Encyocrates (original) (raw)
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Genus of spiders
| Encyocrates | |
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Scientific classification  |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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 raffrayiSimon, 1892 |
Encyocrates is a monotypic genus of African tarantulas found on Madagascar containing the single species, Encyocrates raffrayi.[1] The female was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892,[2] and the male was described by Lucien Berland in 1917.[3]
- ^ a b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2020). "Gen. Encyocrates Simon, 1892". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-04-11.
- ^ Simon, E. (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. 61: 271–284. doi:10.1080/21686351.1892.12278480.
- ^ Berland, L. (1917). "Description de quelques espèces nouvelles d'aviculariides africaines (Araneae: Aviculariidae)". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. 23: 466–481.