Eucratoscelus
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]
Eucratoscelus | |
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Scientific 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 | |
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See also
References
- "Gen. Eucratoscelus Pocock, 1898". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
- 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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