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

References

External links Pictures of male and female Hersilia sp.