Barylestis
Genus of spiders
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Barylestis is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1910.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Sparassidae |
| Genus: | Barylestis Simon, 1910[1] |
| Type species | |
| B. blaisei (Simon, 1903) | |
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Species
As of May 2022[update] 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.