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 2 3 4 "Gen. Encyocrates Simon, 1892", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-05-26
- ↑ 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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