Gippsicola Explained

Gippsicola is a genus of Australian tube dwelling spiders that was first described by Henry Roughton Hogg in 1900.^[1] It is no longer considered a junior synonym of Segestria^{[2] [3]} due to anatomical differences in the pedipalps of males and the receptaculum in females.^[4]

Species

it contains four species, found in New South Wales, Victoria, and Queensland:^[5]

• Gippsicola lineata Giroti & Brescovit, 2017 – Australia (Queensland)
• Gippsicola minuta Giroti & Brescovit, 2017 – Australia (Queensland)
• Gippsicola raleighi Hogg, 1900 (type) – Australia (Western, South, Victoria)
• Gippsicola robusta Giroti & Brescovit, 2017 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)

See also

• List of Segestriidae species

Notes and References

1. Hogg. H. R.. 1900. A contribution to our knowledge of the spiders of Victoria: including some new species and genera. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. 68–123. 13. Henry_Roughton_Hogg.
2. Forster. R. R.. Platnick. N. I.. 1985. A review of the austral spider family Orsolobidae (Arachnida, Araneae), with notes on the superfamily Dysderoidea. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 181. 213, 227. Raymond_Robert_Forster. Norman_I._Platnick.
3. Davies. V. T.. 1985. Araneomorphae (in part). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. 3. 109.
4. Giroti. André Marsola. Brescovit. Antonio Domingos. Revision of the spider genus Gippsicola Hogg, 1900 (Araneae: Segestriidae). Zootaxa. 4227 . 3. 2017. 390–406. 1175-5334. 10.11646/zootaxa.4227.3.6. 28187576.
5. Gen. Gippsicola Hogg, 1900. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-10-12. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.