Hersilia asiatica Song & Zheng 1982

Jäger, Peter, 2007, Spiders from Laos with descriptions of new species (Arachnida: Araneae), Acta Arachnologica 56 (1), pp. 29-58 : 34

Hersilia asiatica Song & Zheng 1982

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. Steiner leg. (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).

Figures

Figs. 6 - 7. 6 Hersilia asiatica Song & Zheng 1982, female from That Se (L 13). 7 Herennia multipuncta (Doleschall 1859), female from Tham Done (L 19) with egg-sac (black arrow; partly camouflagued) and Argyrodes specimen in the web (white arrow).