Anoploscelus lesserti Laurent, 1946

♀ Female described ♂ Male described
Male Male © Sherwood, Jocqué & Henrard (2024), adult male from Burundi, dorsal view

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Bibliography

Laurent, R. F. L. (1946). Notes arachnologiques africaines II.-Sur quelques théraphosides du Congo Belge (Ischnocolinae, Eumenophorinae, Selenocosmiinae). Revue Zool. Bot. afr. 39: 293-326.
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.

Distribution

RwandaBurundi

Type Locality: Kigali, Ruanda

Adult Male Activity

Collection months of 1 adult male specimen record

Specimen Records (2)

RG14389 ♀ Type Rwanda

Kigali Rwanda Eastern Zaire on Tanzanian border

BE_RMCA_ARA.Ara.247722 ♂ Burundi

Mt. Ruvubu, Muremera, Cibitoke

August 2016

Adult male of Anoploscelus lesserti with a regenerated right chelicera; first record of the genus Anoploscelus for Burundi. Collected 20 August 2016.

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