Misgolas elegans (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918)

Wishart, Graham, 2011, Trapdoor Spiders of the Genus Misgolas (Mygalomorphae: Idiopidae) in the Illawarra and South Coast Regions of New South Wales, Australia, Records of the Australian Museum 63 (1), pp. 33-51 : 49

Misgolas elegans (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918)

Arbanitis elegans Rainbow & Pulleine, (1918) , pp. 12, 81–169, figs 12–24.

Dyarcyops elegans (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918) .–Main, 1977.

Misgolas elegans (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918) .– Main, 1985b.

The species Arbanitis elegans Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918 retained full species status (Main, 1977; Main, 1985b), the revised status being Misgolas elegans . With morphology based on a single female its identity is uncertain and is considered here as a nomen dubium. Its collection locality is “Kaianga”, revised here to read Kianga, (36°11'46"S 150°07'49"E) near Narooma ( Fig. 14A ).

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Fig. 14 A–C. Distribution of Misgolas species in the New South Wales Illawarra and South Coast (easternAustralia) based on material examined. (Inset [Fig. 14A] with catchment area). (A) * M. gracilis, • M. rowelli,  M. rapax,  M. phippsi, Ƃ M. kampenae,  M. elegans. (B) Ƃ M. dereki,  M. robertsi,  M. horsemanae,  M. shawi. (C) Ƃ M. tannerae, • M. gwennethae, A M. kirstiae,  M. paulaskewi.