Encyocrates

Encyocrates
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Encyocrates
Simon, 1892[1]
Species: E. raffrayi
Binomial name
Encyocrates raffrayi
Simon, 1892[1]

Encyocrates is a spider genus in the family Theraphosidae (tarantulas) with the sole species Encyocrates raffrayi, native to Madagascar.[1] The genus and species were described in 1892 by Eugène Simon.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Gen. Encyocrates Simon, 1892", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-05-26
  2. Simon, Eugène (1892). "Etudes arachnologiques. 24e Mémoire. XXXIX. Descriptions d'espèces et de genres nouveaux de la famille des Aviculariidae (suite)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (in French) (61): 271–284.
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