Back Hersilia (aranya) Catalan Hersilia CEB Hersilia (araña) Spanish هرسیلیا (عنکبوت) Persian Hersilia French Hersilia (geslacht) Dutch Hersilia Russian Hersilia (spindel) Swedish Hersilia (Hersiliidae) Vietnamese Hersilia WAR
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| A female H. yaeyamaensis from Okinawa | |
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| H. savignyi in Ezhimala, Payyannur, Kerala, India, 2012-05-13 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Hersiliidae |
| Genus: | Hersilia Audouin, 1826[1] |
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| H. caudata Audouin, 1826
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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]
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
NMBEwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ 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