Gippsicola is a genus of Australian tube dwelling spiders that was first described by Henry Roughton Hogg in 1900.[2] It is no longer considered a junior synonym of Segestria[3][4] due to anatomical differences in the pedipalps of males and the receptaculum in females.[5]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Segestriidae |
| Genus: | Gippsicola Hogg, 1900[1] |
| Type species | |
| G. raleighi Hogg, 1900
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Species
editAs of September 2019[update] it contains four species, found in New South Wales, Victoria, and Queensland:[1]
- 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
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Gen. Gippsicola Hogg, 1900". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
- ^ 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. 13: 68–123.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Davies, V. T. (1985). "Araneomorphae (in part)". Zoological Catalogue of Australia. 3: 109.
- ^ Giroti, André Marsola; Brescovit, Antonio Domingos (2017). "Revision of the spider genus Gippsicola Hogg, 1900 (Araneae: Segestriidae)". Zootaxa. 4227 (3): 390–406. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4227.3.6. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 28187576.
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