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 (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, 1907 → Phoneyusa minima (Nomen dubium) Hysterocrates severini Strand, 1920 → Phoneyusa bidentata
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