Eucratoscelus

Eucratoscelus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Eucratoscelus
Pocock, 1898[1]
Type species
E. constrictus
(Gerstäcker, 1873)
Species

Eucratoscelus is a genus of East African tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1898.[2] As of March 2020 it contains two species, found in Tanzania and Kenya: E. constrictus and E. pachypus.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Eucratoscelus Pocock, 1898". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  2. ^ Pocock, R. I. (1898). "On the scorpions, spiders and solpugas collected by Mr. C. Steuart Betton in British East Africa". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 66 (3): 497–524. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1898.tb03172.x.


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