Published February 6, 2019 | Version v1
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New collection records for Theraphosidae (Araneae, Mygalomorphae) in Angola, with the description of a remarkable new species of Ceratogyrus

  • 1. National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project, Johannesburg, South Africa|KwaZulu-Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa|Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
  • 2. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, South Africa|University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

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During 2015 and 2016 several baboon spider specimens (Araneae: Theraphosidae) were collected in central Angola during surveys undertaken for the Okavango Wilderness Project. These collections represent range and habitat extensions for Pterinochilus Pocock, 1897, Ceratogyrus Pocock, 1897 and Phoneyusa Karsch, 1884. The new species Ceratogyrus attonitifer sp. n. is described from female specimens and the distribution of genera mapped. Central and eastern Angola is severely under sampled for theraphosid spiders, with every species collected during the survey either being potentially new to science or representing a significant range extension for the genus.

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