AnchonastusAnchonastus is a genus of African huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1898.Speciesit contains four species, found in Africa:Anchonastus caudatus Simon, 1898 – CameroonAnchonastus gertschi Lessert, 1946 – CongoAnchonastus pilipodus – Central AfricaAnchonastus plumosus – West Africa