Pterinochilus chordatus (Gerstäcker, 1873)

Common name: Kilimanjaro baboon

♀ Female described ♂ Male described
Female Female

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Original Description

Gerstäcker, C. A. (1873). Arachnoidea. In: von der Decken, C. (ed.) Reisen in Ostafrica. Leipzig, 3(2), 461-503 (Araneae, pp. 473-503).
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Distribution

Kenya

Type Locality: Dafeta

Adult Male Activity

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

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Adult males collected

Of 7 adult males, 1 of 7 (14%) fall in the six wettest months, and 1 of 7 (14%) in the six warmest. Collections peak in July.

Mean monthly rainfall and temperature 2001–2020 near the type locality, Dafeta. MERRA-2 via NASA POWER, for a grid cell averaging 713 m. Wet and dry seasons, from the rainfall at the locality itself. Records span 5 countries (Ethopia, Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda), so one climate curve cannot describe all of them.

Specimen Records (32)

? ♀ Type Tanzania

Tanzania, Kilimandjaro, Kibonoto (=Kibongoto?),1300 m,

March 1906 · col. (Prof. Yngve Sjöstedt)

? ♀ Type Tanzania

Tanzania, Kilimandjaro, Kibonoto (=Kibongoto?), Kulturzone,

March 1906 · col. (Prof. Yngve Sjöstedt)

BMNH 18.7.13 ♂ Type Sudan

Sobat

July 1913 · col. 32)30*E (H. H. King)

? ♀ Type Tanzania

Nkoaranga on Kilimandjaro

February 1913 · col. Dr. K. Braun

? ♀ Type Ethiopia

Ethiopia, mountain near Lake Margherita (=Abaya Hayt’),

February 1938 · col. (Prof. Brunelli)

ZMB 2350 ♂ Type Kenya

Kenya, Dschagga, Dafeta (=Taveta?)

col. (Von der Decken),

ZMB 2350 ♂ Type Kenya

Dschagga,Dafeta (=Taveta?)

col. (Von der Decken)

? ♀ Type Ethiopia

Akaki oder Djam-Djam

col. v Erlanger

? ♂ Type Tanzania

Moschi, Kilimandscharo

col. Dr. Widenmann.

ZMB 32165 ♂ Tanzania

Dar es Salaam

March 1894 · col. (Dr Salvin)

MNHN AR 4749 ♀ Kenya

Naivasha,dans des terriers ouverts

December 1904 · col. (Ch. Alluaud)

MNHN AR 4748 ♀ Tanzania

Neu-Moschi (=Moshi)

April 1912 · col. (Alluaud & Jeannel)

MRAC 200.501 ♀ Kenya

North Tsavo National Park

March 1990

MRAC 200.486 ♀ Kenya

Amboseli

June 1991

? ♀ Kenya

Lake Nakuru

April 1995 · col. (D. Penney)

under rocks

? ♂ Uganda

Sokodu near Kaabong

August 1995 · col. (R. C. Gallon)

found as imm. in ploughed field and reared to maturity

? ♀ Uganda

Sokodu near Kaabong

August 1995 · col. (R. C. Gallon)

burrow in sorghum field

? ♀ Uganda

Sokodu near Kaabong

August 1995 · col. (R. C. Gallon)

burrow in field

? ♀ Uganda

Lopedo near Kaabong

August 1995 · col. (R. C. Gallon)

burrow in graded road

? ♀ Uganda

Sokodu near Kaabong

July 1995 · col. (R. C. Gallon)

burrow in field

? ♀ Uganda

Sokodu near Kaabong

August 1995 · col. (R. C. Gallon)

burrow next to field side path

ZMB 32208 ♀ Uganda

Sokodu near Kaabong

August 1995 · col. (R. C. Gallon)

burrow in grassland

? ♂ Ethopia

Didessa Valley below Bikilal near Gimbi,

July 1996 · col. (Dr A. C. Gallon)

dug from burrow

? ♂ Kenya

stock probably from Nairobi

July 1997 · col. (S. West)

captive bred

? ♀ Tanzania

1999 · col. (R. Gabriel via Tanzanian dealer)

ZMB 32207 ♀ Tanzania

1999 · col. (R. Gabriel via Tanzanian dealer)

? ♂ Kenya

Mara Sopa Lodge,Maasai Mara Game Reserve,2104 m

July 2000 · col. (R. West)

? ♂ Kenya

Mara Sopa Lodge,Maasai Mara Game Reserve,2104 m

July 2000 · col. (R. West)

? ♀ Kenya

reared from egg sac produced by female from,Nairobi

MRAC 174.055 ♂ Kenya

Tsavo National Park

col. (Rechsteiner)

ZMB 32168 ♂ Kenya

Taita

col. (Dr Hildebandt)

MRAC 209.656 ♂ Tanzania

col. 1999 (R. Gabriel via Tanzanian dealer)

Taxonomic History

  1. 1873
    Harpactira chordata Gerstäcker, 1873

Bibliography (1)

Gerstäcker, C. A. (1873). Arachnoidea. In: von der Decken, C. (ed.) Reisen in Ostafrica. Leipzig, 3(2), 461-503 (Araneae, pp. 473-503).
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