Hersilia (spider)

Hersilia
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

Hersilia savignyi
others, see text

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

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

  1. ↑ Baehr, M. & Baehr, B. (1993), "The Hersiliidae of the Oriental Region including New Guinea. Taxonomy, phylogeny, zoogeography (Arachnida, Araneae)", Spixiana Supplement, 19: 1–96
  2. ↑ 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
  3. ↑ 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



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