Eucratoscelus constrictus (GerstÄcker, 1873)

Common name: African redrump

♀ Female described ♂ Male described

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Original Description

Gerstäcker, C. A. (1873). Arachnoidea. In: von der Decken, C. (ed.) Reisen in Ostafrica. Leipzig, 3(2), 461-503 (Araneae, pp. 473-503).

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Distribution

KenyaTanzania

Type Locality: Taveta, Taita Taveta, Kenya

Specimen Records (6)

BMNH 1897.11.20.53 ♂ Type Kenya

Mbuyuni

col. Stewart Betton

BMNH 1897.11.20.54 ♀ Type Kenya

Voi

col. Stewart Betton

ZMB 2351 ♀ Type Kenya

Dschagga, Dafeta (Taveta)?, Kilimanjaro

col. Von der Decken

ZISP ARA_ARA_0000644 (females) ♀ Kenya

7th stop along the Tsavo River, 25 miles from Tsavo station, Coast

January 1912 · col. Z. F. Svatosh

Four non-type females of Eucratoscelus constrictus with congruent spermathecal morphology, from a jar that also held the male of Pterinochilus murinus. Old label 1981 104-912/N25; original label dated 3.01.1912 (Julian calendar).

? ♀ Tanzania

Amani, Tanzania

December 2012 · col. Vosseler

? ♀ Kenya

Voi, Kenya

col. Stewart Betton

Taxonomic History

1873
Harpactira constricta Gerstäcker, 1873

Bibliography (2)

Gerstäcker, C. A. (1873). Arachnoidea. In: von der Decken, C. (ed.) Reisen in Ostafrica. Leipzig, 3(2), 461-503 (Araneae, pp. 473-503).

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Bariev, T. B. & Sherwood, D. (2025). New data on some African tarantulas including bulb morphology in Pterinochilus Pocock, 1897 (Aranei: Theraphosidae). Arthropoda Selecta 34 (1): 58-63.