Hersilia (spider)


Hersilia, also known as long-spinnered 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.
it contains seventy-eight species: