Eumenophorine Baboon Spiders
Eumenophorinae
The Eumenophorinae are a subfamily of tarantula spiders (family Theraphosidae). They are known from 13 genera distributed across Africa, southwestern countries in Saudi Arabia, and Madagascar and the associated islands.
16 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first

Hysterocrates
genusHysterocrates
Monocentropus
genusMonocentropus

Neoheterophrictus
genusNeoheterophrictus

Heterophrictus
genusHeterophrictus
Encyocrates
genusEncyocrates

Pelinobius
genusPelinobius

Phoneyusa
genusPhoneyusa

Anoploscelus
genusAnoploscelus

King Satyr Tarantulas
genusSatyrex

Sahydroaraneus
genusSahydroaraneus

Loxoptygus
genusLoxoptygus
Batesiella
genusBatesiella
Eumenophorus
genusEumenophorus
Loxomphalia
genusLoxomphalia
Mascaraneus
genusMascaraneus
Myostola
genusMyostola
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 808270.