This species is 36% complete

Hysterocrates scepticus Pocock, 1900

São Tomé ♀

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Taxonomy and History

Scientific Name : Hysterocrates scepticus

Described By: Pocock, 1900
Researcher Profile: Reginald Innes Pocock
Genus: Hysterocrates
Common Name: Sao Tome giant
Original Type Locality: Loc. Island of St. Thomas in the Gulf of Guinea

- Hysterocrates scepticus Pocock, 1900
- Hysterocrates scepticus Smith, 1990
- Hysterocrates scepticus Charpentier, 1995
- Hysterocrates scepticus Peters, 1998
- Hysterocrates scepticus Schmidt, 2003

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Hysterocrates scepticus

Holotype : ♀ (BMNH 1900-5-13-6), São Tomé and Príncipe

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Some new African theraphosoid spiders in the British Museum

Reginald Innes Pocock ,1900

Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 6: 489-494
- Hysterocrates apostolicus, Hysterocrates didymus, Hysterocrates scepticus

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