidae (Araneae, Mygalomorphae) in Angola, with the description of a remarkable new species of Ceratogyrus

Journal

AFRICAN INVERTEBRATES
Volume 60, Issue 1, Pages 1-13

Publisher

COUNCIL NATAL MUSEUM
DOI: 10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.32141

Keywords

Arachnida; Pterinochilus; Ceratogyrus; Phoneyusa; Theraphosidae; biodiversity; survey; taxonomy

Funding

  1. National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project
  2. University of Pretoria
  3. KwaZulu-Natal Museum

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During 2015 and 2016 several baboon spider specimens (Araneae: Theraphosidae) were collected in central Angola during surveys undertaken for the Okavango Wilderness Project. These collections represent range and habitat extensions for Pterinochilus Pocock, 1897, Ceratogyrus Pocock, 1897 and Phoneyusa Karsch, 1884. The new species Ceratogyrus attonitifer sp. n. is described from female specimens and the distribution of genera mapped. Central and eastern Angola is severely under sampled for theraphosid spiders, with every species collected during the survey either being potentially new to science or representing a significant range extension for the genus.

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