Gippsicola
Sign in to saveGippsicola 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 receptaculum in females.
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- monotypic taxon
- Parent taxon
- Segestriidae
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- Hogg, 1900
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- Gippsicola
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- genus
- endemic to
- Australia
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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 receptaculum in females.
==Distribution== Species of this genus are found in New South Wales, Victoria, and Queensland.
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