Eucratoscelus

Updated on Dec 18, 2023

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Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Chelicerata Infraorder Mygalomorphae Higher classification Tarantula		Phylum Arthropoda Order Araneae Family Theraphosidae Rank Genus

Similar Eucratoscelus pachypus, Tarantula, Citharacanthus, Bonnetina, Lasiodorides

Female eucratoscelus pachypus stout leg baboon tarantula feeding

Eucratoscelus is a genus of spider in the family Theraphosidae, found in Kenya and Tanzania.

As of April 2016, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:

Eucratoscelus constrictus (Gerstäcker, 1873) (type species) – Kenya, Tanzania

Eucratoscelus pachypus Schmidt & von Wirth, 1990 – Tanzania

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