Hersiliola sp.

Fig. 7.2 H. simoni: Benoit 1974: 997, f. 3, 6 (♀) (?)

Material examined. A slide of the epigyne (SMF, from the H. Wiehle collection) labeled as “ H. macullulata from Palestine.

Comments. Unlike other species from the Middle East (Israel), this specimen has only one coil of the insemination duct, and it can be expected that its male should have a correspondingly shorter embolus. It could belong to H. lucasi (O.P.- Cambridge, 1876), which was described from Egypt and is currently synonymous with H. simoni . Conformation of the epigyne is similar to those illustrated by Benoit (1974) from Tunisia and identified as H. simoni . Benoit (1974) compared his specimen with those from Egypt.