Hysterocrates
# Hysterocrates

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

## Species

As of June 2020 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
