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Barylestis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Sparassidae
Genus:	Barylestis Simon, 1910
Type species
B. blaisei (Simon, 1903)
Species
10, see text

Barylestis is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1910.

Species

As of May 2022 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.

See also

• List of Sparassidae species

References

1. ^ "Gen. Barylestis Simon, 1910". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
2. Simon, E. (1910). "Arachnides recueillis par L. Fea sur la côte occidentale d'Afrique. 2e partie". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 44: 335–449.

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