Barylestis

Barylestis
Scientific classification
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^[update] 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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