Hysterocrates

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

Hysterocrates
Hysterocrates Hercules
Scientific classification
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)
Species
18, see text

Species

As 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

• H. ochraceus congonus Strand, 1919 = Hysterocrates ochraceus

Nomina dubia

• 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

• Hysterocrates minimus Strand, 1907 → Phoneyusa minima (Nomen dubium)
• Hysterocrates severini Strand, 1920 → Phoneyusa bidentata

See also

• List of Theraphosidae species

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.