Hysterocrates celerierae ( Smith, 1990 )

Bariev, Timur B. & Sherwood, Danniella, 2024, First record of Hysterocrates celerierae (Smith, 1990) from Burkina Faso (Aranei: Theraphosidae), Invertebrate Zoology 21 (1), pp. 94-96 : 96

Hysterocrates celerierae ( Smith, 1990)

Phoneyusa celerieri Smith, 1990: 49 , figs. 222–230.

Phoneyusa celerierae : Schmidt, 1993: 111, fig. 349.

Phoneyusa celerierae : Schmidt, 2003: 216, fig. 654.

Hysterocrates celerierae : Gallon, Wendt, 2015: 302, fig. 19.

TYPE MATERIAL. Holotype ♀ ( BMNH 1990.10.15.1), Bouna Park , Cote d’Ivoire, 17/05/1982, coll. J.-M. Leraux, examined by DS; paratype ♀ in private collection (see Smith [1990]), lost.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED. 4 ♀♀ ( ZIN ARA _ ARA _0000632), Ouagadougou, La Volta, Afr. Occ.Franc. (currentlyBurkina Faso),1926–1928, No. 642-929, coll. G. Olsoufieff.

DISTRIBUTION. Burkina Faso (new record), and Cote d’Ivoire.

REMARKS. We provide complimentary photographs of the preserved habitus and the spermathecae in dorsal view from one of the four newly recorded females ( Figs1–3 ).This species was previously known only from the locus typicus. The specimens recorded herein from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso extend its range by more than 380 km northwards ( Fig. 4 ) but are still within the same habitat-type, namely the Sudanean-Savannah ecoregion. Thus, its presence in Burkina Faso is hardly surprising. Hysterocrates celerierae ( Smith, 1990) still remains known only from the female.

Figures

Figs. 1–3. Hysterocrates celerierae (Smith, 1990) female (ZIN ARA_ARA_0000632), 1 — habitus, dorsal view, 2 — data label, 3 — spermathecae, dorsal view. Scale bar 20 mm (1). Рис. 1–3. Hysterocrates celerierae (Smith, 1990), самка (ZIN ARA_ARA_0000632), 1 — габитус, Дорсальный виД, 2 — оригинальнаЯ Этикетка, 3 — сперматека, Дорсальный виД. МасШтаб 20 мм (1).

Fig. 4. Map showing the currently known distribution ofHysterocrates celerierae (Smith, 1990).Star — type locality, circle — new records. Рис. 4 Карта иЗвестного на Данный момент распространениЯ Hysterocrates celerierae (Smith, 1990). ЗвЁЗДочка — типовой локалитет, кружок — новые Данные.