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

Hersilia sumatrana (Thorell, 1890)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006053

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Described:

Distribution: India, China, Myanmar, Malaysia, Vietnam, Philippines, Brunei, Indonesia (Sumatra, Borneo)

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museo Civico Storia Naturale G. Doria, Genova (MCSNG), Italy f - (Baehr & Baehr, 1993b)
Holotype: National Zoological Collections, Zoological Survey of India (NZC-ZSI), Kolkata, India m (2280/18) of Hersilia stevensi - (Baehr & Baehr, 1993b)
Paratype: National Zoological Collections, Zoological Survey of India (NZC-ZSI), Kolkata, India 2f (2287/18) of Hersilia stevensi - (Baehr & Baehr, 1993b)
Holotype: Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IZCAS), Beijing, China f (AR9015) of Hersilia yunnanensis - (Lin & Li, 2022a)
Holotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK m (1895.9.21.107) of Hersilia pectinata - (Baehr & Baehr, 1993b)

Taxonomic References

Chalinura sumatrana Thorell, 1890a: 319 (Df; described in a fossil genus) Original description

Hersilia sumatrana Thorell, 1890b: 8 (Df)

Tama sumatrana Simon, 1893a: 445

Hersilia pectinata Thorell, 1895b: 58 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006043]

Hersilia pectinata Pocock, 1900a: 241 (S of Hersilia peguana, rejected by Baehr & Baehr, 1993b: 78, see H. peguana, nomen dubium)

Hersilia ceylonica Strand, 1907k: 124 (f; invalid provisional name)

Hersilia stevensi Sinha, 1951b: 123, f. 1 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054146]

Hersilia yunnanensis Wang, Song & Qiu, 1993: 33, f. 1-3 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006063]

Hersilia pectinata Baehr & Baehr, 1993b: 48, f. 32c-d (m)

Hersilia sumatrana Baehr & Baehr, 1993b: 50, f. 33e-f (f, T from Tama, S of Hersilia stevensi)

Hersilia yunnanensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 80, f. 32M-N (f)

Hersilia sumatrana Lin & Li, 2022a: 140, f. 7A-C (f, S of Hersilia yunnanensis)

Hersilia sumatrana Hoang, 2024a: 16, f. 1-13 (mf, S of Hersilia pectinata)

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

Hoang, Q. D. (2024a). First record of the genus Hersilia Audouin, 1826 and family Hersiliidae (Araneae) from Vietnam. Far Eastern Entomologist 509: 15-20. doi: 10.25221/fee.509.4 -- Show included taxa

Lin, Y. J. & Li, S. Q. (2022a). Taxonomic notes on seven species of the family Hersiliidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from China and the Philippines. Zoological Systematics 47(2): 132-145. doi: 10.11865/zs.2022204 -- Show included taxa

Pocock, R. I. (1900a). The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Arachnida. Taylor and Francis, London, 279 pp. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.48423 -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1893a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome premier. Roret, Paris, pp. 257-488. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.51973 [[second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts]] -- Show included taxa

Sinha, T. B. (1951b). Some Indian spiders of the family Hersiliidae. Records of the Indian Museum, Calcutta 48: 121-126. -- Show included taxa

Song, D. X., Zhu, M. S. & Chen, J. (1999). The spiders of China. Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House Shijiazhuang, 640 pp. -- Show included taxa

Strand, E. (1907k). Süd- und ostasiatische Spinnen. Abhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Görlitz 25: 107-215. -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1890a). Studi sui ragni Malesi e Papuani. IV, 1. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 28: 5-421. -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1890b). Aracnidi di Nias e di Sumatra raccolti nel 1886 dal Sig. E. Modigliani. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 30: 5-106. -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1895b). Descriptive catalogue of the spiders of Burma, based upon the collection made by Eugene W. Oates and preserved in the British Museum. London, 406 pp. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.17492 -- Show included taxa

Wang, X. P., Song, D. X. & Qiu, Q. H. (1993). A new species of the family Hersiliidae from Yunnan (Araneae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 18: 33-35. -- 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
2024-10-07	Species distribution update	Hoang, 2024a	Old value
2024-10-07	New taxonomic reference entry	Hoang, 2024a
2024-10-07	Species synonymy	Hoang, 2024a		Hersilia pectinata synonymized with Hersilia sumatrana
2022-04-13	Species distribution update	Lin & Li, 2022a	Old value
2022-04-13	New taxonomic reference entry	Lin & Li, 2022a
2022-04-13	Species synonymy	Lin & Li, 2022a		Hersilia yunnanensis synonymized with Hersilia sumatrana