Biology:Eucratoscelus

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Eucratoscelus
Scientific classification e
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. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Eucratoscelus Pocock, 1898. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3353. 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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