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 |
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| Diversity | |
| 72 species | |
Hersilia savignyi
others, see text
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.
The revisions by Baehr & Baehr and Rheims & Brescovit revealed 26 species in southeast Asia.
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