Hysterocrates is a genus of African tarantulas that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892.
Species
it contains 18 species and one subspecies, found in Africa:
- Hysterocrates apostolicus <small>Pocock, 1900</small> â São Tomé and PrÃÂncipe
- Hysterocrates celerierae <small>(Smith, 1990)</small> â Ivory Coast
- Hysterocrates crassipes <small>Pocock, 1897</small> â Cameroon
- Hysterocrates didymus <small>Pocock, 1900</small> â São Tomé and PrÃÂncipe
- Hysterocrates ederi <small>Charpentier, 1995</small> â Equatorial Guinea (Bioko)
- Hysterocrates efuliensis <small>(Smith, 1990)</small> â Cameroon
- Hysterocrates elephantiasis <small>(Berland, 1917)</small> â Congo
- Hysterocrates gigas <small>Pocock, 1897</small> â Cameroon
- Hysterocrates greeffi <small>(Karsch, 1884)</small> â Cameroon
- Hysterocrates greshoffi <small>(Simon, 1891)</small> (type) â Congo
- Hysterocrates hercules <small>Pocock, 1900</small> â Nigeria
- Hysterocrates laticeps <small>Pocock, 1897</small> â Cameroon
- Hysterocrates maximus <small>Strand, 1906</small> â Cameroon
- Hysterocrates ochraceus <small>Strand, 1907</small> â Cameroon, Congo
- Hysterocrates robustus <small>Pocock, 1900</small> â Equatorial Guinea (Mbini)
- Hysterocrates r. sulcifer <small>Strand, 1908</small> â Cameroon
- Hysterocrates scepticus <small>Pocock, 1900</small> â São Tomé and PrÃÂncipe
- Hysterocrates sjostedti <small>(Thorell, 1899)</small> â Cameroon
- Hysterocrates weileri <small>Strand, 1906</small> â Cameroon
In synonymy
- Hysterocrates affinis angusticeps <small>Strand, 1907</small> - Cameroon
- Hysterocrates affinis <small>Strand, 1907</small> - Cameroon
- Hysterocrates haasi <small>Strand, 1906</small> - Cameroon
- Hysterocrates spellenbergi <small>Strand, 1906</small> - Cameroon
- Hysterocrates vosseleri <small>Strand, 1906</small> - West Africa
Transferred to other genera
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