Anoploscelus

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
A. celeripes Pocock, 1897 – Uganda, Tanzania A. lesserti Laurent, 1946 – Rwanda

See also

• List of Theraphosidae species