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Hersiliidae (tree trunk spider)

Arachnida - Araneae - Hersiliidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Hersiliidae Thorell
1963Fictotama Petrunkevitch p. 9
1963Fictotama extincta Petrunkevitch p. 11 figs. Pl 2G; text-figs 18-27
2013Hersiliidae Dunlop et al.
2017Hersiliidae Wheeler et al.
2020Hersiliidae Magalhaes et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
Prosomapoda
Planaterga
Dekatriata
RankNameAuthor
SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
Pantetrapulmonata
subclassTetrapulmonataSchultz 1990
Serikodiastida
orderAraneae
suborderOpisthothelaePocock 1892
infraorderAraneomorphaeSmith 1902
EntelegynaeSimon 1893
superfamilyOecobioideaBlackwall 1862
familyHersiliidaeThorell 1870
familyHersiliidaeThorell 1870

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Hersiliidae Thorell 1870 [tree trunk spider]
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G. †Burmesiola Wunderlich 2011
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Burmesiola cretacea Wunderlich 2011
Burmesiola daviesi Wunderlich 2015
Burmesiola kachinensis Wunderlich 2020
G. †Gerdia Menge 1869
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Gerdia myura Menge 1869
G. †Gerdiopsis Wunderlich 2004
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Gerdiopsis infringens Wunderlich 2004
G. †Gerdiorum Wunderlich 2004
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Gerdiorum inflexum Wunderlich 2004
G. Hersilia Audouin 1826
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Hersilia aquisextana Gourret 1887
Hersilia longipes Giebel 1856
Hersilia longipes Dalman 1826
Hersilia madagascariensis Wunderlich 2004
Hersilia miranda Koch and Berendt 1854
Invalid names: Chalinura Dalman 1826 [synonym], Hersiliopsis Wunderlich 2004 [synonym]
G. †Hersiliana Wunderlich 2004
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Hersiliana brevipes Wunderlich 2004
G. Hersiliola Thorell 1870
G. †Hungarosilia Szabó et al. 2021
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Hungarosilia verdesi Szabó et al. 2021
G. Prototama Petrunkevitch 1971
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Prototama antiqua Petrunkevitch 1971
Prototama maior Wunderlich 1988
Prototama media Wunderlich 1988
Prototama minor Wunderlich 1987
Prototama succinea Petrunkevitch 1971
Invalid names: Priscotama Petrunkevitch 1971 [synonym]
G. †Spinasilia Wunderlich 2015
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Spinasilia dissoluta Wunderlich 2015
Invalid names: Chalinuridae Thorell 1873 [synonym], Fictotama Petrunkevitch 1963 [nomen dubium], Fictotama extincta Petrunkevitch 1963 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Grouping: solitaryc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 09:55:58
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:55:58
Source: c = class
Reference: Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Holocene or 99.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.5 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Hersiliidae indet., Burmesiola cretacea, Burmesiola daviesi, Spinasilia dissoluta, Burmesiola kachinensis (144466)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Hungary Hungarosilia verdesi (224054)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Colorado) Hersiliola sp. (164690)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Hersilia longipes (147344) Hersilia miranda (123757) Hersiliidae indet. 1 (110735) Hersiliidae indet. 3, Gerdiorum inflexum, Gerdiopsis infringens (124318)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Hersilia miranda (109625) Hersilia miranda, Gerdia myura (120811) Hersiliidae indet. 2 (120813)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Hersilia aquisextana (122487)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) Fictotama extincta (124471) Priscotama antiqua (140217) Prototama succinea (124470)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico Hersiliidae indet. (21977)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Tama minor (120817) Tama minor, Tama media, Tama maior, Fictotama maculosa, Tama sp. (146557) Tama sp. (122474)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar Hersiliidae indet., Hersiliopsis madagascariensis, Hersiliana brevipes (147603)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Aranea longipes (152160)