Chaetopelma olivaceum (C.L. Koch, 1841)

Common name: Middle East gold

♀ Female described ♂ Male described

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Distribution

CyprusTurkeyMiddle EastEgyptSudan

Type Locality: Aegypten (Egypt)

Adult Male Activity

Collection months of 17 adult male specimen records, against the rainfall where they live

Adult males collected

Of 17 adult males, 5 of 17 (29%) fall in the six wettest months, and 8 of 17 (47%) in the six warmest. Collections peak in April.

Mean monthly rainfall and temperature 2001–2020 near the type locality, Aegypten (Egypt). MERRA-2 via NASA POWER, for a grid cell averaging 304 m. Northern hemisphere seasons. Records span 11 countries (Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Liban =Lebanon, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Turkey), so one climate curve cannot describe all of them.

Synonyms

Chaetopelma gracile, Ischnocolus syriacus, Crattorhagus tetramerus, Crattorhagus concolor, Chaetopelma shabati, Ischnocolus jerusalemensis

Specimen Records (99)

? ♂ Type Turkey

Mediterranean coast

1993 · col. I. Skliba

? ♀ Type Egypy

NMW 114 ♀ Type Cyprus

col. Dr Kotschy

NMW 166 ♀ Type Syria

MNHN 4620 ♂ Type Liban =Lebanon

col. M. Ch. De la Brùlerie

? ♂ Type Lebanon

col. M. Ch. De la Brùlerie

MNHN 4623 ♀ Type Syria

Saïda

col. M. Ch. De la Brùlerie

? ♂ Type Egypt

near Fayoum

BMNH 95.11.9.45–46 ♀ Type Israel

Jerusalem

col. Hew Rolle

NMW 100 ♀ Egypt

January 1852

? ♂ Syria

1863 · col. Hensederer Hope-Westwood tray Arachnida 16

? ♂ Syria

1863 · col. Hensederer

Hope-Westwood dry tray Arachnida 16

NMW 102 ♂ Egypt

Alexandria

April 1868 · col. Kirchner

NMW 103 ♂ Egypt

March 1878 · col. Phasan

? ♂ Egypt

Cairo

1879 · col. Dr. Valentinar

? ♂ Syria

1879 · col. Plason

NMW 104 ♀ Israel

Jerusalem

April 1882 · col. Reitter

NMW 105 ♂ Israel

Jaffa

February 1885 · col. Steindachner

ZMUC 631 ♀ Egypt

Mansurah

April 1886 · col. I. Sorensen

ZMUC 623 Israel

Jerusalem

April 1886 · col. I. Sorensen

immature

NMW 106 ♀ Lebanon

Beirut

January 1886

? ♂ Syria

1895 · col. Sehlüter

? ♂ Israel

Acca

August 1899 · col. J. Cropper

? ♂ Israel

Acca =Acre

July 1899 · col. J. Cropper

BMNH 14.10.2.1 ♀ Egypt

nr. Cairo

1911 · col. A. R. Gough

BMNH 1924.10.3.19 ♂ Jordan

Amman, Transjordania

December 1911 · col. Lt. Sr. J. B. Philly Dr L. H. Gough SS Flower

? ♀ Egypt

Cairo

January 1913 · col. Dr. E. Bannwarth

? ♂ Jordan

Amman

undefined 1924 · col. J.B. Philly

? ♂ Cyprus

Asprokremnos

August 1927 · col. T.R.R. Stebbing

BMNH 1950.3.7.60 ♀ Egypt

Cairo

April 1937 · col. Lt. Col. A. G. Biggam Roy al Army Medial Collection Millban k

BMNH 1950. 3.7.60 ♀ Egypt

Cairo

April 1937 · col. A.G. Biggam

BMNH 1950.3.30.20-21 ♂ Lebanon

Amioun

May 1944 · col. Major H. B. Cott

immature

BMNH 1950.3.30.125-127 ♀ Lebanon

Amioun

1944 · col. Major H. B. Cott

BMNH 1950.3.30.122-123 ♂ Lebanon

Amioun

1944 · col. Major H. B. Cott

? ♂ Lebanon

Amioun

1944 · col. Major H. B. Cott

BMNH 1950.3.30.122.123 ♂ Lebanon

Amyun

1944 · col. H.B. Cott

BMNH 1950.3.30.125.127 ♀ Lebanon

Amyun

1944 · col. H.B. Cott

BMNH 1950.3.30.20.21 ♀ Lebanon

Amyun

1944 · col. H.B. Cott

? ♂ Lebanon

Amyun

1944 · col. H.B. Cott

BMNH 1948.11.23.19 ♀ Egypt

Cairo

March 1948 · col. A.I. Hassan

MRAC 147161 ♂ Sudan

Wadi Halfa

1949 · col. F.L. Tomkins

? ♀ Cyprus

February 1952 · col. C. I R. Le Sueur

With oranges from St. Helier Jersey

? ♂ Israel

Jerusalem, Old City probably from a garden

May 1962 · col. W. Wermuth

? ♂ Israel

Jerusalem

May 1962 · col. W. Wermuth

ZMUH A71/74 Lebanon

Beirut

December 1973 · col. U. Lechner

immature

ZMUH A71/74 ♂ Lebanon

Beirut

October 1974 · col. U. Lechner

? ♂ Lebanon

Yatar

1979 · col. J. Woluekamp

? ♀ Syria

1982 · col. Dr. Baumgarten

ZSM 987 1 imm. Israel

April 1987 · col. G. Müller

? ♀ Syria

Jobet Birkghal

July 1994 · col. Vladimír Šejna

? ♀ Syria

Salahudin temple

July 1994 · col. Vladimír Šejna

? ♂ Cyprus

Lapta, stonewalls from houses

April 1996 · col. Volker von Wirth

? ♂ Cyprus

Lapta, stonewalls from houses

April 1996 · col. Volker von Wirth

? ♂ Turkey

Cevlik

1999 · col. Vladimír Šejna

? ♂ Cyprus

Ayia Napa, hotel reception area

May 2002 · col. Dave James

? ♂ Israel

Jerusalem

November 2005 · col. Yinnon Dolev

? ♂ Israel

Latrun

April 2005 · col. Yinnon Dolev

matured VI.2005 died X.2006

? ♂ Turkey

Cevlik, 50 m a.s.l. [36° 07'N, 35°55'E]

April 2009 · col. Ray Gabriel, Richard Gallon, Altuğ Kiziltuğ, Kadir Kunt and Guy Tansley

BMNH 01.5.21.3 ♀ Cyprus

dry

BMNH 0.8.24.1 Cyprus

dry

? ♂ Cyprus

Nicosia

? ♂ Cyprus

Dali

col. D. Mcgowan

? ♀ Cyprus

Larnaca

col. C. Glasznes

? ♂ Cyprus

Larnaca

col. C. Glasznes

immature

? ♂ Cyprus

St. Hilarion, Nicosia, Department of Agriculture C.I.E. 14553

? ♂ Cyprus

Nicosia

col. Henry Guillemard

? ♂ Cyprus

Nicosia

col. Henry Guillemard

BMNH 1927.8.13 ♂ Cyprus

Solea Valley

col. T. R. R. Stebbing

? ♀ Cyprus

Paphos

col. Paul Mason.

no abdomen

? ♀ Egypt

col. James Burton

? ♂ Egypt

col. James Burton

BMNH 90.7.1.398.400 ♂ Egypt

col. Key serling Collection

BMNH 90.7.1.39.8.400 ♀ Egypt

col. Key serling Collection

BMNH 1893.11.5.1 ♀ Israel

Haifa

col. A. S. Woodward

? ♂ Syria

? ♀ Syria

BMNH 1889.10.16.2 ♂ Turkey

Aintab, Asia Minor

col. J. H. Leech

SMF 2661 ♂ Saudi Arabia

col. E. Rüppell

ZMB 144 ♂ Egypt

BMNH 90.7.1.398-400 ♂ Egypt

col. Keyserling collection

BMNH 14.10.2.1 ♀ Egypt

Cairo

MNHN 4677 ♀ Egypt

Cairo

SMF 8573 ♀ Egypt

Thebes

SMF 4923 ♀ Egypt

Tor

col. E. Rüppell

BMNH 09.9.8.1.2 ♀ Cyprus

col. J. Buck

NMW 108 ♂ Israel

Jerusalem

col. Rhimoser

? ♀ Israel

Jerusalem

col. J. Rotte

? ♂ Israel

Jerusalem

col. Yinnon Dolev

captive raised

SMF 2662 ♂ Israel

Haifa

? ♂ Israel

Latrun

col. Yinnon Dolev

missing emboli

? ♂ Israel

Shoham

col. Yinnon Dolev

ZMUH 1003 ♂ Lebanon

Amyun

MNHN 975 ♂ Lebanon

Beirut

BMNH 1893.11.5.1 ♀ Palestine

col. A.S. Woodward

? ♂ Palestine

ZMB 30754 ♂ Syria

col. Ehrnbgerg

ZMB 30755 ♂ Syria

col. Ehrnbgerg

BMNH 89.10.16.2 ♂ Turkey

Aintab

col. J.H. Leech

SMF 2663 ♂ Turkey

Istanbul

Taxonomic History

1841
Mygale olivacea C. L. Koch, 1841

Bibliography (1)

Koch, C. L. (1842). Die Arachniden (1842). Nürnberg, Neunter Band, pp. 57-108, Zehnter Band, pp. 1-36.

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