Family Hersiliidae Thorell 1870 (tree trunk spider)
Arachnida - Araneae - Hersiliidae
Synonyms: Chalinuridae Thorell 1873, Chalinuroidae Thorell 1873
Parent taxon: Oecobioidea according to I. L. F. Magalhaes et al. 2020
See also Dunlop et al. 2013, Kaston 1938 and Wheeler et al. 2017
Sister taxon: Oecobiidae
Subtaxa: Burmesiola Fictotama Fictotama extincta Gerdia Gerdiopsis Gerdiorum Hersilia Hersiliana Hersiliola Hungarosilia Prototama Spinasilia
Type: Hersilia
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Madagascar (1 collection), Tanzania (1)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (4), Mexico (4)
• Oligocene of France (1)
• Eocene of Poland (3), the Russian Federation (4), United States (1: Colorado)
• Cretaceous of Hungary (1), Myanmar (1)
Total: 21 collections including 33 occurrences