Biology:Hysterocrates

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Hysterocrates
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Hysterocrates Hercules
Scientific classification e
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

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

Species

(As of June 2020) 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, 1907Phoneyusa minima (Nomen dubium)
  • Hysterocrates severini Strand, 1920Phoneyusa bidentata

See also

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2314312 entry