Pterinochilus murinus Pocock, 1897

Common name: Tree Baboon Spider

♀ Female described ♂ Male described

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Distribution

AngolaKenyaZimbabweTanzaniaMozambiqueSouth AfricaMalawi

Type Locality: Ugogo (Emin Pasha)

Adult Male Activity

Collection months of 20 adult male specimen records, against the rainfall where they live

Wet seasonDry season21112112925°20°JFMAMJJASOND90184mm0
Adult males collected

Of 20 adult males, 15 of 20 (75%) fall in the six wettest months, and 15 of 20 (75%) in the six warmest. Collections peak in December.

Mean monthly rainfall and temperature 2001–2020 near the type locality, Ugogo (Emin Pasha). MERRA-2 via NASA POWER, for a grid cell averaging 871 m. Wet and dry seasons, from the rainfall at the locality itself. Records span 8 countries (Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe), so one climate curve cannot describe all of them.

Specimen Records (101)

BMNH 1904.12.19.51.56 ♂ Type Kenya

Fort Hall =Murang’a

1904 · col. S. L. Hinde

? ♂ Type Tanzania

German, East Africa

col. Dr. B efrwald

dry

BMNH 1890.4.15.5 Type Tanzania

Ugogo region =Dodoma region

col. Emin Pasha

immature male

BMNH AF 103-4-88 ♂ Type

ZMB 2841 ♂ Type Mozambique

Mozambique

col. Peters

ZMB 2841 ♀ Type Mozambique

Mozambique

col. Peters

ZMB 2874 ♀ Type Mozambique

Tette =Tête

col. Peters

BMNH 1926-6-19-15-19

Afrique orientale : Zanguebar, Collection Museum Paris.

1890 · col. Frere Alexandre

MNHN AR4750 Tanzania

Zanzibar

1890 · col. mission du St. Esprit

Frére Alexandre

ZMB 31140 ♀ Tanzania

Dar es Salaam

March 1894 · col. Dr Schumann

BMNH 97-11-20-52 ♀ Kenya

Manjewa

September 1896 · col. Stewart Betton

? ♀ Kenya

Maziwa Matatu

March 1897 · col. Stewart Betton

BMNH 97-11-20-48-49 ♀ Tanzania

Machuma, farm land

February 1897 · col. Stewart Betton

BMNH 97-11-20-48-49 ♂ Kenya

Ndi

August 1897 · col. Stewart Betton

BMNH 97-11-20-50-51 Kenya

Mbuyuni,118 m

August 1897 · col. Stewart Betton

ZMB 31146 ♀ Tanzania

Zanzibar

May 1898 · col. Fingy

ZMB 31148 Tanzania

Kisraki Steppe, Rufidji =Rufiji river, Nyassasee Expedition

November 1898 · col. Goedge

ZMB 31094 Tanzania

Nordl Khulu =Kululu? steppe

December 1899

ZMB 31090 ♀ Tanzania

Amani

December 1904

ZMB 31136 ♀ Tanzania

Dar es Salaam

May 1909 · col. Dr Reuss

ZMB 31138 ♂ Tanzania

Dar es Salaam

March 1909 · col. Dr Reuss

ZMB 31141 ♂ Tanzania

Mkoffa Nkotta?

June 1909 · col. R. Schoenheit

ZMB 31142 ♀ Tanzania

Morogoro

October 1909 · col. Dr Reuss

ZISP ARA_ARA_0000644 (males) ♂ Kenya

7th stop along the Tsavo River, 25 miles from Tsavo station, Coast

January 1912 · col. Z. F. Svatosh

Non-type male of Pterinochilus murinus, used for the first characterisation of the keels on the bulb of the genus type species. Old label 1981 104-912/N25. The original label reads 3.01.1912 in the Julian calendar then still used in the Russian Empire.

NM 1353 ♀ Tanzania

Uteia, 22 miles S. of Kilossa

July 1917 · col. R. Tomlinson

TM 1024 ♂ Tanzania

Mayai 42 m W. of Dar es Salaam

July 1917 · col. A. Roberts

NM 2031 ♀ Mozambique

Naurus village, Ruvuma river, East Africa, Mozambique or Tanzania

January 1918 · col. R. Tomlinson

MRAC 130.816 ♀ Democratic Republic of the Congo

Elizabethville=Lubumbashi

1921 · col. Dumont

BMNH 1926.VI.19.15.19 Tanzania

Lendaguru, Tanganyika

1926 · col. W. E. Butler

many female and male specimens

MRAC 005.217 ♂ Democratic Republic of the Congo

Katanga

January 1931 · col. G. F. De Witte

? ♂ Democratic Republic of the Congo

Elizabethville =Lubumbashi

November 1933 · col. Ch. Seydel

MRAC 014.435 ♀ Democratic Republic of the Congo

Elizabethville =Lubumbashi

1936 · col. Dr Richard

BMNH 1946-12-31-68 ♀ Zambia

rest house veranda, Shiwa Ngandu =Ishiba Ngandu

December 1944 · col. P. D. L. Guilbride

MRAC 139.252 ♀ Democratic Republic of the Congo

Kaziba

February 1948 · col. G. F. De Witte

1140 m

MRAC 139.274A ♀ Democratic Republic of the Congo

Mabwe, Upemba

December 1948 · col. G. F. De Witte

585 m

MRAC 139.274B ♀ Democratic Republic of the Congo

Mabwe, Upemba

December 1948 · col. G. F. De Witte

585 m

MRAC 068.100 ♂ Burundi

Makumba

December 1949

1500 m.

MRAC 139.259 ♀ Democratic Republic of the Congo

Mabwe, Upemba

January 1949 · col. G. F. De Witte

585 m

MRAC 139.273 Democratic Republic of the Congo

Kanonga

February 1949 · col. G. F. De Witte

675–860 m

MRAC 139.276 ♂ Democratic Republic of the Congo

Kalule, Lualaba

February 1949 · col. G. F. De Witte

1050 m

? ♀ Zambia

Luanshya School, Luanshya

May 1952 · col. Mrs J. H. Sinclair

? Handeni Tanzania

Tanganika

March 1955 · col. G. Hunter

? ♂ Zambia

Lusaka

July 1956 · col. A. E. King

BMNH 1958-2-18-1 ♀ Tanzania

Chazi, 60 mi N of Morogoro

January 1958 · col. D. S. Bertram

? ♂ Kenya

lavatory, Hunter’s Lodge Hotel, Kiboko

November 1967 · col. W. E. Grainger

? ♀ Kenya

Taveta forest, banana axil

May 1970 · col. J. Hudson

? ♀ Mozambique

10 m E. of Massinga Mission,

June 1971 · col. F. Farquharson

hole in tree 12* up

MRAC 166.888 ♀ Angola

Quipungo

February 1973 · col. Crawford Cabral

MRAC 160.575 ♀ Tanzania

Dar es Salaam

October 1977 · col. K. M. Howell

NMZA 1699 ♂ Zimbabwe

Katambora Rapids, 1725C4

December 1982 · col. J. Taylor

NMZA 2031 ♂ Zimbabwe

Sengwa Wildlife Research Institute 1828A1

December 1983 · col. D. Gibson

NMZA 2301 ♀ Zimbabwe

Tashinga camp site, 1628C4

December 1983 · col. G. Putterill

NMZA 9043 ♂ Zimbabwe

Tashinga, 2028C4

December 1983 · col. G. Putterill

NMZA 9043 ♂ Zimbabwe

Tashinga, 1628C4

December 1983 · col. G. Putterill

NMZA 2309 ♀ Zimbabwe

Tashinga, 1628C4

January 1984 · col. G. Putterill

NMZA 2328 ♀ Zimbabwe

Tashinga

March 1984 · col. G. Putterill

NMZA 3790 Zimbabwe

Chine pool, Mana Pools

December 1984 · col. Falcon College

NMZA 3907 ♀ Zimbabwe

Dinosaur prints, Ntumbe river, Guruve Communal Land

December 1984 · col. Falcon College

NMZA 3908 ♂ Zimbabwe

Nyamepi camp

December 1984 · col. Falcon College

NMZA 3987 ♂ Zimbabwe

Nyamepi camp

December 1984 · col. Falcon College

NMZA 5379 ♀ Zimbabwe

Katombora, 1725C4

August 1986 · col. Falcon College

NMZA 6260 ♂ Zimbabwe

Hwange

December 1987 · col. A. Ellert

NMZA 7353 ♂ Zimbabwe

Charara, Kariba, 1628D2

December 1988 · col. T. Everett

MRAC 200.495 ♀ Democratic Republic of the Congo

North Goma

1989

spermathecae missing

NMZA 8749 ♂ Zambia

Hillwood farm, 1124A4

October 1990 · col. D. G. Broadley

NMZA 9057 ♀ Mozambique

Pambarra, 2135C3

September 1991 · col. P. R. Fox

MRAC 200.487 Kenya

Tsavo

June 1992 · col. Rechsteiner

? ♂ Kenya

Mombasa

col. Captain Crawshay

? Tanzania

probably from Usambara region

col. R. Gabriel via Tanzanian dealer

? ♀ Kenya

Mamboya, Mpapua

col. Mr E. J. Baxter

? ♂ Kenya

Mombasa

col. R. Crawshay

dry

BMNH 14-12-14-7 ♂ Zambia

N. Rhodesia

col. F. V. Bruce Miller

dry

BMNH 14-7-4-3-4 Malawi

Port Herald =Nsanje

col. Dr J. E. S. Old

BMNH 1926-6-19-33-36 Tanzania

Tendaguru

col. W. E. Cutler

BMNH 1968-2-2-3-18 ♀ Zimbabwe

East Africa

col. Mrs Wise

BMNH 90-3-15-8-9 ♀ Kenya

Mombasa

col. Grose Smith

BMNH 96-5-27-3 ♂ Kenya

N. G. of Lake Victoria, Nyanza

col. Dr Ansorge

BMNH 97-8-21-1 dry ♀ Mozambique

Portuguese East Africa

MRAC 005.216 ♂ Democratic Republic of the Congo

Sankisia

MRAC 070.003 ♂ Democratic Republic of the Congo

Elizabethville =Lubumbashi

col. Van Hirtum

NM 12254 ♂ Zambia

Chingola

col. L. Magic

RGCM 14435 ♀ Zambia

Elisabethville, Zambia

RGMC 5216 ♂ Zambia

Sankisia/Lualaba

TM 5138 ♂ South Africa

Lake Fundudzi

TM 5139 ♂ South Africa

Lake Fundudzi

TM 8938 ♂

atypical specimens exhibiting palp re-growth

VHWS 97-11-20-50-51 ♂

VHWS 97-11-20-52 ♂

ZMB 2874 ♀ Mozambique

Tette, Mozambique

col. Peters

ZMB 31090 ♀ Tanzania

Amani, Tanzania

ZMB 31091 ♀ Mozambique

col. W. Tiesler

ZMB 31093 Tanzania

Tirnaja?, Usambara

col. Reiner

ZMB 31095 Tanzania

Kilwa assumed to be largest town

col. Reiner

ZMB 31096

2 male 3 female

ZMB 31097 ♂ Tanzania

Bagamoyo assumed to be largest town

col. F. Langheld

ZMB 31137 ♂ Tanzania

Dar es Salaam

col. Dr Reuss

ZMB 31139 Tanzania

Dar es Salaam, Hinterland, Pangani river

col. R. Regmer

ZMB 31143 ♂ Tanzania

Kombe, Uniifea

col. Fülleborn

ZMB 31144 ♀ Kenya

col. Kübner

ZMB 31145 ♂ Tanzania

Langea

col. Dr Fülleborn

ZMB 32166 Tanzania

Moschi =Moshi Upsm Ueo . . . illegible script

Taxonomic History