Anoploscelus

Anoploscelus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Infraorder:Mygalomorphae
Family:Theraphosidae
Genus:Anoploscelus
Pocock, 1897[1]

Anoploscelus is a genus of spiders in the family Theraphosidae (tarantulas). It is native to East Africa.[1]

Taxonomy

The genus Anoploscelus was erected by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1897 for the species Anoploscelus celeripes, based on a single male collected from near Lake Tanganyika in modern day Tanzania.[1][2]

Species

As of May 2016, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1]

  • Anoploscelus celeripes Pocock, 1897 (type species) – Uganda, Tanzania
  • Anoploscelus lesserti Laurent, 1946 – Rwanda

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Gen. Anoploscelus Pocock, 1897", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-05-26
  2. ↑ Pocock, R.I. (1897). "On the spiders of the suborder Mygalomorphae from the Ethiopian Region, contained in the collection of the British Museum". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1897: 724–774. pp. 759–760


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