Anchonastus

Anchonastus is a genus of African huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1898.^[2]

Anchonastus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Sparassidae
Genus:	Anchonastus Simon, 1898[1]
Type species
A. caudatus Simon, 1898
Species
4, see text

Species

As of September 2019^[update] it contains four species, found in Africa:^[1]

• Anchonastus caudatus Simon, 1898 (type) – Cameroon
• Anchonastus gertschi Lessert, 1946 – Congo
• Anchonastus pilipodus (Strand, 1913) – Central Africa
• Anchonastus plumosus (Pocock, 1900) – West Africa

See also

• List of Sparassidae species