Hersilia sericea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Eresoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Araneomorphae Taxon: Neocribellatae Series: Entelegynae Superfamilia: Eresoidea

Familia: Hersiliidae
Genus: Hersilia
Species: Hersilia sericea

Name

Hersilia sericea Pocock, 1898: 214

Type locality: KwaZulu- Natal: Estcourt (29º00’S, 29º53’E), South Africa.

Holotype: BMNH. female ♀. legit G.A.K. Marshall.

Synonymy

• Hersilia bicornis Tucker, 1920: 473 (synonymized by Benoit, 1967b: 27)
  • Type locality: Krantzkloof, Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal.
    • Holotype: SAM. male ♂. XII.1914. legit H.W. Bell-Marley. SAM 864.
• Hersilia hanströmi Kauri, 1950: 5 (synonymized by Benoit, 1967b: 28)
  • Type locality: Pertorius Kop Camp, Kruger National Park, South Africa.
    • Holotype: MZLU. female ♀. 04.XI.1948

References

Primary references

• Pocock, R.I. 1898b. The Arachnida from the province of Natal, South Africa, contained in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)2: 197–226. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Benoit, P.L.G. 1967. Révision des espèces africaines du genre Hersilia Sav. et Aud. (Aran.-Hersiliidae). Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines 76: 1–36. Reference page. 
• Foord, S.H. & Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S. 2006. A revision of the Afrotropical species of Hersilia Audouin (Araneae: Hersiliidae). Zootaxa 1347: 001–092. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page. 
• Tucker, R.W.E. 1920. Contributions to the South African Arachnid Fauna. II. On some new South African spiders of the families Barychelidae, Dipluridae, Eresidae, Zodariidae, Heracliidae, Urocteidae, Clubionidae. Annals of the South African Museum 17: 439-488. Reference page.