Barylestis

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.