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Encoptarthria

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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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It sits within the topics Gnaphosidae, Gnaphosidae genera and Spiders of Australia.

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Common Encoptarthria

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilyGnaphosidae
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Specimen records
1,707
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25
Family
Gnaphosidae
Collections
NMV, QM, AM
Recorded in
Australia

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Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Gnaphosidae
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taxon name
Encoptarthria
taxon rank
genus
endemic to
Australia
taxon author citation
Main, 1954
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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.

==Species== it contains five species: 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)

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