Barylestis
Barylestis is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1910.
Species
it contains ten species, all found in Africa, except B. saaristoi, from Thailand and Myanmar:- Barylestis blaisei – Gabon
- Barylestis fagei – Congo, Rwanda
- Barylestis insularis Simon, 1910 – Equatorial Guinea
- Barylestis manni – Nigeria - Nomen dubium
- Barylestis montandoni – Congo, Uganda
- Barylestis nigripectus Simon, 1910 – Congo
- Barylestis occidentalis – Congo, Uganda, Sudan
- Barylestis peltatus – Central Africa
- Barylestis saaristoi Jäger, 2008 – China, Thailand, Myanmar
- Barylestis scutatus – Cameroon
- Barylestis variatus – West Africa. Introduced to Northern Ireland, Britain, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Czech Rep.