Eucratoscelus constrictus (Gerstaecker, 1873)

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Described:

Distribution: Kenya, Tanzania

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Taxonomic References
Harpactira constricta Gerstaecker, 1873: 486 (Df) Original description
Eucratoscelus longiceps Pocock, 1898g: 500 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002000]
Pterinochilus spinifer Pocock, 1898g: 502, pl. 41, f. 1 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002397]
Pterinochilus constrictus Strand, 1907f: 236 (S of Pterinochilus chordatus [revalidated by Gallon, 2002: 206] and P. vorax [revalidated by Smith, 1990c: 102])
Eucratoscelus longiceps Smith, 1990c: 78, f. 386-395 (f)
Pterinochilus spinifer Smith, 1990c: 102, f. 581-590 (m)
Eucratoscelus longiceps Peters, 1998: 40, f. 86-87 (f)
Eucratoscelus longiceps Peters, 2000a: 123, f. 380 (f)
Pterinochilus spinifer Peters, 2000b: 103, f. 305-306 (m)
Eucratoscelus constrictus Gallon, 2002: 227, f. 102-107 (mf, T from Pterinochilus, S of Pterinochilus longiceps and P. spinifer)
Eucratoscelus constrictus Schmidt, 2003l: 224, f. 698-700 (mf)
Eucratoscelus constrictus Bariev & Sherwood, 2025a: 59, f. 1 (f)
References

Bariev, T. B. & Sherwood, D. (2025a). New data on some African tarantulas including bulb morphology in Pterinochilus Pocock, 1897 (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arthropoda Selecta 34(1): 58-63. doi: 10.15298/arthsel.34.1.05 -- Show included taxa

Gallon, R. C. (2002). Revision of the African genera Pterinochilus and Eucratoscelus (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Harpactirinae) with description of two new genera. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 12(5): 201-232. -- Show included taxa

Gerstaecker, A. (1873). Arachnoidea. In: Die Gliederthier-Fauna des Sansibar-Gebietes. Nach dem von Dr. O. Kersten während der v. d. Decken'schen Ost-Afrikanischen Expedition im Jahre 1862 und von C. Cooke auf der Insel Sansibar im Jahre 1864 gesammelten Material. C. F. Winter, Leipzig, pp. 461-503, pl. 18 (Araneae: pp. 473-503). doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.10149 -- Show included taxa

Peters, H.-J. (1998). Tarantulas of the world: Afrika's Vogelspinnen. Published by the author, Wegberg, Germany, 122 pp. -- Show included taxa

Peters, H.-J. (2000a). Tarantulas of the world: Kleiner Atlas der Vogelspinnen - Band 1. Published by the author, Wegberg, Germany, 148 pp. -- Show included taxa

Peters, H.-J. (2000b). Tarantulas of the world: Kleiner Atlas der Vogelspinnen - Band 2. Published by the author, Wegberg, Germany, 162 pp. -- Show included taxa

Pocock, R. I. (1898g). On the scorpions, spiders and solpugas collected by Mr. C. Steuart Betton in British East Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 66(3): 497-524, pl. 41-42. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1898.tb03172.x -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, G. (2003l). Die Vogelspinnen: Eine weltweite Übersicht. Neue Brehm-Bücherei Hohenwarsleben, 383 pp. -- Show included taxa

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

Strand, E. (1907f). Afrikanische und südamerikanische Aviculariiden, hauptsächlich aus dem naturhistorischen Museum zu Lübeck. Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaften 79: 170-266. -- Show included taxa

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Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2025-03-26 New taxonomic reference entry Bariev & Sherwood, 2025a

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