Encyosaccus
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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,{{cite book| last=Simon| first=E| year=1895| title=Histoire naturelle des araignées| doi=10.5962/bhl.title.51973}} and has only been found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil.{{cite web| title=Gen. Encyosaccus Simon, 1895| website=World Spider Catalog| accessdate=2019-05-13| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/313}}
Description
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|date=January 2020}}
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Category:Monotypic Araneidae genera
Category:Spiders of South America
Category:Taxa named by Eugène Simon
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