Encyocrates
Appearance
Encyocrates | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Family: | Theraphosidae |
Genus: | Encyocrates Simon, 1892[1] |
Species: | E. raffrayi
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Binomial name | |
Encyocrates raffrayi Simon, 1892
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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]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Gen. Encyocrates Simon, 1892". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. 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.
- ^ 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.