A survey of Hersiliidae (Arachnida: Araneae) of Iran with description of one new genus and two new species Author Mirshamsi, Omid Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran; & Institute of Applied Zoology, Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran; Author Zamani, Alireza Department of Animal Biology, School of Biology and Center of Excellence in Phylogeny of Living Organisms, College of Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran; Author Marusik, Yuri M. Laboratory of Biocenology, Institute for Biological Problems of the North RAS, Magadan, Russia; & Department of Zoology, Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok, Russia text Journal of Natural History 2016 J. Nat. Hist. 2015-12-16 50 1447 1461 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2015.1113318 journal article 10.1080/00222933.2015.1113318 1464-5262 5206395 ACDF435E-9075-4E61-80CC-438BFCC9C626 Genus Hersiliola Thorell, 1870 Type species Aranea macullulata Dufour, 1831 , from Spain . Diagnosis Members of this genus are generally distinguishable from other hersiliid genera in the Palaearctic (except Ovtsharenkoia , Deltshevia , Duninia and Bastanius gen. nov. ) by their short spinnerets (shorter than carapace). Furthermore, males can be diagnosed by their discoid tegulum, long and coiled embolus, and small tegular apophysis which is perpendicular to the axis of the palp ( Marusik and Fet 2009: 89 , fig. 4.1−4.4). The females can be diagnosed by their insemination ducts, which are coiled around the fertilisation ducts and uncoiled around the upper loop ( Marusik and Fet 2009: 92 , figs 7.1, 7.5, 7.6, 7.12, 8.1 – 8.4).