Hysterocrates

Hysterocrates is a genus of African tarantulas that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892.[2]

Hysterocrates
Hysterocrates Hercules
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Hysterocrates
Simon, 1892[1]
Type species
H. greshoffi
(Simon, 1891)
Species

18, see text

Species

As of March 2020 it contains eighteen species and one subspecies, found in Africa:[1]

  • Hysterocrates apostolicus Pocock, 1900 – São Tomé and Príncipe
  • Hysterocrates celerierae (Smith, 1990) – Ivory Coast
  • Hysterocrates crassipes Pocock, 1897 – Cameroon
  • Hysterocrates didymus Pocock, 1900 – São Tomé and Príncipe
  • Hysterocrates ederi Charpentier, 1995 – Equatorial Guinea (Bioko)
  • Hysterocrates efuliensis (Smith, 1990) – Cameroon
  • Hysterocrates elephantiasis (Berland, 1917) – Congo
  • Hysterocrates gigas Pocock, 1897 – Cameroon
  • Hysterocrates greeffi (Karsch, 1884) – Cameroon
  • Hysterocrates greshoffi (Simon, 1891) (type) – Congo
  • Hysterocrates hercules Pocock, 1900 – Nigeria
  • Hysterocrates laticeps Pocock, 1897 – Cameroon
  • Hysterocrates maximus Strand, 1906 – Cameroon
  • Hysterocrates ochraceus Strand, 1907 – Cameroon, Congo
  • Hysterocrates robustus Pocock, 1900 – Equatorial Guinea (Mbini)
    • Hysterocrates r. sulcifer Strand, 1908 – Cameroon
  • Hysterocrates scepticus Pocock, 1900 – São Tomé and Príncipe
  • Hysterocrates sjostedti (Thorell, 1899) – Cameroon
  • Hysterocrates weileri Strand, 1906 – Cameroon

In synonymy:

  • H. ochraceus Strand, 1919 = Hysterocrates ochraceus Strand, 1907
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See also

References
  1. "Gen. Hysterocrates Simon, 1892". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
  2. Simon, E (1892). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.


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