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 [1] |
Species: | E. raffrayi
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Binomial name | |
Encyocrates raffrayi
Simon, 1892
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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]