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Encyosaccus

Encyosaccus is a genus of South American orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Encyosaccus sexmaculatus. It was first described by Eugène Simon in 1895, and has only been found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil.

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Encyosaccus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Encyosaccus
Species:
E. sexmaculatus
Binomial name
Encyosaccus sexmaculatus
Simon, 18951

Encyosaccus is a genus of South American orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Encyosaccus sexmaculatus. It was first described by Eugène Simon in 1895,2 and has only been found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil.1

Description

Encyosaccus sexmaculatus is dark orange, with a black tarsus (the last leg segment). The dorsal side of the abdomen is light orange spotted with black. A white border, a white line running on the anterior-posterior axis, and two lines running on the left-right axis, segment the orange area into six sections.

References

References

  1. "Gen. Encyosaccus Simon, 1895". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
  2. Simon, E (1895). Histoire naturelle des araignées. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.