Hersilia (spider)
| Hersilia | |
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| A female H. yaeyamaensis from Okinawa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Hersiliidae |
| Genus: | Hersilia Audouin, 1826 |
| Species | |
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Hersilia savignyi | |
| Diversity | |
| 72 species | |
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
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H savignyi in Ezhimala, Payyannur, Kerala, India, 13 May 12
The revisions by Baehr & Baehr[1] and Rheims & Brescovit[2] revealed 26 species in southeast Asia.[3]
- 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
- ↑ Baehr, M. & Baehr, B. (1993), "The Hersiliidae of the Oriental Region including New Guinea. Taxonomy, phylogeny, zoogeography (Arachnida, Araneae)", Spixiana, Supplement, 19: 1–96
- ↑ Rheims, C.A. & Brescovit, A.D.; Brescovit, Antonio (2004), "Description of four new species of Hersiliidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Kinabalu National Park, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia", Journal of Natural History, 38: 2851–2861, doi:10.1080/00222930310001657694
- ↑ Baehr, Barbara, Long-Spinnered Bark Spiders, retrieved 2008-12-07
- Foord, S.H. (2005): Systematics of the Hersiliidae (Araneae) of the Afrotropical Region. Abstract, links to PDF downloads (5 chapters)
- Baehr, B. & Baehr, M. (1987): The Australian Hersiliidae (Arachnida : Araneae): Taxonomy, phylogeny, zoogeography. Invertebrate Taxonomy 1(4): 351-437. PDF
External links
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Media related to Hersilia at Wikimedia Commons - Pictures of male and female Hersilia sp.
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