Eucratoscelus
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Scientific classification 
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| 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)
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| Species | |
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Eucratoscelus is a genus of East African tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1898.[2] As of March 2020[update] it contains two species, found in Tanzania and Kenya: E. constrictus and E. pachypus.[1]
See also
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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