Hysterocrates

Hysterocrates is a genus of African tarantulas that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892.

Species
it contains 18 species and one subspecies, found in Africa:
 * Hysterocrates apostolicus Pocock, 1900 – São Tomé and Príncipe
 * Hysterocrates celerierae (Smith, 1990) – Ivory Coast
 * Hysterocrates crassipes Pocock, 1897 – Cameroon
 * Hysterocrates didymus Pocock, 1900 – São Tomé and Príncipe
 * Hysterocrates ederi Charpentier, 1995 – Equatorial Guinea (Bioko)
 * Hysterocrates efuliensis (Smith, 1990) – Cameroon
 * Hysterocrates elephantiasis (Berland, 1917) – Congo
 * Hysterocrates gigas Pocock, 1897 – Cameroon
 * Hysterocrates greeffi (Karsch, 1884) – Cameroon
 * Hysterocrates greshoffi (Simon, 1891) (type) – Congo
 * Hysterocrates hercules Pocock, 1900 – Nigeria
 * Hysterocrates laticeps Pocock, 1897 – Cameroon
 * Hysterocrates maximus Strand, 1906 – Cameroon
 * Hysterocrates ochraceus Strand, 1907 – Cameroon, Congo
 * Hysterocrates robustus Pocock, 1900 – Equatorial Guinea (Mbini)
 * Hysterocrates r. sulcifer Strand, 1908 – Cameroon
 * Hysterocrates scepticus Pocock, 1900 – São Tomé and Príncipe
 * Hysterocrates sjostedti (Thorell, 1899) – Cameroon
 * Hysterocrates weileri Strand, 1906 – Cameroon

In synonymy

 * H. ochraceus congonus Strand, 1919 = Hysterocrates ochraceus

Nomina dubia

 * Hysterocrates affinis angusticeps Strand, 1907 - Cameroon
 * Hysterocrates affinis Strand, 1907 - Cameroon
 * Hysterocrates haasi Strand, 1906 - Cameroon
 * Hysterocrates spellenbergi Strand, 1906 - Cameroon
 * Hysterocrates vosseleri Strand, 1906 - West Africa

Transferred to other genera

 * Hysterocrates minimus Strand, 1907 → Phoneyusa minima (Nomen dubium)
 * Hysterocrates severini Strand, 1920 → Phoneyusa bidentata