Biology:Encyocrates

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Encyocrates
Scientific classification edit
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 raffrayi
Simon, 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]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2020). Gen. Encyocrates Simon, 1892. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3350. Retrieved 2020-04-11. 
  2. 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. 
  3. 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. 

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