Hersiliola versicolor explained

Hersiliola versicolor is a species of spiders of the family Hersiliidae that lives in Cape Verde.^[1] It was first described by John Blackwall in 1865 as Hersilia versicolor. The females have a total length of 3.75-4.58 mm.^[2]

Further reading

• Blackwall (1865) Descriptions of recently discovered spiders collected in the Cape de Verde Islands by John Gray, Esq. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 3, vol. 16, p. 80-101

Notes and References

1. Web site: World Spider Catalog. Hersiliola versicolor. Natural History Museum Bern. 2018.
2. Foord & Dippenaar-Schoeman, (2005) : A revision of the Afrotropical species of Hersiliola Thorell and Tama Simon with the description of a new genus Tyrotama (Araneae: Hersiliidae). African Entomology, vol. 13, p. 255-279