Ceratogyrus marshalli Pocock, 1897

Common name: Straight 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

ZimbabweMozambique

Type Locality: Salisbury, Rhodesia (=Harare, Zimbabwe)

Adult Male Activity

Collection months of 7 adult male specimen records, against the rainfall where they live

Adult males collected

Of 7 adult males, 5 of 7 (71%) fall in the six wettest months, and 1 of 7 (14%) in the six warmest. Collections peak in April. The wetter half of the year is much the closer fit here.

Mean monthly rainfall and temperature 2001–2020 near the type locality, Salisbury, Rhodesia (=Harare, Zimbabwe). MERRA-2 via NASA POWER, for a grid cell averaging 1478 m. Wet and dry seasons, from the rainfall at the locality itself.

Specimen Records (37)

NMZ/A 2269 ♀ Type Zimbabwe

Cross Kopje, Mutare, 1832DC

April 1984

NMZ/A 2270 ♀ Type Zimbabwe

Hillcrest School, Mutare, 1832DC

March 1984

BMNH 1897.4.6.1 ♂ Type Zimbabwe

Salisbury (=Harare)

SAM B9126 ♀ Type Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe, Penhalonga, Umtali (=Mutare)

? ♂ Type Zimbabwe

col. J. ffolliott Darling

BMNH 1899.5.4.13-14 Zimbabwe

Salisbury (=Harare)

April 1899 · col. G. A. K. Marshall

1♂ 1imm. ♂

AMGS 99167 Zimbabwe

Umtali (=)

September 1928 · col. Stevenson

near Umtali

AMGS 99168 Zimbabwe

Rusape (=)

1930 · col. Tasman, J

NMZ/A 1226 Zimbabwe

Salisbury = Harare, Borrowdale, 1731CC

January 1961

immature

NMZ/A 1263 ♂ Zimbabwe

Belvedere, Salisbury = Harare, 1731CC

April 1961

NM Z/A 1223 ♂ Zimbabwe

Mutare, 1832CB,

April 1965

NM 16027 Zimbabwe

East Makurupini River, Chimanimani Mountains, 2033AA

August 1969

immature

NMZ/A1431 ♂ Zimbabwe

Logan Park , Harare , 173ICC

April 1969

NMZ/A 7755 ♂ Zimbabwe

Eickhoff Avenue, Mutare, 1832DC

May 1971

NMZ/A 7758 Zimbabwe

Odzi, 1832CD

January 1971

immature

NM Z/A 7749 m ale Zimbabwe

Cranborne, H arare, 1731CC

April 1972

NMZ/A7757 ♂ Zimbabwe

Harare 1731CC

April 1972

NM Z/A 2012 Zimbabwe

Chisaw asha, 1731CC,

November 1983

immature

NMZ/A 2038 ♀ Zimbabwe

Hillcrest School, Mutare, 1832 DC

December 1983

NMZ/A 2039 ♀ Zimbabwe

Post Office, Nyazura, 1832CA

December 1983

NM Z/A 2263 Zimbabwe

Greenside, Mutare, 1832DC

April 1984

immature

NM Z/A 2217 ♀ Zimbabwe

Penhalonga, Mutare, 1832DC

February 1984

NMZ/A 2215 ♀ Zimbabwe

Greenside, Mutare, 1832DC

February 1984

NMZ/A 2216 ♀ Zimbabwe

Hillcrest School, Mutare, 1832DC

February 1984

NMZ/A 2271 ♀ Zimbabwe

Hillcrest School, Mutare, 1832DC

April 1984

NMZ/A 2368 ♂ Zimbabwe

City Centre, Mutare, 1832DC

May 1984

NMZ/A 3411 ♀ Zimbabwe

White Rose Motel, Odzi, 1832CD

May 1985

NMZ/A 7316 ♂ Zimbabwe

Gutu Mission, 1931CA

February 1989

BMNH 1897.4.6.1 ♂ Zimbabwe

Salisbury (=Harare)

BMNH 1897/4/6/1 ♂ Zimbabwe

Salisbury =Harare, 1731CC

BMNH 1898.11.20.16 ♂ Zimbabwe

Umtali (=Mutare)

col. (F. Darling);

BNHM 97-4-6-1 ♂ Zimbabwe

Salisbury, Mashunaland

col. J. ffolliott Darling

SAM B9125 ♀ Zimbabwe

Penhalonga, Umtali =Mutare, 1832DC

SAM B9127 ♀ Zimbabwe

Penhalonga, Umtali =Mutare, 1832DC

AMGS 99164 Zimbabwe

Umtali (=)

AMGS 99165 Zimbabwe

Umtali (=)

AMGS 99166 Zimbabwe

Harare (=)

col. von Hirschberg, C

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