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Genus: Hysterocrates Simon, 1892 | Family: Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869

Hysterocrates celerierae (Smith, 1990)

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002292

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Described:

Distribution: Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK f (1990.10.15.1) - (Bariev & Sherwood, 2024)
Paratype: 1f (private collection, lost) - (Bariev & Sherwood, 2024)

Taxonomic References

Phoneyusa celerieri Smith, 1990c: 49, f. 222-230 (Df; patronym for Marie-Louise Célérier, 'lapsus calami' per ICZN Article 32.5.1., see FAQ 6) Original description

Phoneyusa celerierae Schmidt, 1993d: 111, f. 349 (f)

Phoneyusa celerierae Schmidt, 2003l: 216, f. 654 (f)

Hysterocrates celerierae Gallon & Wendt, 2015: 302, f. 19 (f, T from Phoneyusa)

Phoneyusa celerieri Abegg et al., 2016: 202 (celerierae evaluated as 'unjustified emendation'; not accepted here, see above)

Hysterocrates celerierae Bariev & Sherwood, 2024: 96, f. 1, 3 (f)

Hysterocrates celerierae Sherwood, Blick & Ballarin, 2025: 51 (specific epithet confirmed)

References

Abegg, A. D., Malta-Borges, L., Tavares de Carvalho, J. D., Mario-da-Rosa, C. & Di Mare, R. A. (2016). Cases of unjustified emendations of scientific names dedicated to people in tarantulas (Mygalomorphae: Theraphosidae). Revista Colombiana de Entomología 42(2): 201-202. -- Show included taxa

Bariev, T. B. & Sherwood, D. (2024). First record of Hysterocrates celerierae (Smith, 1990) from Burkina Faso (Aranei: Theraphosidae). Invertebrate Zoology 21(1): 94-96. doi: 10.15298/invertzool.21.1.05 -- Show included taxa

Gallon, R. C. & Wendt, I. (2015). On the taxonomic placement of four African Phoneyusa species (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Eumenophorinae). Arachnology 16(8): 298-304. doi: 10.13156/arac.2015.16.8.298 -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, G. (1993d). Vogelspinnen: Vorkommen, Lebensweise, Haltung und Zucht, mit Bestimmungsschlüsseln für alle Gattungen, Vierte Auflage. Landbuch Hannover, 151 pp. -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, G. (2003l). Die Vogelspinnen: Eine weltweite Übersicht. Neue Brehm-Bücherei Hohenwarsleben, 383 pp. -- Show included taxa

Sherwood, D., Blick, T. & Ballarin, F. (2025). Studies on spider nomenclature IV: additional dubious and unavailable nomina, status of genera with invalid type species, further synonymies, and emendations (Arachnida: Araneae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 47: 43-54. -- Show included taxa

Smith, A. M. (1990c). Baboon spiders: Tarantulas of Africa and the Middle East. Fitzgerald Publishing London, 142 pp. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-01-13	New taxonomic reference entry	Sherwood, Blick & Ballarin, 2025
2024-03-27	New taxonomic reference entry	Bariev & Sherwood, 2024
2024-03-27	Species distribution update	Bariev & Sherwood, 2024	Old value
2015-08-19	New taxonomic reference entry	Gallon & Wendt, 2015
2015-08-19	Species transferred to new genus	Gallon & Wendt, 2015		Species transferred from Phoneyusa to Hysterocrates