Encoptarthria

Encoptarthria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Gnaphosidae
Genus:	Encoptarthria; Main, 1954
Type species
	; (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 it contains five species:^[1]

(Simon, 1908) (type) – Australia (Western Australia)
(L. Koch, 1873) – Australia
(Simon, 1908) – Australia (Western Australia)
(Simon, 1908) – Australia (Western Australia)
(Simon, 1908) – Australia (Western Australia)

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^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.
^ Main, B. Y. (1954), "Spiders and Opiliones", The Archipelago of the Recherche
^ Murphy, J. (2007). Gnaphosid genera of the world. British Arachnological Society St Neots, Cambridgeshire. p. 50.

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[NMBE-1] Jump up to: ^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.

[Main1954-2] Main, B. Y. (1954), "Spiders and Opiliones", The Archipelago of the Recherche

[Murp2007-3] Murphy, J. (2007). Gnaphosid genera of the world. British Arachnological Society St Neots, Cambridgeshire. p. 50.

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