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)
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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]