New collection records for Theraphosidae (Araneae, Mygalomorphae) in Angola, with the description of a remarkable new species of Ceratogyrus

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dc.contributor.author Midgley, John M.
dc.contributor.author Engelbrecht, I.A. (Ian)
dc.date.accessioned 2020-06-10T05:12:12Z
dc.date.available 2020-06-10T05:12:12Z
dc.date.issued 2019-02-06
dc.description.abstract 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. en_ZA
dc.description.department Zoology and Entomology en_ZA
dc.description.librarian am2020 en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorship The National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project, the KwaZulu-Natal Museum and the University of Pretoria. en_ZA
dc.description.uri https://africaninvertebrates.pensoft.net en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation Midgley J.M., Engelbrecht I. (2019) New collection records for Theraphosidae (Araneae, Mygalomorphae) in Angola, with the description of a remarkable new species of Ceratogyrus. African Invertebrates 60(1): 1–13. https://DOI.org/10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.32141. en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn 1681-5556 (print)
dc.identifier.issn 2305-2562 (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.32141
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/74930
dc.language.iso en en_ZA
dc.publisher Pensoft Publishers en_ZA
dc.rights Copyright John M. Midgley, Ian Engelbrecht. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0). en_ZA
dc.subject Arachnida en_ZA
dc.subject Pterinochilus en_ZA
dc.subject Ceratogyrus en_ZA
dc.subject Phoneyusa en_ZA
dc.subject Theraphosidae en_ZA
dc.subject Biodiversity en_ZA
dc.subject Survey en_ZA
dc.subject Taxonomy en_ZA
dc.title New collection records for Theraphosidae (Araneae, Mygalomorphae) in Angola, with the description of a remarkable new species of Ceratogyrus en_ZA
dc.type Article en_ZA


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