Encyocratella olivacea

Tanzanian black and olive baboon spider

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Theraphosoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Mygalomorphae Superfamilia: Theraphosoidea

Familia: Theraphosidae
Subfamilia: Stromatopelminae
Genus: Encyocratella
Species: Encyocratella olivacea

Name

Encyocratella olivacea Strand, 1907: 556

Type locality: Tanzania, Amani, 05º09'S, 38º36'E.

Holotype: ZMB. female ♀. XI.1903. legit Vosseler. ZMB 10484.

Synonymy

• Xenodendrophila gabrieli Gallon, 2003: 405, figs. 1-9, pl. 1-4 (synonymized by Gallon, 2005: 47)
  • Type locality: Tanzania, mountains near Arusha, 03º23'S, 36º40'E.
    • Holotype: BMNH. female ♀. IV.1999. legit Joe Beraducci.

References

• Strand, E. 1907. Vorläufige Diagnosen afrikanischer und südamerikanischer Spinnen. Zoologischer anzeiger 31: 525–558. Biostor, BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Gallon, R.C. 2003. A new African arboreal genus and species of theraphosid spider (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Stromatopelminae) which lacks spermathecae. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 12(9): 405–411. full aticle (PDF). Reference page. 
• Gallon, R.C. 2005a. Encyocratella olivacea Strand, 1907, a senior synonym of Xenodendrophila gabrieli Gallon, 2003 (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Stromatopelminae) with a description of the male. Zootaxa 1003: 45–56. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page. 

• Strand, E., 1907f: Afrikanische und südamerikanische Aviculariiden, hauptsächlich aus dem naturhistorischen Museum zu Lübeck. Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaften, 79: 170–266.

English: Tanzanian black & olive baboon tarantula