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.[2] Their nicknames are a reference to their greatly enlarged spinnerets.
Males can grow up to 8 millimetres (0.31 in) long, and females can grow up to 10 millimetres (0.39 in). They are found in Africa, Asia, and Australasia, on tree trunks, in gardens, or in jungle fringes.[1]
Species
The revisions by Baehr & Baehr[3] and Rheims & Brescovit[4] revealed 26 species in southeast Asia.[5]
As of May 2019[update] it contains seventy-eight species:[1]
H. albicomisSimon, 1887 – Ghana, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria
^Audouin, V. (1826), "Explication sommaire des planches d'arachnides de l'Égypte et de la Syrie", 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, vol. 1, Histoire Naturelle
^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, Antonio D. (2004). "Description of four new species of Hersiliidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Kinabalu National Park, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia". Journal of Natural History. 38 (22): 2851–2861. Bibcode:2004JNatH..38.2851R. doi:10.1080/00222930310001657694. S2CID85017478.