Biology:Barylestis
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Short description: Genus of spiders
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Sparassidae |
| Genus: | Barylestis Simon, 1910[1] |
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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, 2008 – China , 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
- ↑ 1.0 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.
- ↑ 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q5208258 entry
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