Biology:Barylestis

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Barylestis
Barylestis saaristoi (10.3897-zookeys.832.32569) Figures 22–25.jpg
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Sparassidae
Genus: Barylestis
Simon, 1910[1]
Type species
B. blaisei
(Simon, 1903)
Species

10, see text

Barylestis is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1910.[2]

Species

(As of May 2022) it contains ten species, all found in Africa, except B. saaristoi, from Thailand and Myanmar:[1]

  • Barylestis blaisei (Simon, 1903) (type) – Gabon
  • Barylestis fagei (Lessert, 1929)Congo, Rwanda
  • Barylestis insularis Simon, 1910 – Equatorial Guinea (Bioko)
  • Barylestis manni (Strand, 1906) – Nigeria - Nomen dubium
  • Barylestis montandoni (Lessert, 1929) – Congo, Uganda
  • Barylestis nigripectus Simon, 1910 – Congo
  • Barylestis occidentalis (Simon, 1887) – Congo, Uganda, Sudan
  • Barylestis peltatus (Strand, 1916)Central Africa
  • Barylestis saaristoi Jäger, 2008China , Thailand, Myanmar
  • Barylestis scutatus (Pocock, 1903) – Cameroon
  • Barylestis variatus (Pocock, 1900) – West Africa. Introduced to Northern Ireland, Britain, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany , Czech Rep.

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Barylestis Simon, 1910. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3095. Retrieved 2019-10-13. 
  2. Simon, E. (1910). "Arachnides recueillis par L. Fea sur la côte occidentale d'Afrique. 2e partie". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 44: 335–449. 

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