Ceratogyrus darlingi Pocock, 1897

Common name: Rear Horned Baboon

♀ Female described ♂ Male described

Female

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Original Description

Pocock, R. I. (1897). On the spiders of the suborder Mygalomorphae from the Ethiopian Region, contained in the collection of the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1897.

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Distribution

South AfricaBotswanaZimbabweMozambique

Type Locality: Enkeldoorn, 110 miles S. of Salisbury in Mashunaland (J. ffolliott Darling). Three adult females.

Adult Male Activity

Collection months of 12 adult male specimen records, against the rainfall where they live

Adult males collected

Of 12 adult males, 8 of 12 (67%) fall in the six wettest months, and 6 of 12 (50%) in the six warmest. Collections peak in March.

Mean monthly rainfall and temperature 2001–2020 near the type locality. MERRA-2 via NASA POWER, for a grid cell averaging 1085 m. Wet and dry seasons, from the rainfall at the locality itself. Records span 5 countries (Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe), so one climate curve cannot describe all of them.

Synonyms

Ceratogyrus bechuanicus

Specimen Records (130)

ZMB 29829 ♀ Type Botswana

Bechuanaland =Botswana, Kgokong =Kokong to Kang, Kalahari

December 1904 · col. Schultze

TM 7365 Type South Africa

Cape Province: Unterberg, Sangwana, 2929CD

November 1934

SAM 4539 ♂ Type Botswana

Bechuanaland =Botswana, Mochuli =Mochudi

col. Miss Neethling

BMNH 1897-4-6-3-5 ♀ Type Zimbabwe

Enkeldoorn =Chivhu

col. J. ffolliott Darling

BMNH 1897-4-6-3-5 ♀ Type Zimbabwe

Enkeldoorn =Chivhu

col. J. ffolliott Darling

TM 16402 ♂ South Africa

Selati, Pilgrims Rest, 2430BA

March 1896

BMNH 1899-5-4-12 ♀ Zimbabwe

Salisbury =Harare [1750#S

April 1899 · col. G. A. K. Marshall

BMNH dry tray AR511 ♀ Botswana

Moryulatsela Ghanzi Province, Ngamiland

September 1924 · col. J. Maurice

AMGS 99262 Namibia

Omataka River (=Legacy Locality Information: Namibia)

October 1929 · col. Bradfield, R.

TM 6017 ♀ Botswana

Metsimaklaba river, between Gaborone and Molepolole, 2425DA

March 1930

TM 6024 ♀ Botswana

Gomodimo Pan, 2223DB

April 1930

TM 6018 ♂ Botswana

Gabani, 2425DB

March 1930

TM 6019 adult male Botswana

Kuke =Khutse Pan South East Kalahari, 2122AB

March 1930

TM 6020 ♀ Botswana

Kuke =Khutse Pan South East Kalahari, 2122AB

March 1930

TM 6021 ♀ Botswana

Kuke =Khutse Pan South East Kalahari, 2122AB

March 1930

TM 6023 ♀ Botswana

Mathapa Pan

March 1930

TM 6025 ♀ Botswana

Kaotwe =Kgaotwe Pan, 2222C D

April 1930

TM 6026 two females Botswana

Kaotwe =Kgaotwe Pan, 2222CD

April 1930

TM 6027 two females Botswana

Kaotwe =Kgaotwe Pan, 2222CD

April 1930

TM 6028 ♀ Botswana

Damara Pan, West Central Kalahari, 2222AA

April 1930

TM 6032 Botswana

Gemsbok Pan

May 1930

TM 6034 ♂ Botswana

Machumi Pan, Lothlekane

May 1930

TM 6035 ♀ Botswana

Mothlatlogo, on Lake Ngami, South Ngamiland

May 1930

TM 6018 ♀ Botswana

Gabane nr Gaborone East district 2425Db

March 1930 · col. V. Fitzsimons

TM 6022 ♀ Botswana

Kuke Pan S. E. Kalahari

March 1930 · col. V. Fitzsimons

TM 5366 ♀ South Africa

Punda Maria, Kruger National Park, 2231CA

November 1932

TM 5370 ♀ South Africa

Punda Maria, Kruger National Park, 2231CA

November 1932

TM 6625 ♀ South Africa

Glasgow 750MS, Zoutpansberg, 2229DC

April 1934

TM 7784 ♀ South Africa

Between Springbok and Komaggas, Little Namakwaland, 2428DA

August 1937

TM 8946 two females Botswana

Mahalapye, 2326BB

January 1958

TM 8947 two females Botswana

Mahalapye, 2326BB

January 1958

TM 16337 ♂ South Africa

Ndumo Game Reserve, Ingwavuma district 2632Cd

December 1960 · col. G. van Son

sub-adult male

TM 16338 ♂ South Africa

Ndumo Game Reserve, Ingwavuma district 2632Cd

December 1960 · col. G. van Son.

sub-adult male

TM 9075 two females Botswana

Aha mountains, 192ICC

September 1961

TM 9076 two females Botswana

Aha mountains, 192ICC

September 1961

TM 9172 ♀ Botswana

Dekar, Ghanzi, 2121DB

October 1961

TM 9188 two females Botswana

Tierputs, four miles Southwest of Ghanzi

November 1961

TM 9189 two females Botswana

Tierputs, four miles Southwest of Ghanzi

November 1961

NMZ/A 1225 ♀ Zimbabwe

Police Barracks, Harare, 1731CC

April 1961

AMGS 99259 South Africa

Gravelotte (=)

1961 · col. Gaskell, I

SMN 35010 ♀ Namibia

Gobabis, 2218BB

October 1965

SMN 35243 ♂ Namibia

Andara Rest Camp - 1821AB

April 1965

NM 13742 ♂ Mozambique

Panda

May 1966

NM Z/A 7750 ♀ Zimbabwe

Haroni River - Chimanimani Mountains - 1933CC

April 1966

TM 9763 ♀ South Africa

Nossob Camp, Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, 2620DC

January 1967

NM 13745 ♀ South Africa

Tweerivieren, Kalahari Gemsbok National Park,

July 1968

NMZ/A 1574 ♀ Zimbabwe

Inyanga, 1832BD

April 1968 · col. Gilmore

NM 13818 ♀ South Africa

Natal: Mkuzi Game Reserve, Mkuzi, 2732CA

April 1969

N M Z /A 1428 ♀ Zimbabwe

Borrowdale, Harare, 173 ICC

October 1969

NM 13747 ♀ Zimbabwe

Haroni river near Sam’s kraal

September 1969

NM Z/A 1310 ♀ Zimbabwe

Waterfalls, Harare, 1731CC

August 1969

NMZ/A 1475 ♀ Zimbabwe

Borrowdale, Harare, 173 ICC

July 1969

NM 13744 ♀ South Africa

5 miles North of Kwang Pan, , 2520BC

May 1970

NM 16007 ♀ South Africa