Anoploscelus lesserti Laurent, 1946

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Described:

Distribution: Rwanda, Burundi

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  • Holotype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium f (14389) - (Laurent, 1946)
Taxonomic References
Anoploscelus lesserti Laurent, 1946: 301 (Df) Original description
Anoploscelus lesserti Smith, 1990c: 22 (T from Phoneyusa)
Anoploscelus lesserti Sherwood, Jocqué & Henrard, 2024: 401, f. 1A-F, 2A-C (Dm)
References

Laurent, R. (1946). Notes arachnologiques africaines II.-Sur quelques théraphosides du Congo Belge (Ischnocolinae, Eumenophorinae, Selenocosmiinae). Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 39: 293-326. -- Show included taxa

Sherwood, D., Jocqué, R. & Henrard, A. (2024). A regenerated chelicera in an African tarantula, Anoploscelus lesserti Laurent, 1946 (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Animal Taxonomy and Ecology 70(4): 401-404. doi: 10.1556/1777.2024.00051 -- Show included taxa

Smith, A. M. (1990c). Baboon spiders: Tarantulas of Africa and the Middle East. Fitzgerald Publishing London, 142 pp. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2024-12-16 New taxonomic reference entry Sherwood, Jocqué & Henrard, 2024
2024-12-16 First description of male Sherwood, Jocqué & Henrard, 2024 Old value
2024-12-16 Species distribution update Sherwood, Jocqué & Henrard, 2024 Old value

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