Encyocrates
Genus of spiders
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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]
| 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 | |
