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]

Encoptarthria
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Encoptarthria
Main, 1954[1]
Type species
E. echemophthalma
(Simon, 1908)
Species

5, see text

Species

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As of May 2019 it contains five species:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "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.