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Barylestis
Sign in to saveBarylestis is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1910.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderAraneae
- FamilySparassidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5
- Family
- Sparassidae
- Collections
- MCZ, ZMUC, USNM
- Recorded in
- Uganda, Tanzania, Liberia
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- Sparassidae
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- Barylestis saaristoi (10.3897-zookeys.832.32569) Figures 22–25.jpg
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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 (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.
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