Spiders from Laos with descriptions of new species (Arachnida: Araneae) Jäger, Peter Acta Arachnologica 2007 56 1 29 58 3L3QM Song & Zheng 1982 Song & Zheng 1982 [1350,1991,2215,2253] Arachnida Hersiliidae Hersilia Animalia Araneae 5 34 Arthropoda species asiatica   Fig. 6    Material examined. 3 females( SMF 56414), L7, by night, tree trunk, by hand, 10.111.2006.  1 male, 1 female( SMF 56398), L13, tree trunk, by hand,  5.III.2006.  1 male( SMF 40629), L28, H. Steinerleg. (041/03-3),  20.11.2003, S. Foord det. 2005.  So far, the species was known from Thailand, Taiwan and China. The present specimens represent the first records of this species for Laos. The habitus is shown in photographs for the first time ( Fig. 6). Spiders were caught from larger tree trunks (That Se, Tham Pathok) and from cave walls in the entrance area (Tham Kamouk). 1663894381 2006-03-09 SMF P. Jager & J. Altmann Laos Tham Pathok 373 20.551367 inside and outside cave, paddy fields, banana plantation, by day and night, by hand, sweeping 102.63208 Nong Khiao 5 34 56414 3 3 Luang Prabang 1663894388 2006-03-05 SMF P. Jager & J. Altmann Laos Ban Ean 304 19.842701 waterfall, along stream, secondary forest, by day and night, by hand, sieving, sweeping 102.218636 Luang Prabang 5 34 56398 2 1 1 Luang Prabang 1663894380 2003-02-20 SMF H. Steiner Laos Tham Deua S. Foord det. 2005 200 17.633234 Tham Kamouk, cave entrance 1 105.07195 Ban Thathot 5 34 40629 1 1 Khammouan