Hersilia (spider)

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

Species

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

, this genus includes eighty species:

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

References

External links

• Pictures of male and female Hersilia sp.