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Genus: Hersilia Audouin, 1826 | Family: Hersiliidae Thorell, 1869

Hersilia nepalensis M. Baehr & B. Baehr, 1993

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006038

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Described:

Distribution: Nepal, India

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Type Repository Provide information

Paratype: Barbara Baehr Private Collection 1m 1f - (Baehr & Baehr, 1993b)
Holotype: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany m (66788) - (Baehr & Baehr, 1993b)
Paratype: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany 5m 5f (66789-66795) - (Baehr & Baehr, 1993b)

Taxonomic References

Hersilia nepalensis Baehr & Baehr, 1993b: 34, f. 24c-d, f-g (Dmf) Original description

Hersilia nepalensis Diksha et al., 2025: 428, f. 1a-f, 2a-b (f)

References

Baehr, M. & Baehr, B. (1993b). The Hersiliidae of the Oriental Region including New Guinea. Taxonomy, phylogeny, zoogeography (Arachnida, Araneae). Spixiana 19(Suppl.): 1-95. -- Show included taxa

Diksha, Singh, V. K., Siliwal, M. & Das, S. K. (2025). First record of Hersilia nepalensis M. Baehr & B. Baehr, 1993 (Araneae: Hersiliidae) from India. Serket 20(4): 427-431. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-05-19	New taxonomic reference entry	Diksha et al., 2025
2025-05-19	Species distribution update	Diksha et al., 2025	Old value