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Encoptarthria

Encoptarthria is a genus of Australian ground spiders that was first described by Barbara York Main in 1954. Originally placed in the no longer recognized family Prodidomidae, it was moved to the family Gnaphosidae in 2007.

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Encoptarthria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Encoptarthria
Main, 19541
Type species
E. echemophthalma
(Simon, 1908)
Species

5, see text

Encoptarthria is a genus of Australian ground spiders that was first described by Barbara York Main in 1954.2 Originally placed in the no longer recognized family Prodidomidae, it was moved to the family Gnaphosidae in 2007.3

Species

As of May 2019 it contains five species:1

  • Encoptarthria echemophthalma (Simon, 1908) (type) – Australia (Western Australia)
  • Encoptarthria grisea (L. Koch, 1873) – Australia
  • Encoptarthria penicillata (Simon, 1908) – Australia (Western Australia)
  • Encoptarthria perpusilla (Simon, 1908) – Australia (Western Australia)
  • Encoptarthria vestigator (Simon, 1908) – Australia (Western Australia)
References

References

  1. "Gen. Encoptarthria Main, 1954". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  2. Main, B. Y. (1954), "Spiders and Opiliones", The Archipelago of the Recherche
  3. Murphy, J. (2007). Gnaphosid genera of the world. British Arachnological Society St Neots, Cambridgeshire. p. 50.