Hersilia (spider)

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Kingdom Animalia Class Arachnida Family Hersiliidae Phylum Arthropoda Order Spider		Subphylum Chelicerata Infraorder Araneomorphae Scientific name Hersilia Rank Genus

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.

Hersilia asiatica Song & Zheng, 1982 (China, Thailand, Taiwan)

Hersilia baliensis Baehr & Baehr, 1993 (Bali)

Hersilia clypealis Baehr & Baehr, 1993 (Thailand)

Hersilia deelemanae Baehr & Baehr, 1993 (Sumatra)

Hersilia facialis Baehr & Baehr, 1993 (Sumatra)

Hersilia feai Baehr & Baehr, 1993 (Myanmar)

Hersilia flagellifera Baehr & Baehr, 1993 (Sumatra)

Hersilia impressifrons Baehr & Baehr, 1993 (Borneo)

Hersilia jajat Rheims & Brescovit, 2004 (Borneo)

Hersilia kerekot Rheims & Brescovit, 2004 (Borneo)

Hersilia kinabaluensis Baehr & Baehr, 1993 (Borneo)

Hersilia lelabah Rheims & Brescovit, 2004 (Borneo)

Hersilia madang Baehr & Baehr, 1993 (New Guinea)

Hersilia martensi Baehr & Baehr, 1993 (Nepal)

Hersilia mjoebergi Baehr & Baehr, 1993 (Sumatra)

Hersilia nentwigi Baehr & Baehr, 1993 (Java, Sumatra, Krakatau)

Hersilia nepalensis Baehr & Baehr, 1993 (Nepal)

Hersilia novaeguineae Baehr & Baehr, 1993 (New Guinea)

Hersilia pectinata Thorell, 1895 (Myanmar, Borneo, Philippines)

Hersilia savignyi Lucas, 1836 (Sri Lanka, India to Philippines)

Hersilia simplicipalpis Baehr & Baehr, 1993 (Thailand)

Hersilia striata Wang & Yin, 1985 (China, Myanmar, Thailand, Java, Sumatra)

Hersilia sumatrana (Thorell, 1890) (India, Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo)

Hersilia sundaica Baehr & Baehr, 1993 (Lombok, Sumbawa)

Hersilia tibialis Baehr & Baehr, 1993 (India, Sri Lanka)

Hersilia vicina Baehr & Baehr, 1993 (Thailand)

References

Hersilia (spider) Wikipedia

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