Hysterocrates is a genus of African tarantulas that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892.[2]
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| Hysterocrates Hercules | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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)
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| Species | |
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18, see text | |
Species
editAs of June 2020[update] it contains 18 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
edit- H. ochraceus congonus Strand, 1919 = Hysterocrates ochraceus
- Hysterocrates affinis angusticeps Strand, 1907 - Cameroon
- Hysterocrates affinis Strand, 1907 - Cameroon
- Hysterocrates haasi Strand, 1906 - Cameroon
- Hysterocrates spellenbergi Strand, 1906 - Cameroon
- Hysterocrates vosseleri Strand, 1906 - West Africa
Transferred to other genera
edit- Hysterocrates minimus Strand, 1907 → Phoneyusa minima (Nomen dubium)
- Hysterocrates severini Strand, 1920 → Phoneyusa bidentata
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Gen. Hysterocrates Simon, 1892". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
- ^ Simon, E (1892). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
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