Geraesta

Geraesta is a genus of African crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1889.

Species
it contains six species, found in Africa:
 * Geraesta ansieae Benjamin, 2015 – Rwanda
 * Geraesta congoensis (Lessert, 1943) – Ivory Coast, Congo, Botswana, South Africa
 * Geraesta hirta Simon, 1889 (type) – Comoros, Madagascar
 * Geraesta lehtineni Benjamin, 2011 – Madagascar
 * Geraesta mkwawa Benjamin, 2011 – Tanzania
 * Geraesta octolobata (Simon, 1886) – Madagascar

In synonymy:
 * G. bilobata Simon, 1897 = Geraesta hirta Simon, 1889