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Hersiliidae
Hersiliidae is a tropical and subtropical family of spiders first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1869, which are commonly known as tree trunk spiders. They have two prominent spinnerets that are almost as long as their abdomen, earning them another nickname, the "two-tailed spiders". They range in size from long. Rather than using a web that captures prey directly, they lay a light coating of threads over an area of tree bark and wait for an insect to stray onto the patch. When this happens, they encircle their spinnerets around their prey while casting silk on it. When the insect is immobilized, they can bite it through the shroud. Diversity Hersiliidae is an entelegyne family (characterized primarily by the nature of the female genital system), and together with the family Oecobiidae traditionally formed the superfamily Oecobioidea. The family consists of about 206 species divided into sixteen genera. It has a global distribution in tropical and subtropical regions, with on ...
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Tamopsis
''Tamopsis'' is a genus of tree trunk spiders that was first described by B. Baehr & M. Baehr in 1987. Like other members of the family, they may be called two-tailed spiders, referring to two elongated spinnerets. The name is derived from the genus '' Tama'' and the Ancient Greek ('' -opsis''), meaning "resembling". These spiders differ from ''Tama edwardsi'' in the more complex palpal bulb and the median apophysis that may either be coiled or have a hook- or spoon-shaped structure at its tip. These species are generally arboreal, where the spiders originally included in ''Tama'' in 1987 are mainly terrestrial. Description ''Tamopsis'' species are small to medium-sized spiders. Females of the type species '' Tamopsis eucalypti'' have a body length of about , and males have a body length of about . They resemble other members of the family Hersiliidae in having unusually long posterior lateral spinnerets (the outside rear pair), which in some species can be longer than the abdo ...
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Oecobioidea
The Eresoidea or eresoids are a group of araneomorph spiders that have been treated as a superfamily. As usually circumscribed, the group contains three families: Eresidae, Hersiliidae and Oecobiidae. Studies and reviews based on morphology suggested the monophyly of the group; more recent gene-based studies have found the Eresidae and Oecobiidae to fall into different clades, placing doubt on the acceptability of the taxon. Some researchers have grouped Hersiliidae and Oecobiidae into the separate superfamily Oecobioidea, a conclusion supported in a 2017 study, which does not support Eresoidea. Phylogeny Some largely morphology-based phylogenetic studies that included the three families assigned to the Eresoidea supported their monophyly, with the internal structure of the clade being as shown below. Eresoidea was placed as basal in the Entelegynae, with its precise position relative to the Palpimanoidea, also basal, varying. In 2015, Jonathan A. Coddington summarized this ...
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List Of Hersiliidae Species
This page lists all described species of the spider family Hersiliidae accepted by the World Spider Catalog : B ''Bastanius'' '' Bastanius'' Mirshamsi, Zamani & Marusik, 2016 * '' B. foordi'' (Marusik & Fet, 2009) — Iran * '' B. kermanensis'' Mirshamsi, Zamani & Marusik, 2016 ( type) — Iran † ''Burmesiola'' † '' Burmesiola'' Wunderlich, 2011 * † ''B. cretacea'' Wunderlich, 2011 * † ''B. daviesi'' Wunderlich, 2015 D ''Deltshevia'' '' Deltshevia'' Marusik & Fet, 2009 * '' D. danovi'' Marusik & Fet, 2009 ( type) — Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan * '' D. gromovi'' Marusik & Fet, 2009 — Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan * '' D. taftanensis'' Zamani & Marusik, 2021 — Iran ''Duninia'' '' Duninia'' Marusik & Fet, 2009 * '' D. baehrae'' Marusik & Fet, 2009 ( type) — Turkmenistan, Iran * '' D. darvishi'' Mirshamsi & Marusik, 2013 — Iran * '' D. grodnitskyi'' Zamani & Marusik, 2018 — Iran * '' D. rheimsae'' Marusik & Fet, 2009 — Iran G † ''Gerdia'' † '' Gerdia'' Menge, ...
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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: *'' H. albicomis'' Simon, 1887 – Ghana, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria *'' H. albinota'' Baehr & Baehr, 1993 – China *'' H. albomaculata'' Wang & Yin, 1985 – China *'' H. aldabrensis'' Foord & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2006 – Seychelles (Aldabra), Comoros *'' H. alluaudi'' Berland, 1920 – Congo, Tanzania *'' H. arborea'' Lawrence, 1928 – Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa *'' H. asiatica'' Song & Zheng, 1982 – China, Thailand, Laos, Taiwa ...
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Deltshevia
''Deltshevia'' is a genus of Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an are ...n tree trunk spiders that was first described by Yuri M. Marusik & Victor R. Fet in 2009. it contains only two species: '' D. danovi'' and '' D. gromovi''. References Araneomorphae genera Hersiliidae Spiders of Asia {{Araneomorphae-stub ...
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Iviraiva
''Iviraiva'' is a genus of South American tree trunk spiders that was first described by C. A. Rheims & Antônio Brescovit Antônio Domingos Brescovit (born 1959) is a Brazilian arachnologist. His first name, Antônio (the spelling used in Brazil) may also be spelt António (the spelling used in Portugal). He develops academic activities at the 'arthropodae laboratori ... in 2004. it contains only two species: '' I. argentina'' and '' I. pachyura''. References Araneomorphae genera Hersiliidae Spiders of South America Taxa named by Antônio Brescovit {{Araneomorphae-stub ...
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Bastanius
''Bastanius'' is a genus of spiders in the family Hersiliidae Hersiliidae is a tropical and subtropical family of spiders first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1869, which are commonly known as tree trunk spiders. They have two prominent spinnerets that are almost as long as their abdomen, earning them ano .... It was first described in 2016 by Mirshamsi, Zamani & Marusik. , it contains 2 species, both found in Iran. References Hersiliidae Araneomorphae genera Spiders of Asia {{Araneomorphae-stub ...
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Neotama
''Neotama'' is a genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ... of tree trunk spiders that was first described by M. Baehr & B. Baehr in 1993. Species it contains nine species: *'' Neotama corticola'' (Lawrence, 1937) – South Africa *'' Neotama cunhabebe'' Rheims & Brescovit, 2004 – Peru, Brazil *'' Neotama forcipata'' ( F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) – Mexico to El Salvador *'' Neotama longimana'' Baehr & Baehr, 1993 – Indonesia (Java, Sumatra) *'' Neotama mexicana'' ( O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893) – USA to Peru, Guyana *'' Neotama obatala'' Rheims & Brescovit, 2004 – Peru, Brazil, Guyana *'' Neotama punctigera'' Baehr & Baehr, 1993 – India *'' Neotama rothorum'' Baehr & Baehr, 1993 – India *'' Neotama variata'' (Pocock, 1899) ( type) – Sri Lanka Refe ...
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Ovtsharenkoia
''Ovtsharenkoia'' is a monotypic genus of Asian tree trunk spiders containing the single species, ''Ovtsharenkoia pallida''. It was first described by Yuri M. Marusik & Victor R. Fet in 2009, and has only been found in Central Asia Central Asia, also known as Middle Asia, is a subregion, region of Asia that stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to western China and Mongolia in the east, and from Afghanistan and Iran in the south to Russia in the north. It includes t .... References Hersiliidae Monotypic Araneomorphae genera Spiders of Asia {{Araneomorphae-stub ...
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