Ceratogyrus meridionalis (Hirst, 1907)

Common name: grey mustard baboon

♀ Female described ♂ Male described

Female

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Original Description

Hirst, A. S. (1907). Descriptions of new species of African spiders and Solifugae. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 20.

Distribution

MalawiMozambique

Type Locality: Dowa, Malawi

Adult Male Activity

Collection months of 1 adult male specimen record, against the rainfall where they live

Adult males collected

Mean monthly rainfall and temperature 2001–2020 near the type locality, Dowa, Malawi. MERRA-2 via NASA POWER, for a grid cell averaging 1183 m. Wet and dry seasons, from the rainfall at the locality itself. Records span 2 countries (Malawi, Mozambique), so one climate curve cannot describe all of them.

Specimen Records (8)

BMNH 1907.112 ♂ Type Malawi

Dowa,British Central Africa

March 1907 · col. Mr. A . It. Andrew

ZMB 31091b ♀ Mozambique

col. W. Tiesler.

No data captive bred:

BMNH ♂ Mozambique

col. R. Gallon

BMNH ♂ Mozambique

col. B. Wander

BMNH ♀ Mozambique

col. T. Ezendam

BMNH ♀ Mozambique

col. R. Gallon

ZMB 32446 ♂ Mozambique

col. A. Lau.

AMGS 99250 Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe (=Data Notes: OK)

Bibliography (1)

Hirst, A. S. (1907). Descriptions of new species of African spiders and Solifugae. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 20.