Gippsicola

Gippsicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Infraorder:Araneomorphae
Family:Segestriidae
Genus:Gippsicola
Hogg[1]
Species
  • Gippsicola raleighi Hogg, 1900

Gippsicola is a genus of spiders in the Segestriidae family that occurs in Australia. It is similar to the related genus Segestria, the main differences being related to the anatomy of the palps in males and the receptaculum in females.[2]

Species

As of 2017, the genus Gippsicola contains the following species:[2]

  • Gippsicola lineata Giroti & Brescovit, 2017
  • Gippsicola minuta Giroti & Brescovit, 2017
  • Gippsicola raleighi Hogg, 1900
  • Gippsicola robusta Giroti & Brescovit, 2017

References

  1. ↑ "Segestriidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
  2. 1 2 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.


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