Kingdom Animalia Class Arachnida Family Hersiliidae Phylum Arthropoda Order Spider | Subphylum Chelicerata Infraorder Araneomorphae Scientific name Hersilia Rank Genus | |
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Similar Hersilia savignyi, Tree trunk spider, Hersiliola, Crossopriza, Hippasa | ||
Hersilia is a genus in the Hersiliidae family. They are sometimes known as long-spinnered bark spiders or two-tailed spiders, due to their greatly enlarged spinnerets.
Males grow up to 8 mm long, and females up to 10 mm. They can be found on tree trunks in gardens or jungle fringes in Africa, Asia and Australasia.
Species
The revisions by Baehr & Baehr and Rheims & Brescovit revealed 26 species in southeast Asia.
References
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