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]

Encyosaccus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Encyosaccus
Species:
E. sexmaculatus
Binomial name
Encyosaccus sexmaculatus
Simon, 1895[1]

Description

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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.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ a b "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.