Hersilia Audouin, 1826
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https://doi.org/ 10.11865/zs.2022204 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CAC2F9CD-8E07-414D-90C4-2ED93492B466 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7172134 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A857879F-A94D-FFAF-56F3-BF20FA1BF984 |
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Felipe |
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Hersilia Audouin, 1826 |
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Genus Hersilia Audouin, 1826 View in CoL
Type species. Hersilia caudata Audouin, 1826 , from Cairo, Egypt .
Diagnosis. Small- to medium-sized spiders, metatarsus of leg I, II, and IV biarticulate; chelicerae with three large anterior and 5–9 minute posterior teeth; four dorsal muscular pits present in dorsal view of abdomen; dorsal surface of eye area not perceptibly concave, area between PME and PLE not tuberculate; leg I usually longer than II ( Baehr & Baehr, 1993).
Remarks. The genus Hersilia includes 80 species from Africa and Asia, including those in this study ( WSC, 2022).
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