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Hersilia madagascariensis

Arachnida - Araneae - Hersiliidae

Taxonomy
Hersiliopsis madagascariensis was named by Wunderlich (2004). It is extant. Its type specimen is F52/CM/AR/HER/CJW. Its type locality is Madagascar copal (Wunderlich collection), which is in a Holocene terrestrial amber in Madagascar.

It was recombined as Hersilia madagascariensis by Foord and Dippenaar-Schoeman (2006), Dunlop et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Hersiliopsis madagascariensis Wunderlich p. 822 figs. 8-9;photos 86-87
2006Hersilia madagascariensis Foord and Dippenaar-Schoeman p. 80
2013Hersilia madagascariensis Dunlop et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—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
genusHersiliaAudouin 1826
speciesmadagascariensis()

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.

Hersilia madagascariensis Wunderlich 2004
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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: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar Hersiliopsis madagascariensis (type locality: 147603)