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 |
Species: | E. raffrayi |
Binomial name | |
Encyocrates raffrayi Simon, 1892 |
Encyocrates is a monotypic genus of African tarantulas found on Madagascar containing the single species, Encyocrates raffrayi. The female was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892, and the male was described by Lucien Berland in 1917.
See also
References
- ^ 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.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Encyocrates | |
Encyocrates raffrayi |
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