Hysterocrates celerierae Smith, 1990

Common name: Ivory Coast Grand Baboon

♀ Female described

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Original Description

Smith, A. (1990). Baboon Spiders: Tarantulas of Africa and the Middle East. Fitzgerald Publishing, London [p. 77, f. 365a-365k].
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Distribution

Burkina FasoIvory Coast

Type Locality: Bouna Park, Ivory Coast

Etymology

Named after Dr. Marie-Louise Celerier

Specimen Records (2)

BMNH 1990.10.15.1 ♀ Type Ivory Coast

Bouna Park, Ivory Coast

May 1982 · col. Dr. Marie-Louise Celerier

VHWS. AF.158 ♀ Type Ivory Coast

Bouna Park, Ivory Coast

May 1982 · col. Dr. Marie-Louise Celerier

Taxonomic History

  1. 1990
    Phoneyusa celerieri Smith, 1990
  2. 1990
    Smith (1990) published the name as Phoneyusa celerieri, a lapsus calami — the species honours the French arachnologist Marie-Louise Célérier, so the epithet should be feminine. Schmidt (1993, 2003) used celerierae, and Gallon & Wendt (2015) moved the species to Hysterocrates. Abegg et al. (2016) sought to restore the original spelling. Sherwood, Blick & Ballarin (2025) reject that and maintain celerierae.

Bibliography (2)

Smith, A. (1990). Baboon Spiders: Tarantulas of Africa and the Middle East. Fitzgerald Publishing, London [p. 77, f. 365a-365k].
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Sherwood, D., Blick, T. & Ballarin, F. (2025). Studies on spider nomenclature IV: additional dubious and unavailable nomina, status of genera with invalid type species, further synonymies, and emendations (Arachnida: Araneae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 47: 43-54.
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