Encoptarthria

Encoptarthria
Scientific classification
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

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]

Species

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

• 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)

References

1. "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.