Pterinochilus lugardi common name.

[rusted180]

Hey fellas. Hope everyone is well.
Question i have is.. why is ptrenoculs lugardi called fort hall baboon when it's not even indigenous to kenya?
Theraphosidae.be does not mention it to be located there.. yet it's named after a town in Kenya. Am i mistaken? I did see on the webpage that it's located in east africa.. but never specifically mentioned it is found in that country.
Thanks everyone!

 

[Matt Man]

possibly a species was found there at the Native Market. The species is more South African / SE African but are found in Tanzania which borders Kenya.

 

[rusted180]

possibly a species was found there at the Native Market. The species is more South African / SE African but are found in Tanzania which borders Kenya.

So its safe to say that common names should never be taken seriously...
Hmm... was hoping it was from kenya. Still.. i wonder why they named it after a coty in a country that they are not known to be found.. its like if we found a species in l.a. and called it new york tarantula lol!!!!

 

[Matt Man]

So its safe to say that common names should never be taken seriously...
Hmm... was hoping it was from kenya. Still.. i wonder why they named it after a coty in a country that they are not known to be found.. its like if we found a species in l.a. and called it new york tarantula lol!!!!

I am guessing that the first time a T person saw one was @ that market where people come from all over to sell things. After they named it they probably then started researching its origins .It's full name was Dodoma Ft Hall Baboon, Dodoma is in Tanzania and about 775 km (480 miles) from Ft Hall. So maybe Pocock saw it @ Fort Hall and traced back to Tanzania

 

[rusted180]

So got some news! I emailed rick west on birdspiders.com
He graciously provided us all some info in regards to this question i had..
Here is his reply after i asked him the same question:

Pocock described the type male Pterinochilus lugardi from the Khwebe Hills, near Lake Ngami, Botswana, in 1900. In 1919,

Hewitt described what is now the type female P. lugardi from Nuanetsi River (now Mwenezi River), Zoutpansberg district

(now Masvingo Province), Zimbabwe. In 1936, Lawrence described what is now known as a female of P. lugardi from

Kabulabula, Zambesi Region, Namibia.



So, here’s the correction. P. lugardi is not the ‘Fort Hall baboon spider’. That was the type locale of Pterinochilus hindei

Hirst, 1907, from Fort Hall, Kenya. Since that time, this species has been found to be a junior synonym of Pterinochilus

murinus Pocock, 1897. So, in reality, the name ‘Fort Hall baboon spider’ no longer exists as it’s the ‘Mombasa golden

starburst tarantula’.

 

[The Grym Reaper]

So its safe to say that common names should never be taken seriously...

Basically, a lot of them are kinda dumb tbh