Anoploscelus is a genus of East African tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1897.

It was erected for the species Anoploscelus celeripes, based on a single male collected near Lake Tanganyika in modern day Tanzania.

[2] It was synonymized with Phoneyusa from 1985 to 1990.

[3][4] As of December 2019[update] it contains two species, including A. lesserti, first found in Rwanda in 1946.

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