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Hersilia (spider)

Genus of spiders

Hersilia, also known as long-spinnereted bark spiders and two-tailed spiders, is a genus of tree trunk spiders that was first described by Jean Victoire Audouin in 1826. Their nicknames are a reference to their greatly enlarged spinnerets.

Males can grow up to 8 mm long, and females can grow up to 10 mm. They are found in Africa, Asia, and Australasia, on tree trunks, in gardens, or in jungle fringes.

Species

Hersilia arborea 298337025 537375530.jpg|H. arborea from South Africa Hersilia lelabah (10.3897-BDJ.12.e142805) Figure 3 (cropped-A).jpg|H. lelabah from China Hersilia striata (10.3897-BDJ.12.e142805) Figure 7 (cropped-C).jpg|H. striata from China Hersilia sumatrana (10.3897-BDJ.12.e142805) Figure 8 (cropped-A).jpg|H. sumatrana from China

The revisions by Baehr & Baehr and Rheims & Brescovit revealed 26 species in southeast Asia.

, this genus includes eighty species:

Hersilia albicomis Simon, 1887 – Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria
Hersilia albinota M. Baehr & B. Baehr, 1993 – China
Hersilia albomaculata Wang & Yin, 1985 – China
Hersilia aldabrensis Foord & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2006 – Comoros, Seychelles
Hersilia alluaudi Berland, 1920 – Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania
Hersilia aoqin Lin & Li, 2022 – China
Hersilia arborea Lawrence, 1928 – Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe
Hersilia asiatica Song & Zheng, 1982 – China, Taiwan, Laos, Thailand
Hersilia australiensis B. Baehr & M. Baehr, 1987 – Australia
Hersilia baforti Benoit, 1967 – Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda
Hersilia baliensis M. Baehr & B. Baehr, 1993 – Indonesia, Laos
Hersilia bifurcata B. Baehr & M. Baehr, 1998 – Australia
Hersilia bubi Foord & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2006 – Equatorial Guinea, Uganda
Hersilia caronae Foord & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2006 – Ivory Coast
Hersilia caudata Audouin, 1826 – Cape Verde, West Africa to China (type species)
Hersilia clarki Benoit, 1967 – Zimbabwe
Hersilia clypealis M. Baehr & B. Baehr, 1993 – Thailand
Hersilia deelemanae M. Baehr & B. Baehr, 1993 – Indonesia
Hersilia eloetsensis Foord & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2006 – Madagascar
Hersilia facialis M. Baehr & B. Baehr, 1993 – Indonesia
Hersilia feai M. Baehr & B. Baehr, 1993 – Myanmar
Hersilia flagellifera M. Baehr & B. Baehr, 1993 – Indonesia, Laos
Hersilia furcata Foord & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2006 – Democratic Republic of the Congo
Hersilia hildebrandti Karsch, 1878 – Tanzania
Hersilia igiti Foord & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2006 – Rwanda
Hersilia impressifrons M. Baehr & B. Baehr, 1993 – Indonesia
Hersilia incompta Benoit, 1971 – Ivory Coast
Hersilia insulana Strand, 1907 – Madagascar
Hersilia jajat Rheims & Brescovit, 2004 – Malaysia
Hersilia kerekot Rheims & Brescovit, 2004 – Malaysia
Hersilia kinabaluensis M. Baehr & B. Baehr, 1993 – Malaysia
Hersilia lelabah Rheims & Brescovit, 2004 – China, Malaysia
Hersilia long Lin & Li, 2022 – China
Hersilia longbottomi B. Baehr & M. Baehr, 1998 – Australia
Hersilia longivulva Sen, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2010 – India
Hersilia madagascariensis (Wunderlich, 2004) – Comoros, Madagascar
Hersilia madang M. Baehr & B. Baehr, 1993 – Papua New Guinea
Hersilia mainae B. Baehr & M. Baehr, 1995 – Australia
Hersilia martensi M. Baehr & B. Baehr, 1993 – China, Thailand, Nepal
Hersilia mboszi Foord & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2006 – Cameroon, Ivory Coast
Hersilia mimbi M. Baehr & B. Baehr, 1993 – Australia
Hersilia mjoebergi M. Baehr & B. Baehr, 1993 – Indonesia
Hersilia moheliensis Foord & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2006 – Comoros, Madagascar
Hersilia montana Chen, 2007 – Taiwan
Hersilia mowomogbe Foord & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2006 – Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Hersilia nentwigi M. Baehr & B. Baehr, 1993 – Indonesia
Hersilia nepalensis M. Baehr & B. Baehr, 1993 – India, Nepal
Hersilia novaeguineae M. Baehr & B. Baehr, 1993 – New Guinea
Hersilia occidentalis Simon, 1907 – Central, East Africa, West
Hersilia okinawaensis Tanikawa, 1999 – Japan
Hersilia orvakalensis Javed, Foord & Tampal, 2010 – India
Hersilia pungwensis Tucker, 1920 – Zimbabwe
Hersilia sagada Lin & Li, 2022 – Philippines
Hersilia sagitta Foord & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2006 – Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, South Africa
Hersilia savignyi Lucas, 1836 – India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka to Philippines
Hersilia scrupulosa Foord & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2006 – Kenya, India
Hersilia selempoi Foord & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2006 – Kenya
Hersilia sericea Pocock, 1898 – Africa
Hersilia serrata Dankittipakul & Singtripop, 2011 – Thailand
Hersilia setifrons Lawrence, 1928 – Angola, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe
Hersilia sigillata Benoit, 1967 – Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Uganda, Ivory Coast
Hersilia simplicipalpis M. Baehr & B. Baehr, 1993 – Thailand
Hersilia striata Wang & Yin, 1985 – China, Taiwan, Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand, India
Hersilia sumatrana (Thorell, 1890) – Asia
Hersilia sundaica M. Baehr & B. Baehr, 1993 – Indonesia, Thailand
Hersilia taita Foord & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2006 – Kenya
Hersilia taiwanensis Chen, 2007 – Taiwan
Hersilia talebii Mirshamsi, Zamani & Marusik, 2016 – Iran
Hersilia tamatavensis Foord & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2006 – Madagascar
Hersilia tenuifurcata B. Baehr & M. Baehr, 1998 – Australia
Hersilia thailandica Dankittipakul & Singtripop, 2011 – Thailand
Hersilia tibialis M. Baehr & B. Baehr, 1993 – India, Sri Lanka
Hersilia tortuosa Wen & Xu, 2022 – China
Hersilia vanmoli Benoit, 1971 – Ivory Coast, Togo
Hersilia vicina M. Baehr & B. Baehr, 1993 – China, Thailand
Hersilia vinsoni Lucas, 1869 – Madagascar
Hersilia wellswebberae B. Baehr & M. Baehr, 1998 – Australia
Hersilia wraniki Rheims, Brescovit & van Harten, 2004 – Yemen
Hersilia xieae Yin, 2012 – China
Hersilia yaeyamaensis Tanikawa, 1999 – Japan

References

"Genus Hersilia". World Spider Catalog.
Audouin, V.. (1826). "Description de l'Égypte, ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée franҫaise, publié par les ordres de sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand". Histoire Naturelle.
(1993). "The Hersiliidae of the Oriental Region including New Guinea. Taxonomy, phylogeny, zoogeography (Arachnida, Araneae)". Spixiana Supplement.
(2004). "Description of four new species of Hersiliidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Kinabalu National Park, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia". Journal of Natural History.

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