Anoploscelus
Genus of spiders
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Anoploscelus is a genus of East African tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1897. It was erected for the species Anoploscelus celeripes, based on a single male collected near Lake Tanganyika in modern day Tanzania.[2] It was synonymized with Phoneyusa from 1985 to 1990.[3][4] As of December 2019[update] it contains two species, including A. lesserti, first found in Rwanda in 1946.[5][1]
| Anoploscelus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Anoploscelus Pocock, 1897[1] |
| Type species | |
| A. celeripes Pocock, 1897 | |
| Species | |
