''Encyocrypta'' is a

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of South Pacific brushed trapdoor spiders first described by

Eugène Simon Eugène Louis Simon (; 30 April 1848 – 17 November 1924) was a French naturalist who worked particularly on insects and spiders, but also on birds and plants. He is by far the most prolific spider taxonomist in history, describing over 4, ...

in 1889.

Species

it contains thirty-two species, all found on

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: *'' Encyocrypta abelardi''

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, 1994 – New Caledonia *'' Encyocrypta aureco'' Raven & Churchill, 1991 – New Caledonia *'' Encyocrypta berlandi'' Raven & Churchill, 1991 – New Caledonia *'' Encyocrypta bertini'' Raven, 1994 – New Caledonia *'' Encyocrypta bouleti'' Raven, 1994 – New Caledonia *'' Encyocrypta cagou'' Raven & Churchill, 1991 – New Caledonia *'' Encyocrypta colemani'' Raven & Churchill, 1991 – New Caledonia *'' Encyocrypta decooki'' Raven & Churchill, 1991 – New Caledonia *'' Encyocrypta djiaouma'' Raven & Churchill, 1991 – New Caledonia *'' Encyocrypta eneseff'' Raven & Churchill, 1991 – New Caledonia *'' Encyocrypta gracilibulba'' Raven, 1994 – New Caledonia *'' Encyocrypta grandis'' Raven, 1994 – New Caledonia *'' Encyocrypta heloiseae'' Raven, 1994 – New Caledonia *'' Encyocrypta koghi'' Raven & Churchill, 1991 – New Caledonia *'' Encyocrypta kone'' Raven & Churchill, 1991 – New Caledonia *'' Encyocrypta kottae'' Raven & Churchill, 1991 – New Caledonia *'' Encyocrypta kritscheri'' Raven & Churchill, 1991 – New Caledonia *'' Encyocrypta kwakwa'' Raven, 1994 – New Caledonia *'' Encyocrypta letocarti'' Raven & Churchill, 1991 – New Caledonia *'' Encyocrypta lugubris'' Raven & Churchill, 1991 – New Caledonia *'' Encyocrypta mckeei'' Raven, 1994 – New Caledonia *'' Encyocrypta meleagris'' Simon, 1889 ( type) – New Caledonia *'' Encyocrypta montdo'' Raven & Churchill, 1991 – New Caledonia *'' Encyocrypta montmou'' Raven & Churchill, 1991 – New Caledonia *'' Encyocrypta neocaledonica'' Raven & Churchill, 1991 – New Caledonia *'' Encyocrypta niaouli'' Raven & Churchill, 1991 – New Caledonia *'' Encyocrypta ouazangou'' Raven, 1994 – New Caledonia *'' Encyocrypta oubatche'' Raven & Churchill, 1991 – New Caledonia *'' Encyocrypta panie'' Raven & Churchill, 1991 – New Caledonia *'' Encyocrypta risbeci'' Raven, 1994 – New Caledonia *'' Encyocrypta tillieri'' Raven & Churchill, 1991 – New Caledonia *'' Encyocrypta tindia'' Raven & Churchill, 1991 – New Caledonia

References

Barychelidae Mygalomorphae genera Spiders of Oceania Taxa named by Eugène Simon {{Mygalomorphae-stub