Hysterocrates
Hysterocrates is a genus of African tarantulas that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892.
Species
it contains 18 species and one subspecies, found in Africa:- Hysterocrates apostolicus Pocock, 1900 – São [Tomé and Príncipe]
- Hysterocrates celerierae – Ivory Coast
- Hysterocrates crassipes Pocock, 1897 – Cameroon
- Hysterocrates didymus Pocock, 1900 – São Tomé and Príncipe
- Hysterocrates ederi Charpentier, 1995 – Equatorial Guinea
- Hysterocrates efuliensis – Cameroon
- Hysterocrates elephantiasis – Congo
- Hysterocrates gigas Pocock, 1897 – Cameroon
- Hysterocrates greeffi – Cameroon
- Hysterocrates greshoffi – 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
- *Hysterocrates r. sulcifer Strand, 1908 – Cameroon
- Hysterocrates scepticus Pocock, 1900 – São Tomé and Príncipe
- Hysterocrates sjostedti – 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, 1907 → Phoneyusa minima
- Hysterocrates severini Strand, 1920 → ''Phoneyusa bidentata ''