''Gippsicola'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

Australian Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Au ...

tube dwelling spiders that was first described by

Henry Roughton Hogg Henry Roughton Hogg (9 February 1846 – 30 November 1923) was a British amateur arachnologist. Biography Born in Stockwell, Surrey, he attended Uppingham School from 1859-1862, and later studied at Christ's College, Cambridge, where he obtained ...

in 1900. It is no longer considered a junior synonym of '' Segestria'' due to anatomical differences in the

pedipalp Pedipalps (commonly shortened to palps or palpi) are the second pair of appendages of chelicerates – a group of arthropods including spiders, scorpions, horseshoe crabs, and sea spiders. The pedipalps are lateral to the chelicerae ("jaws") and ...

s of males and the receptaculum in females.

Species

it contains four species, found in

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, and

Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ...

: *'' Gippsicola lineata'' Giroti & Brescovit, 2017 –

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(

) *'' Gippsicola minuta'' Giroti & Brescovit, 2017 – Australia (Queensland) *''

Gippsicola raleighi ''Gippsicola'' is a genus of Australian tube dwelling spiders that was first described by Henry Roughton Hogg in 1900. It is no longer considered a junior synonym of '' Segestria'' due to anatomical differences in the pedipalps of males and the r ...

'' Hogg, 1900 ( type) – Australia (Western, South,

) *'' Gippsicola robusta'' Giroti & Brescovit, 2017 – Australia (Queensland,

)

References

Araneomorphae genera Segestriidae Spiders of Australia {{Araneomorphae-stub

Species

See also

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